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Aim

Join our team of expert I0 professionals as they explore the key considerations when managing patients with immune related Adverse Events (irAEs), identifying how you can improve your own knowledge and practice when supporting patients who are undergoing immunotherapy.

Target Audience

Doctors of all grades, Nurses, AHPs and Pharmacists who provide care for patients undergoing Immunotherapy

Date and Duration

Date/Time:

4 November 2024

Duration:

1 Day 

09:00 - 16:00

NB This is a face to face event

Content and Certification

The day covers the below topics:

  • An introduction to Immuno-oncology
  • An introduction to immune related Adverse Events (irAEs)

Followed by 6 workshops (delegates partake in all 6 workshops)

  1. To ambulate or not to Ambulate – a focus on Hepatitis and Colitis
  2. The weird and wonderful – a focus on Rheumatology and Ophthalmology
  3. Infection Vs Inflammation – a focus on pneumonitis, nephritis and cystitis
  4. IO Board Game – A fun learning game
  5. When to worry – A focus on Myocarditis and Neurological Toxicity
  6. When Steroids Fail - Subsequent management of toxicities post first line corticosteroid

Speakers to include:

Dr Laura Cossar, Locum Consultant Medical Oncologist

Trudy Guinan, Immuno-Oncology Nurse Consultant

Dr Alexndra Johnson, Medical Oncology Registrar

Dr Simon Shamas Clinical Fellow IO, Medical Oncology Registrar

Guest Speaker: 

Dr Anna Olsson-Brown, Consultant Medical Oncologist

 

Certificate of Attendance 

Venue and Location

Venue:

Hope Street Hotel

Location:

Hope Street Hotel
Liverpool, Merseyside L1 9DA
United Kingdom