Meet the Professor Sessions

Eugene McCloskey (Sheffield, UK)

FRAX® and intervention thresholds

Topics to be covered

• Brief review of development of FRAX
• Strengths and limitations of FRAX
• Reversibility of risk
• Strategies for setting intervention thresholds
• Integrating FRAX and intervention thresholds

Educational goals

After attending this Meet the Professor session, participants will be expected to:

• understand the role of FRAX in clinical management
• appreciate the complexities of setting intervention thresholds
• be aware of different national guidance for intervention

Target audience

• Clinicians and allied health professionals involved in the management of patients with osteoporosis

Teaching methods

• Small number of slides including case histories to engender discussion with the audience