DEXA Course
What will I learn?
Improve your medical skills with our detailed DEXA Course, made for health workers who want to be experts in checking bone health. You'll learn how to read DEXA scan results, understand what T-scores and Z-scores mean, and how to group bone health conditions. We'll also look at ways to manage and treat these conditions, including changes to lifestyle, what to eat, and medicines. You'll get a better understanding of bone mineral density, osteoporosis (weak bones), and osteopenia (bone thinning), while also getting better at talking to patients and writing reports.
Apoia's Unique Features
Develop skills
Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below
Get good at reading DEXA scans: Learn to avoid mistakes and understand T-scores and Z-scores.
Make bone health better: Group different conditions and suggest changes to lifestyle and diet.
Learn more about BMD: Understand how to measure it and what affects it.
Learn about osteoporosis: Understand what causes it, the risks, and how to prevent it.
Get better at talking to patients: Learn about ethical care, good ways to communicate, and how to write clear reports.
Suggested summary
Workload: between 4 and 360 hours
Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.
- Choose which chapter to start with
- Add or remove chapters
- Increase or decrease the course workload
Examples of chapters you can add
You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below
This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.