Newsletters

Spring 2005

Bone School for Doctors

We all know that education “counts.” The more we know about something the better we can do it. This is true for our personal relationships, sports, hobbies, and job. For the medical profession, continuing education is a way of life. Since medical knowledge is expanding at a tremendous pace, doctors and nurses need to use all the tools available to them to keep up.

At New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, we take special pride in our efforts to teach ourselves, and others, about new medical developments. Through our research programs we are constantly challenged to learn new concepts for patient care, and to use them in the safest possible way with our patients. While we are interested in all aspects of medical care, our special focus is on the management of osteoporosis.

Many of our research studies are testing new ways to prevent and treat osteoporosis. To learn more about how to do this, we are continually learning from others. We do this by reading medical journals, talking to our colleagues inperson or by email, and traveling to meetings. If one of us is not in the office when you need to be seen, it is most likely because of an out of town meeting.

It is traditional in the medical profession to combine teaching with learning. We therefore donate time to teaching medical students, healthcare providers, and the public about osteoporosis. We have all participated in writing scientific papers for presentation at medical meetings and publication.

Julia Chavez speaks to groups about bone health. Dr. Rudolph is a regular mentor to medical students seeing hospital patients. Dr. Lewiecki, in his role as President of the International Society for Clinical Densitometry, has traveled throughout the US, as well as in Europe, Asia, and South America to lecture on quality in bone density testing and the treatment of osteoporosis. He is a teacher at what could be called an international “Bone School for Doctors.”

It is our goal to apply the latest in medical advances, in the most humane way possible, to the care of our patients, and to share our knowledge with others.