IAGG e-TRIGGER – Programm, 6th Session: 3 hours – Saturday 14 May, 2022 | ||
Falls and Fractures |
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Start Time: BE CAREFUL OF THE TIMING CHANGE IN EUROPE 08.00 a.m Paris, Berlin 03.00 p.m Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing 04.00 p.m Tokyo, Seoul 05.00 p.m. in Canberra (time zone: UTC+10) |
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0 min | Introduction of the session and 1st expert | Prof Liang Kung Chen, MD, PhD Co-President of the Asian Academy of Medicine of Ageing |
2 min | Epidemiology, Diagnosis and Prognosis of Falls | Ming-Yueh Chou (Kaohsiung) |
22 min | Case report | Jagadish K Chhetri (Kathmandu) |
32 min | Discussion | Kotaro Azuma (Tokyo) |
52 min | Short synthesis | |
Very short break | ||
60 min | Introduction of the topic and expert | Prof Liang Kung Chen, MD, PhD Co-President of the Asian Academy of Medicine of Ageing |
62 min | Using the Falls Assessment to Guide Interventions | Keith Hill (Monash Rehabilitation Ageing – Frankston) |
82 min | Case report | Kotaro Azuma (Tokyo) |
92 min | Discussion | Justin Chew (Singapore) |
112 min | Short synthesis | |
5-minute Break | ||
120 min | Introduction of the topic and expert | Prof Hidenori Arai, MD, PhD Co-President of the Asian Academy of Medicine of Ageing |
122 min | Fracture Liaison Service in the Community | Finbarr Martin (London) |
142 min | Case report | Justin Chew (Singapore) |
152 min | Discussion | Jagadish K Chettri (Kathmandu) |
172 min | Short synthesis | |
Online evaluation of the session by attendees and participants Online control of knowledge to demonstrate the higher order thinking skills of the trainees. |
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Objectives
- Be aware of the precise the definition of a fall
- Grasp the epidemiology of falls in your region
- Perfectly inventory all possible causes of falls
- Be aware of the main in-home locations of falls?
- Identify clinically the old adults with the highest risk of falling
- Be attentive at the age-related sensory impairments involved in fall mechanisms
- Know and be attentive of medications provoking frequently falls in the old adults
- Inventory the multiple consequences of falls
- Understand the benefits of a close collaboration between Geriatricians and Orthopaedists