Serial Bone Density Measurement and Incident Fracture Risk Discrimination in Postmenopausal Women

Overview:

Current USPTF guidelines state Bone Mineral Density screening should be performed once in select populations in a Primary Care setting. The presentation will investigate the use of repeat bone mineral density measurements after baseline BMD to identify post-menopausal women more at risk for fractures. During this presentation Dr. Serrano will discuss the clinical question if primary care physicians need to consider repeat BMD testing in select populations within their practice.

Objectives:

1. Define Bone Mineral Density
2. Discuss effectiveness in Repeat BMD measurements to improve identifying post-menopausal women who will/will not have fracture
3. Define risk factors and current USPTF recommendations for Osteoporosis screening and prevention
4. Apply findings to primary care patients

Valerie Serrano, MD
PGY3 Resident
Family & Community Medicine
UT Health San Antonio

Financial Disclosures:

Valerie Serrano, MD and her faculty mentor Miguel Palacios, MD have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee members (Mark Nadeau, MD, Marcy Wiemers, MD, Maria Del Pilar Montañez Villacampa, MD, Christine Song, DO, Nehman Andry, MD, Gabriela Lopez, PsyD, Maureen Alvarado, DO, Yun Shi, MD, Stacy Ogbeide, PsyD, Inez I. Cruz, PhD, and Nichole Rubio) have no financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose.

The Family & Community Medicine Professional Development and Grand Rounds Committee member Carlos Roberto Jaén, MD has disclosed he receives royalties from General Practice and Family Medicine for being UpToDate Editor-in-Chief.

Credits:

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), Non-Physician Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Target Audience:

Specialties – Primary Care; Family Medicine
Faculty, residents, other health care providers and staff from our department; physicians and health care providers from San Antonio and South Texas; and medical students in our third-year clerkship and fourth year rotations.

Accreditation:

The UT Health Long San Antonio School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Designation:

The Long School of Medicine designates this live activity up to a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.

Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses and other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Attendance. For information on applicability and acceptance, please consult your professional licensing board.

For activity related questions, please contact:
Name: Nichole Rubio- FCM Grand Rounds Coordinator
Email: rubion@uthscsa.edu

For CME general questions, please contact
Ph: (210) 567-4445
Email: cme@uthscsa.edu