Learning Objectives will be able to…
- Briefly explain the significance of low bone mass
- Discuss at least one approach for treating low bone mass
- Describe how bone mineral density is measured and what it is measuring
- List a minimum of two reasons for a bone density test to be performed
- Describe how BMD tests are interpreted
- Identify the difference between my BMD and my fracture risk
- Identify a minimum of two gender-based facts about osteoporosis or low bone density
Carrie Ye is an adult rheumatologist and the medical director of the Multidisciplinary Bone Health Clinic at the University of Alberta hospital. She is an assistant clinical professor and the program director for Adult Rheumatology at the University of Alberta.