Getaway Seminars: Hepatitis, Advances in Cancer Therapy, HIV
hosted byGetaway Seminars Inc.Getaway Seminars: Hepatitis, Advances in Cancer Therapy, HIV is organized by Getaway Seminars Inc. and will be held from Nov 15 - 17, 2024 at Royalton Saint Lucia, An Autograph Collection All-Inclusive Resort, Rodney Bay, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
Friday, November 15, 2024
Advances in the Treatment of Hepatitis B & C:
ACPE# TBA
Objectives:
• Explain the risk factors of Hepatitis B & C
• Develop a pharmaceutical care plan that will effectively manage patients with either Hepatitis B or C infections.
• Identify the classes of pharmaceutical agents that are active against Hepatitis B or C.
• Be able to manage drug-induced toxicity associated with the treatment of Hepatitis B or C.
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Advances in Cancer Therapy:
ACPE# TBA
Objectives:
• Understand how cancer emerges from normal host replication process.
• Understand how cancer proliferates, progresses and leads to metastatic diseases.
• Identify conventional agents for various solid tumors (e.g. colon, breast, urologic, and brain cancers).
• Describe how new kinase inhibitors are able to inhibit cancer progression.
• Describe how new anti-angiogenesis agents would prevent the progression of cancer proliferation.
• Understand the types of adverse events that patients may encounter when receiving these types of anti-cancer agents.
• Be able to convey to patients methods to ameliorate these adverse events.
Sunday, November 17, 2024
Advances in Hiv Therapy:
ACPE # TBA
Objectives:
• Review and identify the mechanisms of HIV infection and targets for pharmacotherapy.
• Compare and contrast mechanisms of action of various antiretroviral agents.
• Identify both clinical and laboratory values advocating the initiation of antiretroviral therapy.
• Identify new agents in the fight against HIV and how they fit into the currently available agents.
• Explain the antiviral effects associated with high active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
• Identify and manage possible drug-drug interactions between antiretroviral agents with other therapeutic agents.
• Explain how to manage various adverse effects associated with antiretroviral agents.
