Online Correspondences Course for Health and Fitness Professionals
The BEST Exercise Program for Osteoporosis Prevention. Teach your clients the six BEST exercises to prevent osteoporosis. Funded by an NIH grant, the University of Arizona BEST Team of researchers identified the most effective exercises for preventing osteoporosis and improving bone mineral density in postmenopausal women. Teach your clients training protocols, specific programming and motivational strategies that are guaranteed to be the BEST for optimal bone health.
This course was developed through support of the Arizona Osteoporosis Coalition and provides continuing education credits for more than 10 health and fitness organizations.
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Osteoporosis Through the Lifecycle
The online course was developed by the University of Arizona, Center for Physical Activity and Nutrition and the Arizona Osteoporosis Coaltion for community health workers to learn about osteoporosis prevention. The online course is free.
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Osteoporosis: Risk, Diagnosis, and Fracture Prevention - Continuing Education Web Course - CME, CNE
Expiration date: January 30, 2010
To assist health care professionals in providing the best possible patient care, The Chatham Institute has created this site to deliver creative and relevant continuing education activities that supply the most current, reliable, and actionable information about the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of diseases of public health importance. The Chatham Institute is committed to providing comprehensive, easy-to-use continuing education that addresses the needs of physicians, pharmacists, and nurses.
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Bone Health in Children and Adolescents: Implications for Client Counseling
This course, worth 3 CE credits:
- Identifies lifestyle and dietary factors related to suboptimal bone deposition and increased risk of fracture in children and adolescents
- Identifies resources to assess calcium status in children and adolescents
- Summarizes insights from three renowned bone-health experts - two clinicians and one researcher
- Outlines how health professionals can support families to implement lifestyle changes that reduce risk of fractures now and later in life
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There is no cost to view the content. If you take the course for continuing education credits it is only $34.
AZOC Osteoporosis Update - Oct 2008
The following are presentations from the Oct 2008 Osteoporosis Update. Click the link to download the presentation.
NOF - National Osteoporosis Foundation
Continuing Education for Healthcare Providers
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