ANZBMS Clinical Densitometry Course

2024 Course

October 19th and 20th, 2024

Registration closes Friday 11th October.

Venue

The course is to be held at the Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre

General Information

This two day lecture & workshop clinical densitometry course is intended for both medical practitioners and technologists. It covers the patho-physiology of osteoporosis, as well as the principles and practice of bone density and body composition measurement
An online multiple choice examination will be held two weeks after completion of the lecture/workshop series
Upon completion of the course and achievement of a pass mark in the examination, participants will be awarded a Certificate of Completion in Clinical Bone Densitometry
Radiation protection authorities in most Australian states, with the exception of SA, have accepted the course as meeting their requirements for DXA operator licensing

South Australian non-radiographer residents requiring a DXA operator licence must sit an examination at the SA EPA

The course is normally held twice each year with additional courses scheduled more regularly if demand is strong

Registration and Cost:

Registration Fee

ANZBMS Members $800
Non-members $850

Join ANZBMS on-line: https://www.anzbms.org.au/join-anzbms.asp

Cost includes

a copy of the course reading material and slide handouts will be made available online at least 4 weeks before the course
Hardcopies are not available, but course participants may print the material for their own use
examination fee

Course Details and Structure
You should consider the course if:

You have a tertiary education in a science based course, including nursing, and you have not previously received formal training in bone densitometry
You are currently a DXA operator who has not undertaken formal training or who is seeking an advanced update of their work practices
You are a medical specialist, or specialist imaging registrar in training, with responsibility for bone density testing and are seeking a deeper knowledge of the technological and quality assurance aspects of bone densitometry measurements and reporting. The course is not specifically aimed at non-imaging specialists or registrars in training

Participants will attend a face to face two day lecture & workshop series, which will include a number of interactive sessions

Lectures are held face to face each morning:

These are NOT recorded but slides will be made available as PDF and MP4 files after the course is completed
Course notes and slide handouts are provided on course registration
Workshops will use AWS virtual machines
There will be 4 workshops providing hands on experience with DXA software and are manufacturer specific (GE-Lunar, Hologic, Medilink) and doctor

On registration ensure you accurately inform us

which DXA manufacturer you are using
if you are a clinical user, researcher or doctor

doctors

must nominate one DXA manufacturer and will be shown the use of both GE-Lunar and Hologic software
will have access to a virtual DXA device of the manufacturer they nominate

Workshops are held each afternoon of the course

You will be sent a link to an AWS Virtual Machine for your nominated manufacturer
This will require you to have a laptop to run the Virtual Machine on and bring it to the course
WiFi networking will be available at the course venue to use the Virtual Machines
each workshop is facilitated by experienced DXA users
facilitators take registrants through the use of the software, scanning and analysis techniques including management of technical issues
workshops provide hands on experience with the chosen manufacturer you will require

Course Brochure Download

Download the course brochure for October 2024.

Faculty

Julie Briody	Denise Brookes
Weiwen Chen	Susan Harvey
Ali Ghasemzadeh	Patricia Linnenlucke
Michael Hooper	Roger Price
Nick Pocock	Kathy Zhu
Chris Schultz	Aimee Morabito