ISCD Course  -  Monday, 9th June 2003

Clinician Training Course &
International Certification in Bone Densitometry

An International Society for Clinical Densitometry (ISCD) Clinician Training Course in Bone Densitometry will be held at the Hyatt Regency Coolum on Monday 9th June 2003, the day before the International Conference on Metabolic Bone Disease.

The course is being sponsored jointly by ANZBMS and ISCD. The ISCD is the premier, industry-neutral, non-profit international organisation providing a central resource for several scientific disciplines with an interest in bone mass measurements

Program Outline

Course Material
Course material will be mailed out prior to the course.

Course Information and Core Teaching Points
• Basic science of bone mass measurements
• Radiation use and safety
• DXA system principles
• Densitometry concepts and technologies
• Clinical quality assurance
• Instrument quality control
• Indications for bone mass measurement
• Skeletal sites to measure
• Definition and application of WHO criteria
• Statistical principles, precision, fracture risk, monitoring change
• Interpretation
• Evaluation of risk
• Clinical utility of bone densitometry
• Format of report
• Diagnostic criteria

Faculty
• Associate Professor Richard Prince MD - Perth, Australia
• Associate Professor Nick Pocock MD - Sydney, Australia
• Satvinder Dhaliwal MSc - Perth, Australia
• Associate Professor Michael Hooper MD - Sydney, Australia
• Associate Professor Roger Price PhD - Perth, Australia

Course content enquiries
Satvinder Dhaliwal:
Ph: +61 8 9346 3645   
dhaliwal@cyllene.uwa.edu.au

Fee
The registration fee for the ISCD Course is $395.00 (Australian dollars).

How to Register and book accommodation

To register for the ISCD Course, use the online Conference Registration form.
(Tick the "ISCD COURSE" box in the Registration Fees section of the form).

If you would like to take advantage of the Hyatt Regency accommodation specials organised for conference attendees, you must book via the Conference Registration Form.

NOTE: If you only want to attend the ISCD Day and not the Conference, select "Not Attending the Conference" in the Registration Fees section of the online Conference Registration Form.

Alternatively, if you do not want to use the online registration form, you can download and print the ISCD Course registration form (PDF file). (Accommodation bookings must still be made via the Conference Registration form which can also be downloaded as a PDF file).

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