Oncology Pharmacy 101 Course
Overview
The course will focus on the role of oncology pharmacists and the basic understanding of cancer therapies and different treatment modalities, oncologic emergencies, genetics and molecular testing and the development of pharmaceutical care plan for cancer patients
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the course all participant will be able to
• Define cancer terms
• Understand Incidence in Men and Women
• Identify the most common types of cancer
• Identify the risk factors for the common types of cancer
• Recommend the screening for types of cancer
• Define cancer genetics and carcinogenesis
• Understand the hereditary cancer
• Summarize the genetic changes in cancer
• Illustrate the cancer treatment modalities
• Define the role of surgery for cancer patient
• Define the different surgical techniques
• Understand the radiation therapy techniques
• Enumerate the targeted therapy
• Differentiate between protocols, roadmap and preprinted order
• Develop ideal pharmaceutical care plan
• Understand the chemotherapy classification model
• Define the most common chemotherapy toxicities
• Manage the different toxicities of chemotherapy
Schedule
4 days – From 1-9-2024 to 4-9-2024
| Days | Topics | Time | Lecturer |
| Day 1 | What is cancer? | 10:00-11:30 AM | Dr Ahmed Anwar |
| 1/9/2024 | Break | 11:30- 12:30 PM | – |
| Cancer treatment modalities | 12:30 to 2:30 PM | Dr Ahmed Anwar | |
| Clinical Pharmacy tour | 2:30to 3:30 PM | Dr Ahmed Anwar &Dr Sally Fikry | |
| Day 2 | Chemotherapy classification and toxicities | 10:00- 12:00 AM | Dr Ahmed Anwar |
| 2/9/2024 | Break | 12:00- 1:00 PM | – |
| Role of clinical pharmacist in oncology specialty | 1:00 to 3:00 | Dr Ahmed Anwar &D r Sally Fikry | |
| Day 3 | Supportive care 1 | 10:00- 12:00 AM | Dr Loay Ahmed |
| 3/9/2024 | Break | 12:00- 01:00 PM | – |
| Supportive care 2 | 1:00 to 3:00 | Dr Loay Ahmed and Dr Sally Fikry | |
| Day 4 | Personalized medicine in cancer | 10:00- 12:00 AM | Dr Ahmed Anwar |
| 4/9/2024 | Break | 12:00- 01:00 PM | – |
| Clinical pharmacy interventions and medication error reporting | 1:00 to 2:00 | Dr Ahmed Anwar | |
| Safe Handling of hazardous medication | 2:00 to 3:00 | Dr Enas Magdy |
Location
On-site
Target Audience
Under and postgraduate’s pharmacists
Certificate Requirements
In order to receive your certificate, you have to attend not less than 70%
• Hard copy for 100 Egyptian Pounds
• Soft copy for free