BOPA E&T [Live Webinar] – COSA Conference Highlights

Wednesday 28th June 2023 at 08:00 BST – Click HERE to register (For COSA CPG members click here)

The BOPA Education and Training Subcommittee would like to invite you to one of our live webinar sessions in collaboration with Clinical Oncology Society of Australia on COSA Conference 2022 Highlights.

This session will be co-chaired by:

• Bastiaan Buijtenhuijs, Co-Chair of the BOPA Education and Training Subcommittee
• Marissa Ryan, Co-Chair of the COSA Cancer Pharmacists Group
• Nikki Blosser, Chair of CAPhO Pharmacist Advanced Education Committee

We have the following speakers and highlights lined up for the webinar:

• Jim Siderov– COSA Position Statement: 2022 update to the safe handling of monoclonal antibodies in healthcare settings
• Kate Wright – Research poster/abstract
• Hayley Vasileff – Research project exploring factors influencing attraction and retention of Australian Cancer Pharmacists

This webinar is FREE for all BOPA/COSA/CAPhO members and associates.

COSA CPG members to register please click here.

Registration link for CAPhO members to follow shortly.

Click here to join BOPA

Speaker Profiles:

Jim Siderov

Senior Pharmacist, Cancer Services

Olivia Newton-John Cancer & Wellness Centre, Austin Health

Qualifications

AM BPharm MClinPharm BCOP AdvPracPharm FSHP

Jim commenced work in cancer pharmacy practice in 1989 soon after completing his BPharm degree. In 1998, he successfully completed the inaugural US Board of Pharmaceutical Specialties Certification in Oncology Pharmacy (BCOP), re-certifying in 2006, 2013 and 2021. In 2004, he was awarded Fellowship to the SHPA, and in 2005 completed his Masters in Clinical Pharmacy. In 2015, the Australian Pharmacy Council credentialed him as an Advanced Practice Pharmacist. In 2019, he was admitted as a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia for service to oncology pharmacy as a clinician, and to professional associations.

Jim has been an active member of many professional organisations, including the Society of Hospital Pharmacists of Australia (SHPA) Committee of Specialty Practice in Oncology and the Cancer Pharmacists Group of the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia. He has been involved in the publication of professional standards of practice for Pharmacists as well as guidelines for the safe delivery of cancer therapies. He has published widely in peer-reviewed journals, and presented at local, national and international conferences.

Kate Wright

Senior haematology and oncology pharmacist

Orange Health Service, New South Wales

Kate commenced working in Oncology pharmacy in 2008, and has been working in rural NSW in Oncology since 2016. She has help develop the first Inpatient oncology/haematology unit offering acute leukaemia induction chemotherapy in rural NSW. Her passion is the treatment of Acute leukaemia and high-grade lymphoma, particularly in rural NSW, and brining world class, evidence-based treatment to patients living in rural and remote NSW. She is also a member of the COSA Cancer Pharmacist Group executive committee. 

Register for your free place now via the link at the top of the page. (Note: You must be at least a BOPA FREE associate.) Join here

Note. The Zoom link for the webinar will be sent in the morning the event at 7am (if you would like the link before the morning, please email [email protected])

Recording of the webinar will be available shortly after the live session.

We look forward to seeing you all.

Best Wishes
BOPA Education & Training Subcommittee