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SUMMARY:The Clinical Pharmacy Congress 2021
DESCRIPTION:The Clinical Pharmacy Congress 2021\, the largest gathering for the clinical pharmacy profession in the UK\, is back face-to-face this 24-25 September 2021 at the ExCeL London.\n  \nAs such\, we’d like to extend a personal invitation to you so you can register for a place free of charge using the bursary code ‘BOPA’ during checkout.  \nOver two days\, you can create a bespoke programme of content to reflect your unique training needs\, meet face-to-face with us and other vendors to find products and services that enable you to continue with your brilliant patient care plus catch-up and network with like-minded peers\, and colleagues. \n  \nIf you work in clinical pharmacy or have an interest in the sector – CPC is the education event for you. \n  \nHERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT: \n✨ Two-days of fun\, excitement and learning \n📝 Access to all theatres including: \n\nKeynote\nLeadership\nClinical\nClinical Leadership\nCancer and Long-Term Conditions – NEW\n\n📜Explore the Poster Zone \n😎 Hear great case studies and learnings to take back to work \n🌱Plus practical content: \n\nMedicines Optimisation Workshops\nPractical Skills Zone\nMini-Mock Calculation Workshops\n\n💡 Hundreds of vendors to explore \n👋 Catch-up with friends \n🎉Countless social events and networking opportunities \n⭐Join our CPC Awards \n👩‍🏫 Showcase Theatre – NEW \n  \nYou´re only a heartbeat away from securing your pass for CPC 2021! \n 
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/the-clinical-pharmacy-congress-2021/
LOCATION:ExCel London\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Announcements
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210914
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210915
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SUMMARY:BOPA Introduction to Oncology Course 2021
DESCRIPTION:14th September 2021 – The BOPA Introduction to Oncology study day is BACK. Subject to guidance\, the plan is for this to be held face to face in Leeds \n \n  \nPLEASE NOTE: BOPA are running this event for free and ONLY 50 places available for this course.  Please DO NOT sign up unless you intend to attend the session and if you are unable to make it please give as much notice as possible \n  \nWHEN: Tuesday 14th September 2021 – 9:00 till 16:30 \nWHERE: The Bridge Conference Centre\, Rider Street\, Leeds LS9 7BQ (1.3 miles (10 min Taxi or 20min walk) from Leeds Train Station) \nCOST: Completely FREE for BOPA Paid Members however unfortunately travel expenses are not included. \nREGISTER: Please register for the event using the ‘Register’ button at the top of this page or via this LINK \nWHAT HAPPNES NEXT: Once registered you will receive an email with further information about the day at least ONE week before the event \nQUESTIONS: Please contact contact@bopa.org.uk / education@bopa.org.uk or via our social media platforms \n  \nThe Education and Training Subcommittee \nSee our committee information page HERE  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/bopa-introduction-to-oncology-course-2021/
LOCATION:The Bridge Conference Centre\, Rider Street\, Leeds\, LS9 7BQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Education and Training
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210609
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SUMMARY:Oncology Professional Care 2021
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe UK’s brand-new dynamic virtual event for the oncology community\, Oncology Professional Care\, will take place on 9–10 June 2021 between 12pm and 5:30pm. \nCovid-19 has had a devastating impact on cancer outcomes and it is mission critical to get services back on track\, to make sure everyone receives the diagnosis\, treatment and care they desperately need. \nFREE for healthcare professionals\, the two-day CPD certified educational programme will feature sessions led by all the key NHS arm’s length bodies and major cancer charities including Macmillan Cancer Care and Cancer Research UK. We are delighted to also be joined by: \n– Geoff Bellingan\, Professor\, Medical Director for Surgery and Cancer Board – Acute provider\, Think Tank\, Cancer Charities \n– Anthony Cunliffe\, Joint National Lead Macmillan GP Adviser and Joint Clinical Chair – Macmillan Cancer Support \n– Nisha Shaunak\, Lead Pharmacist for Oncology Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust – Specialised Cancer Commissioning Pharmacist\, NHS England (London region) \n– Yen-Ching Chang\, Consultant in Clinical Oncology – University College London NHS FT \nJust some of the session highlights include: \n– Recovering from Covid-19: Getting the NHS Long Term Plan back on track \n– Exploring the impact of new health legislation on cancer care \n– Rolling out Rapid Diagnostic Centres: Assessing progress so far \n– How has Covid-19 impacted and altered our priorities for cancer diagnosis and treatment in the UK? \n– Harnessing genomics to drive a step-change in personalised medicine \n– Responding to a pandemic: What have we learned in the past 12 months to inform our future thinking? \n  \nRegister online here: https://www.oncologyprofessionalcare.co.uk/bopa
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/oncology-professional-care/
LOCATION:Virtual – Online
CATEGORIES:Announcements
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210515
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210516
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SUMMARY:Integrative Oncology UK 2021
