IAGG e-TRIGGER – Programm, 6th Session: 3 hours – Saturday 14 May, 2022

Falls and Fractures

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)
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.

 

 

Objectives
  1. Be aware of the precise the definition of a fall
  2. Grasp the epidemiology of falls in your region
  3. Perfectly inventory all possible causes of falls
  4. Be aware of the main in-home locations of falls?
  5. Identify clinically the old adults with the highest risk of falling
  6. Be attentive at the age-related sensory impairments involved in fall mechanisms
  7. Know and be attentive of medications provoking frequently falls in the old adults
  8. Inventory the multiple consequences of falls
  9. Understand the benefits of a close collaboration between Geriatricians and Orthopaedists