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Learning at Dana-Farber Online Courses

  • Cancer During Pregnancy: What Should Pharmacists Know?


    Course Experts: Fuwang Xu, PharmD

    Course Description: This course reviews the latest information on the safety profile of chemotherapy and supportive care medications during pregnancy, and outlines key concepts when considering chemotherapy in pregnant and breastfeeding patients.

    Credits: CEUs will be granted to pharmacists in disease state management/drug therapy.
  • Buprenorphine for Pain Management


    Course Experts: Allyson Beechy, PharmD

    Course Description: This course describes the mechanism of action, treatment, formulations, and counseling points for buprenorphine for pain management, as well as appropriate buprenorphine product and treatment plan selection based on patient-specific factors.

    Credits: CEUs will be granted to pharmacists in pain management.
    Buprenorphine, Pain Management, Formulations, Transdermal Patch, Buccal Film, Sublingual Film...
  • Breast Cancer: An Overview


    Course Experts: Katie Fiel, MSN, RN, OCN and Samantha Morrison-Ma, CNP, MSN, RN, ANP-C, WHNP-BC

    Course Description: This course provides an overview of breast cancer including breast cancer risk, diagnosis, pathology, treatment, and management of treatment related adverse effects.

    Credits: CEUs will be granted for pharmacists in disease state management/drug therapy.
    Breast Cancer, Incidence, Pathophysiology, Surveillance, Risk Factors, Genetic Mutations...
  • Biosimilars in Oncology: The Past, Present & Future


    Course Experts: Olga Vlashyn, PharmD, MS

    Course Description: This course reviews the history, definitions, and key concepts associated with biosimilars, barriers and best practices in the adoption of biosimilars, and professional roles in biosimilar implementation.

    Credits: CEUs will be granted to pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in law related to pharmacy practice.
  • An Overview of USP <797>


    Course Experts: Maria Vecchiarelli Kimball, PharmD, BCOP

    Course Description: This course provides an overview of USP <797> and describes sterile compounding best practices including garbing requirements, cleaning, and disinfecting the sterile environment.

    Credits: CEUs will be granted for pharmacists and pharmacy technicians in compounding.
    USP 797, Sterile Compounding, Environmental Monitoring, Beyond-Use Dates (BUD), Garbing Requirements, Cleaning ...
  • A Day in the Life of a DFCI Pharmacist


    Course Experts: Kenneth Almeida, PharmD, BCPS, BCOP; Angeliki Karapanos, PharmD; Bridget Scullion, PharmD, BCOP; Iman Suliman, PharmD, BCACP; Monica Syngal, PharmD; and Maria Vecchiarelli Kimball, PharmD, BCOP

    Course Description: This course outlines the key attributes and responsibilities of featured pharmacist roles at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. It also describes the interprofessional communication required by each pharmacist role.

    Credits: CEUs will be gran...