DESCRIPTION:Integrative Oncology UK 2021 – 15 May 2021 – Online Conference \nA new online conference for healthcare professionals looking to learn more about the benefits of an evidence based integrative approach to cancer care to optimise health\, quality of life and clinical outcomes. The conference is organised in association with the British Society for Integrative Oncology and will highlight the benefits of integrating conventional cancer treatments alongside evidence-informed psychological\, nutritional\, lifestyle and complementary strategies. The event aims to provide delegates with practical take-home advice to help reduce side effects from treatments; offer better functional outcomes after cancer surgery and other oncological treatments; minimise emotional stress and optimise physical and mental wellbeing across the cancer care pathway and empower patients to become active participants in managing their health and wellbeing. \nREGISTER via the website NOW = www.IntegrativeOncologyUK.com \nBOPA Members get a 10% discount on the conference using code: BOPA-10
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/integrative-oncology-uk-2021/
LOCATION:Virtual – Online
CATEGORIES:Announcements
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SUMMARY:My Research - Session 4: Risk Predictions - Statistical versus Machine learning methods
DESCRIPTION:Session 4 (Wednesday 12th May at 19:00 GMT) –  CLICK HERE to REGISTER\n  \nWe would like to invite you to join our monthly ‘My Research’ sessions. These sessions are delivered by members that have undertaken an audit or evaluation. They will spend 10 minutes describing their career pathway and the next 10 minutes about the research methods that they used. There will be time for detailed questions following the talk. These sessions will enable members to learn about quantitative and qualitative methods and the learning may guide and help you in your future projects. We also hope that this will be a good opportunity to learn about different career pathways in cancer pharmacy. \n  \nThe session will be delivered by: Pinkie Chambers and Bruce Burnett \n  \nBiography (Pinkie Chambers) – Pinkie is a clinical academic at University College London (UCL) and University College NHS Foundation Trust.   Her research activities are all around improving the delivery of systemic anticancer treatments and has experience of using large datasets and prognostic modelling techniques. She has held various roles within cancer including developing new clinic pharmacy services at UCLH and Lead Pharmacist for London Cancer. She the current co-chair of the UK Chemotherapy board \, joint audit\, and research lead for BOPA and chair of The Chemotherapy Expert Reference group at the NCL cancer alliance as well as a member of the Heath Foundation Q Community. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nBiography (Bruce Burnett) – My name is Bruce Burnett and I am a final year PhD student at Swansea University. I have a Master of Medical Sciences in Clinical Oncology and a Batchelor of Science degree in Pharmacy with a postgraduate certificate in Supplementary Prescribing.  My current research relates to the prediction of colorectal cancer from routinely collected health and social data using machine learning techniques. Previously I was an oncology pharmacist with over 15 years experience and an interest in head and neck and upper GI cancers. I am also a guest lecturer at Coventry University on the topic of biopharmaceuticals in the management of cancer. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPlease Note:\n-Webinars will start at 19:00 BST and will last about 30 minutes to 1 hour \n-The Zoom link for the webinar will be sent on the day of the event around 17:30pm (if you would like the link before this time please email contact@bopa.org.uk) \n-Webinars are FREE to access for BOPA Paid Members \n-Webinars will be recorded and appear in the BOPA eLearning section of the website via this LINK \n-Webinars will aim to be on a monthly basis \n  \nPinkie\, Bastiaan and Alkesh\nBOPA Audit & Research and Education &Training Sub-Committee Chairs \n 
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/my-research-session-4-risk-predictions-traditional-versus-machine-learning-methods/
LOCATION:Virtual – Online
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Audit and Research
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210317T193000
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SUMMARY:My Research – Session 3: Patient experience in virtual cancer clinics and working with MPharm students
DESCRIPTION:Session 3 (Wednesday 17th March at 6:30pm GMT) –  CLICK HERE to REGISTER\n  \nWe would like to invite you to join our monthly ‘My Research’ sessions. These sessions are delivered by members that have undertaken an audit or evaluation. They will spend 10 minutes describing their career pathway and the next 10 minutes about the research methods that they used. There will be time for detailed questions following the talk. These sessions will enable members to learn about quantitative and qualitative methods and the learning may guide and help you in your future projects. We also hope that this will be a good opportunity to learn about different career pathways in cancer pharmacy. \n  \nThe third session will be delivered by: Melanie Dalby \n  \n \nBiography  – Melanie has worked in oncology and haematology for 9 years. Seven of these years have been at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust. She completed a Darzi Fellowship (a bespoke leadership programme) in 2017 looking at how community pharmacists can support patients who take oral anticancer therapy. She has a specific interest in research that leads to direct clinical impact. Currently as the lead for cancer patient experience and engagement at Barts Health she works with patients to make positive changes to the care of cancer patients. She also leads the four Macmillan information and support centres across the trust. