Experience of distance learning of a multidisciplinary approach in the management of an elderly patient with a low-energy fracture
- Authors: Lesnyak O.M.1, Frolova E.V.1, Turusheva A.V.1, Gladkova E.N.1
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Affiliations:
- North-Western state medical university named after I.I. Mechnikov
- Issue: Vol 27, No 2 (2023)
- Pages: 73-84
- Section: Medical Education
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/RFD/article/view/132693
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/RFD321859
- ID: 132693
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: In the Russian Federation, high mortality and unsatisfactory treatment results of elderly and senile patients with low-energy fractures have been noted. Urgent implementation of a systematic approach to the treatment and prevention of osteoporotic fractures is needed, for which it is necessary to train a large number of medical professionals involved in care of these patients.
AIM: To create a distance learning course demonstrating the importance and effectiveness of a multidisciplinary approach to the management of an elderly patient with a fracture and to evaluate its effectiveness.
MATERIALS AND METHODS: The course used the TeleECHO technology based on the analysis of specific clinical cases by a multidisciplinary team of experts. Active interaction with the audience was carried out through interactive voting. The evaluation of the effectiveness of training was carried out using a questionnaire conducted before and after the course.
RESULTS: The training was attended by doctors and health care managers from 208 regions of the Russian Federation, as well as 10 other countries, most of whom were orthopedic surgeons. A survey conducted before the course showed an unsatisfactory audience’s understanding of current approaches to the care for elderly people with fractures. Upon completion of the training, most of the participants mastered the principles of the orthogeriatric approach and were ready to implement them into their practice. 94% of the attendees expressed their willingness to participate in future sessions on this topic.
CONCLUSIONS: Distance learning of the principles of a multidisciplinary approach in the health care for elderly patients with low-energy fractures, based on participation of trainees in the discussion of specific clinical cases along with experts, will allow the widespread introduction of current principles of orthogeriatrics into clinical practice.
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Olga M. Lesnyak
North-Western state medical university named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: olga.m.lesnyak@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0143-0614
SPIN-code: 6432-4188
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, 41 Kirochnaya St., Saint Petersburg, 191015Elena V. Frolova
North-Western state medical university named after I.I. Mechnikov
Author for correspondence.
Email: elena.frolova@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5569-5175
SPIN-code: 1212-0030
Scopus Author ID: 37037140300
ResearcherId: O-4134-2014
MD, Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor
Russian Federation, 41 Kirochnaya St., Saint Petersburg, 191015Anna V. Turusheva
North-Western state medical university named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: anna.turusheva@gmail.com
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3347-0984
SPIN-code: 9658-8074
Scopus Author ID: 57189466350
ResearcherId: U-3654-2017
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.), Assistant Professor
Russian Federation, 41 Kirochnaya St., Saint Petersburg, 191015Elena N. Gladkova
North-Western state medical university named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: gen4605@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6689-6941
SPIN-code: 6535-4153
MD, Cand. Sci. (Med.)
Russian Federation, 41 Kirochnaya St., Saint Petersburg, 191015References
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