Does patient partnership in continuing medical education (CME) improve the outcome in osteoporosis management?

There was no evidence that didactic lectures affect physician behavior in ordering BMD, but there were compelling indications that patient education, which included written screening results, enhanced physician‐patient diaglogue, resulting in more BMD orders.

Abstract

In this study, there was no evidence that didactic lectures affect physician behavior in ordering BMD. There were, however, compelling indications that patient education, which included written screening results, enhanced physician-patient dialogue, resulting in more BMD orders.