Course syllabus for Bone Density Measurement With Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) - A Diagnostic Method When Osteoporosis is Suspected
Bentäthetsmätning med Dual energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) - en diagnostisk metod vid misstanke om osteoporos
Essential data
Course code: 2QA329
Course name: Bone Density Measurement With Dual Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) - A Diagnostic Method When Osteoporosis is Suspected
Credits: 7.5
Form of Education: Higher education, study regulation of 2007
Main field of study: Radiography
Level: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Fail (U) or pass (G)
Department: Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Decided by: Education committee CLINTEC
Decision date: 2020-12-15
Course syllabus valid from: Autumn semester 2021
Content
Osteoporosis disease, 4.5 credits
Grading scale: GU
Clinical training at DXA systems, 3.0 credits
Grading scale: GU
Literature and other teaching aids
- Osteoporos, Åkesson, Kristina, Stockholm : Läkartidningen, 2017 - 79 s. ISBN: 9789198171143, LIBRIS-ID: 20147036, *
- Marc N. Wein; Benjamin Z. Leder, Osteoporosis, Spring, Springer International Publishing, 2020 LIBRIS-ID: 5hfsb0k43x0bd8px, *
- Licata, Angelo A.; Williams, Susan E., A DXA Primer for the Practicing Clinician: A Case-Based Manual for Understanding and Interpreting Bone Densitometry, New York, NY : Springer New York, 2014 - XIX, 167 p. 120 illus., 20 illus. in color. ISBN: 9781441913753, LIBRIS-ID: 15199775, Table of Contents / Abstracts, *