Programme of 6th Excellence Course for Oncology Pharmacy

Venue: Netcare Head Office, 76 Maud street Cnr West, Sandton Johannesburg

14 May – 18 May 2025 (Wednesday till Sunday)

Wednesday, 14 May 2025   

08.00 – 08.15

Johan Labuschagne (SASOPh Chair) Carien vd Merwe (SASOPh Board):

Opening / Introduction

08.15 – 08.30

Klaus Meier (ESOP Chair):

Christophe Bardin (EUSOP Chair):

Welcome 

(*1.C.1)

8.30 – 09.30

Gregers Chalker:

Aseptic Technique, Facilities, Room design and HVAC

(*2.B)

9.30 – 10.30

Teresa Smit:

Clinical Trials in Oncology

(*2.B)

10.30 – 11.00

Coffee Break

11.00 – 12.00

Sherif Kamal:

Medication use Process: quality management

(*1.C.1)

12.00 – 13.00

Lunch

13.00-15.00

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Spill Kits

 (*1.C.4)

15.00 – 15.30

Coffee Break

15.30 – 17.00

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Prescription check and Methods of Dose Calculation

(*1.C.6 / 1.C.7)

17.000 – 17.30

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Pharmaceutical Intervention in Emergency Oncology

(*2.J)

17.30 – 18.30

The risk of working with cytotoxic drugs and monitoring methods in occupational health EEP

(*1.F.1/ 1.F.2)

Thursday, 15 May 2025  

08.00 – 09.00

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Interactions of Anticancer Drugs (including CAM)

(*3.G)

09.00 – 10.00

Sherif Kamal:

Psycho-Oncology

(*3.K)

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee Break

10.30 – 12.00

Sherif Kamal:

Patient Counselling/ practical          

(*3.J.1)

12.00 – 13.00

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Introducing Biologics in cancer

 (*4.A.3)

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 15.00

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Substitution/ Interchangeability/Switching/ Extrapolation between clinical indication

(*4.D.2/ 4.D.5)

15.00 – 16.00

Prof. Georgia Demetriou:

Breast Cancer

[*2.D/4.F.4/ 4.F.6]

16.30 – 16.30

Razeeya Khan:

Clinical case on Breast Cancer

[*2.D/4.F.4/ 4.F.6]

16.30 – 17.00

Coffee Break

17.00 – 18.00

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Side Effects of Anticancer Drugs EEP

 [*3.H]

Social Function

Friday, 16 May 2025   

08.00– 09.00

Oral Chemotherapy EEP

[*2.C]

09.00 – 10.00

Prof Lydia Dreosti:

Head/ Neck Cancers

(*3.L.6)

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee Break

10.30 – 12.30

Devices, Clean working and Waste Disposal practical

(*1.D.1 / 1.C.2 / 1.C.5)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Physiochemical stability of anticancer drugs/ Concerns and economics EEP

[*2.D/4.F.4/6]

14.30 – 15.00

Coffee Break

15.00 -16.00

Dr Thandiswe Lusu:

Gynaecological cancers

(*3.L.2)

16.00 – 16.30

Mrs Antje Viljoen:

Clinical case on Gynaecological cancers

16.30 – 18.00

Dr Adam Nosworthy:

Digestive Cancers 

(*3.L.1)

18.00 – 18.30

Hayley Gower:

Clinical case on digestive cancers

Saturday, 17 May 2025

08.30 – 10.00

Prof Paul Ruff:

Systemic therapy of malignant disease including chemotherapy and biological therapy

[*1.B.1]

10.00 – 10.30

Coffee Break

10.30 – 11.30

Prof Bernado Rapoport: 

Urological Cancers (Prostate Cancer) 

(*3.L.3)

11.30 – 12.00

Evah Lediga:

Clinical case on Prostate cancers

12.00 – 13.00

Dr Michael Cass:

Immunotherapy:  pharmacology and clinical use EEP

13.00 – 14.00

Lunch

14.00 – 15.30

Dr Philippa Ashmore: 

Haematological malignancies 

(*3.L.5)

15.30 – 16.00

Johandre van Jaarsveld: 

Clinical case on Haematological malignancies

16.00 – 16.30

Coffee Break

16.30 – 17.30

Prof Moosa Patel: 

HIV and related cancers (Kaposi Sarcoma) EEP

Sunday, 18 May 2025

08.00 – 09.00

Prof Jennifer Geel: 

Treatment of Paediatric Oncology Patients

[*3.M]

09.00 – 09.30

Tegan Bilse:

Clinical case on Paediatric cancers

(*3.L.3)

09.30 – 10.00

Coffee Break

10.00-11.00

Dr Karishma Singh:

Lung Cancer

(*3.L.7)

11.00 – 11.30

Quinton Barber: 

Clinical case on Lung cancer

11.30 – 12.30

Dr Jason Naicker: 

Melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancers 

(*3.L.4)

12.30 – 13.30

Lunch

13.30 – 14.30

Dr David Britain: 

Stem Cell Transplantation and CAR-T therapy –  /ATMPS EEP

14.30 – 16.00

Dr Christophe Bardin:

Closing and handing over of certificates

*EEP : Extra ExCOP Program