Wake up: Get a move on managing fatigue in

Wake up:
Get a move on managing fatigue in
oncology patients and recognizing
the pharmacist’s role
DATE:
SUNDAY, APRIL 23
TIME:
7:00-8:30 AM
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LOCATION:
FAIRMONT BANFF SPRINGS,
BREAKFAST
WILL BE SERVED
Alhambra room, Mezzanine floor 2
Satellite Symposium for the CAPhO 2017 Annual Conference
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
1
2
Describe the prevalence of
fatigue in oncology patients and
how it impacts patient quality of
life using a hormonal oral agent
case example.
Discuss exercise-based strategies
to improve the management of
fatigue in oncology patients and
review data on the impact of
physical activity on patient quality
of life.
3
Recognize the role of pharmacists
in counselling patients, monitoring
fatigue, and the importance
of collaboration with other HCPs
to optimize patient management.
This satellite symposium is sponsored by Astellas Pharma Canada, Inc.
NAVEEN BASAPPA MD FRCPC
Dr. Naveen Basappa is a Medical Oncologist at the Cross Cancer Institute in Edmonton, Alberta. He is an Assistant
Clinical Professor in the Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta.
He completed his MD at the University of Alberta, and received training in internal medicine at the University of
Toronto. He later went on to complete his subspecialty training in Medical Oncology at the University of Alberta.
He followed this with an experimental therapeutics fellowship with a focus on genitourinary cancer at the Cleveland
Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Basappa’s clinical and research interests focus on the management of genitourinary
malignancies and he is the principal and co-investigator of multiple national and international clinical trials.
KERRY S. COURNEYA PHD
Kerry S. Courneya, Ph.D., is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity and Cancer at the
University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. He received his B.A. (1987) and M.A. (1989) in Kinesiology from Western
University (London, Canada) and his Ph.D. (1992) in Kinesiology from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign).
He spent five years at the University of Calgary before moving to the University of Alberta in 1997. Prof.
Courneya’s research program focuses on physical activity and cancer survivorship including how exercise may help
cancer survivors prepare for treatments, cope with treatments, recover after treatments, and extend long term
survival. Prof. Courneya has co-authored the American College of Sports Medicine’s exercise guidelines for cancer
survivors (2010), the American Cancer Society’s physical activity and nutrition guidelines for cancer survivors
(2012), and the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s position statement on obesity and cancer (2014).
KHRISTINE WILSON B SC PHM
Khristine Wilson is an Oncology Pharmacist that practices at the Allan Blair Cancer Centre in Regina,
Saskatchewan. She obtained her Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from the University of Saskatchewan. She was
involved in developing and implementing the Oral Chemotherapy Pharmacist position at the Allan Blair Cancer
Centre. Her role as an Oral Chemotherapy Pharmacist has given her first-hand experience in managing toxicities
and improving adherence in patients on oral chemotherapy. She also focuses her clinical practice in the areas of
Hematology and Palliative Care for patients living with cancer. Along with her professional pharmacy endeavours,
Khristine also reaches her personal fitness goals as a fitness instructor, triathlete, and marathon runner.