ILOs:

• Define population ageing and explain its effect on the incidence and prevalence of disorders of bone, cartilage and joints.
• Describe how disorders of bone, cartilage and joints have a severely negative effect on behaviour and quality of life of older people.
• Explain how disorders of bone, cartilage and joints have both acute and chronic effects on: patients; their family; and society
• Demonstrate an understanding of why public attitudes and the social and physical environment may need to adapt

• UN Projected World Population (2015)
• What is the Rule of 70?
• Which Factors Determine Population Growth and Decline?
• Demographic Transition
• Epidemiological Transition
• Time Trends in Mortality (Males aged 34-74yrs, UK 1921-1994)
• Scotland's Population in the Future
• What is Population Aging?
• What is the Dependency Ratio?
• How is Life Expectancy changing in Scotland?
• Life Expectancy between Subway Stations in Glasgow
• What is HLE?
• What is meant by 'Compression of Mortality & Morbidity'?
• What is the 'Current UK Burden of Disease'?