Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) Certificate of Completion 2024-2026
FLS Training and Certificate of Completion. Based upon FLS presentations at ISO24, this program addresses the clinical challenge of fragility fractures through the implementation of the FLS mode of care, including challenges and barriers in clinical care; strategies for organizing, staffing and structuring a successful FLS program; and clinical care of the patient with osteoporosis and increased risk of fracture.
Cost: BHOF members: $500.00*; Non-members: $650.00
*Members must use Member discount code provided. Please contact Membership@bonehealthandosteoporosis.org if you are a current member and need your discount code. If you would like to become a member of BHOF, please go to https://www.bonesource.org/membership.
Courses included:
- Making the Case for a Secondary Fracture Prevention Program
- Day to Day Operations of the FLS Program/Coordinator Role
- Falls Risk Assessment and Common Exercise Questions
- Secondary Causes of Osteoporosis
- Optimization Clinic for Total Joints
- Should one Discontinue Treatment?/End of Life Care
- State of the Art Hormone Therapy in 2024
- DXA tips, tricks and pitfalls
- Vitamin D
- Raisz Lecture - Antiresorptive Therapy in Osteoporosis: Current State of the Art
- Bone Health Optimization for Surgery
- Practical Approach to Long-term Osteoporosis Treatment
- Rare Bone Disease
- Falls Prevention & Mobility Disorders
- Too Old to Treat?
- Importance of Multidisciplinary Spine Care (including new guidelines on vertebral augmentation)
- Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Bone Health Setting
- Osteoporosis and Men
- Year in Review
- Bone Health in the Cancer setting
- DXA Screening for Technologists and Clinicians
- Management of Osteoporosis in Multi-Ethnic Societies
- TOPAZ Trial: Preventing Fractures in Parkinson’s Patients
Target Audience
This continuing education activity is intended for use by health professionals who participate in the care of patients at risk for or suffering from osteoporosis, in the areas of primary care, endocrinology, geriatrics, gynecology, internal medicine, obstetrics, orthopedics, osteopathy, pediatrics, physiatry, radiology, rheumatology and physical therapy.
This includes physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, pharmacists, physician assistants, technologists, researchers, public health professionals and health educators with an interest in osteoporosis and bone health.
Learning Objectives
Benefits of receiving BHOF’s FLS Certificate of Completion include:
- Standout among your colleagues for knowledge of FLS process and practice
- Be on the frontline of trends in osteoporosis treatment
- Acquire key knowledge about the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis
- Gain strategies for organizing, staffing and structuring a successful FLS program
- Understand new quality measures and how they affect your organization/institution
- Create awareness and education among colleagues and patients
- Be listed on BHOF’s website as receiving your FLS Certificate of Completion
Accreditation Statement
The Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Bone Health & Osteoporosis Foundation is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
CME Program Eligibility
Method of Participation in the Learning Process: Clinician learners will view and analyze the subject matter, conduct additional informal research through related internet searches on the subject matter, and complete a post-test assessment of knowledge and skills gained as a result of the activity.
Disclosure of Commercial Support
It is the policy of the Bone Health &Osteoporosis Foundation (BHOF) to ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in all its sponsored publications and programs. BHOF requires the disclosure of the existence of any significant financial interest or any other relationship the sponsor, Editorial Board or Guest Contributors have with the manufacturer(s) of any commercial product(s) discussed in an educational presentation. All authors and contributors to this continuing education activity have disclosed any real or apparent interest that may have directbearing on the subject matter of this program.
Please be advised that BHOF’s accreditation status with ACCME and ANCC does not imply endorsement by BHOF, ACCME or ANCC of any commercial products displayed in conjunction with this activity or endorsement of any point of view.
Refund Policy
BHOF offers no returns or refunds on online internet CME activities purchased through our store. All sales are final. Meeting and workshop registrations will be refunded in accordance with the cancellation policy of the meeting and/or workshop, as outlined at registration.