Development, implementation and evaluation of a multinational fracture liaison service (FLS) mentorship programme in Latin America
Authors' conclusion
Despite the COVID pandemic, the mentorship pillar of the Capture the Fracture Partnership has developed a community of FLS mentors with measurable improvement in national FLS provision.
Study context
- Population
- Multidisciplinary FLS mentors in Latin America, Capture the Fracture Partnership
- Comparison
- Countries in the FLS mentorship programme (Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, Argentina) vs LATAM countries not involved
- Outcome
- FLS set up since initiation of the training programme
Methodological detailsmultinational, pre-training needs assessment and post-training evaluation based on Moore's outcomes
- Multinational
- Pre-training needs assessment and post-training evaluation based on Moore's outcomes
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Mexico
22
events
Brazil
30
events
Colombia
3
events
Argentina
9
events
Chile
2
events
Other LATAM countries
0
events
- Additional patients identified from 2019 to 2021 after initiation of mentorship (approximately)
- 17,025
- Participation in training sessions
- 100%
Further findings
FLS engaged by mentors for service development
- FLS engaged
- 58
- Published national best practice guidelines
- 2
Original publication
Development, implementation and evaluation of a multinational FLS mentorship programme in Latin America. Osteoporos Int. Published 7 July 2023. doi:10.
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