TY - JOUR
T1 - The Fracture Liaison Service to close the osteoporosis care gap
T2 - a leadership educational model for undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
AU - Yu, Micah
AU - Downey, Christina
AU - Torralba, Karina D.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR).
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Osteoporotic fractures have been rising and are a cause of severe morbidity and mortality. Care gaps exist in osteoporosis treatment and diagnosis, which presents an opportunity for education. A number of healthcare systems in the world have developed a fracture liaison service (FLS) to combat osteoporotic fractures. The Rheumatology division at Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) developed an FLS not only to address osteoporosis care gaps but to also develop a new educational model. An interdisciplinary model of osteoporosis care has been implemented along with a revamp of educational focus on osteoporosis and bone health in the rheumatology fellowship and internal medicine residency. Pre-LLUH FLS studies showed that 85% of patients pre-fracture were never screened nor treated for osteoporosis; post-fracture, only 10% of patients were treated, and only 6% had dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Notably, 30% had a prior fracture. We discuss how the FLS has served as a catalyst for education, not only at our academic center but also as an outreach for our community in order to elevate the care of osteoporosis in our community.Key Points• Care gaps exist in osteoporosis treatment and are addressed by the Fracture Liaison Service.• The Loma Linda University Health Fracture Liaison Service is an interdisciplinary program.• The Fracture Liaison Service is an educational model that gives hands on learning through an amalgam of processes, namely quality improvement through the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle and medical education through Kolb’s learning cycle and cognitive apprenticeship.
AB - Osteoporotic fractures have been rising and are a cause of severe morbidity and mortality. Care gaps exist in osteoporosis treatment and diagnosis, which presents an opportunity for education. A number of healthcare systems in the world have developed a fracture liaison service (FLS) to combat osteoporotic fractures. The Rheumatology division at Loma Linda University Health (LLUH) developed an FLS not only to address osteoporosis care gaps but to also develop a new educational model. An interdisciplinary model of osteoporosis care has been implemented along with a revamp of educational focus on osteoporosis and bone health in the rheumatology fellowship and internal medicine residency. Pre-LLUH FLS studies showed that 85% of patients pre-fracture were never screened nor treated for osteoporosis; post-fracture, only 10% of patients were treated, and only 6% had dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). Notably, 30% had a prior fracture. We discuss how the FLS has served as a catalyst for education, not only at our academic center but also as an outreach for our community in order to elevate the care of osteoporosis in our community.Key Points• Care gaps exist in osteoporosis treatment and are addressed by the Fracture Liaison Service.• The Loma Linda University Health Fracture Liaison Service is an interdisciplinary program.• The Fracture Liaison Service is an educational model that gives hands on learning through an amalgam of processes, namely quality improvement through the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle and medical education through Kolb’s learning cycle and cognitive apprenticeship.
KW - Cognitive Apprenticeship
KW - Experiential Learning
KW - Fracture Liaison Service
KW - Fractures
KW - Medical Education
KW - Osteoporosis
KW - Quality Improvement
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U2 - 10.1007/s10067-019-04796-8
DO - 10.1007/s10067-019-04796-8
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 31760538
SN - 0770-3198
VL - 39
SP - 619
EP - 626
JO - Clinical Rheumatology
JF - Clinical Rheumatology
IS - 3
ER -