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPlease Note:\n  \n-Webinars will start at 18:30 GMT and will last about 30 minutes to 1 hour \n-The Zoom link for the webinar will be sent on the day of the event around 17:30pm (if you would like the link before this time please email contact@bopa.org.uk) \n-Webinars are FREE to access for BOPA Paid Members \n-Webinars will be recorded and appear in the BOPA eLearning section of the website via this link: https://www.bopa.org.uk/course-category/audit-and-research/ \n-Webinars will be on a monthly basis \n  \nPinkie\, Bastiaan and Alkesh\nBOPA Audit & Research and Education &Training Sub-Committee Chairs \n 
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/my-research-session-3-patient-experience-in-virtual-cancer-clinics-and-working-with-mpharm-students/
LOCATION:Virtual – Online
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Education and Training
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SUMMARY:UK BMT Pharmacists’ Group – Educational Meeting 5th March 2021
DESCRIPTION:The UK BMT Pharmacists’ Group (a special-interest group affiliated to BOPA) is running an educational meeting via Zoom on the afternoon of Friday 5th March. The meeting will run from 1-5pm and the programme has been split into 4 x 1 hour slots to make it easy to dip in and out! Although the meeting will have a transplant-focus\, the agenda has been made deliberately broad\, and all pharmacists with an interest in haematology are very welcome to attend for some or all of the sessions. There is no registration fee and no need to pre-register. \n  \nThe meeting agenda and all the details you need to log in can be found here: https://www.bopa.org.uk/bmtmeeting/ \n\n  \nIf you have any enquiries about the meeting please contact Nick Duncan at nick.duncan@uhb.nhs.uk \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/uk-bmt-pharmacists-group-educational-meeting-5th-march-2021/
LOCATION:Virtual – Online
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Education and Training
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20210224T200000
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SUMMARY:My Research - Session 2: Adherence Interventions
DESCRIPTION:Session 2 (Wednesday 24th February at 7pm GMT) –  CLICK HERE to REGISTER\n  \nWe would like to invite you to join our monthly ‘My Research’ sessions. These sessions are delivered by members that have undertaken an audit or evaluation. They will spend 10 minutes describing their career pathway and the next 10 minutes about the research methods that they used. There will be time for detailed questions following the talk. These sessions will enable members to learn about quantitative and qualitative methods and the learning may guide and help you in your future projects. We also hope that this will be a good opportunity to learn about different career pathways in cancer pharmacy. \n  \nThe second session will be delivered by: Nick Duncan and Andrea Preston \n  \n \nBiography (Nick Duncan) – Nick is an Academic Practitioner in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Birmingham and Consultant Haematology Pharmacist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust\, UK. He qualified as a pharmacist in 1994 and has spent most of his career to date working in oncology and haematology\, particularly in the area of haematopoietic stem cell transplantation. He qualified as an independent prescriber in 2010 and has an active prescribing role in a variety of haematology clinics. Areas of research interest include medicines adherence\, chronic myeloid leukaemia and antifungal stewardship. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nBiography (Andrea Preston) – Andrea is the Divisional Lead Pharmacist for Haematology at University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust and part time Cancer Commissioning Pharmacist for NHSE South. She studied pharmacy at Cardiff University and qualified in 1999. The majority of her career has been in cancer services. In her clinical role she is proud to work within an excellent team of cancer pharmacists delivering specialist pharmacy services to oncology and haematology including BMT and CAR-T. She is an independent prescriber in multiple myeloma and amyloidosis. Her special interest in pharmacy research started after completing an MSc in Clinical Oncology at University of Birmingham\, where she met and started collaborating with Nick Duncan. Special areas of research interest include dosing of systemic anticancer therapy (SACT) in obesity\, adherence and use of technology to improve safety of SACT. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nPlease Note:\n  \n-Webinars will start at 19:00 GMT and will last about 30 minutes to 1 hour \n-The Zoom link for the webinar will be sent on the day before the event \n-Webinars are FREE to access for BOPA Paid Members \n-Webinars will be recorded and appear in the BOPA eLearning section of the website via this link: https://www.bopa.org.uk/course-category/audit-and-research/ \n-Webinars will be on a monthly basis \n  \nPinkie\, Bastiaan and Alkesh\nBOPA Audit & Research and Education &Training Sub-Committee Chairs \n 
URL:https://www.bopa.org.uk/event/my-research-session-2/
LOCATION:Virtual – Online
CATEGORIES:Announcements,Audit and Research
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