Our half-day Nursing Workshop has been supported by Cancer Research UK under their Excellence in Research programme. It is being led by Dr Donna Graham (Consultant in Experimental Cancer Medicine) and Clare Dickinson (CRUK Senior Nurse Manchester).
Registration for the workshop is £60 + VAT per delegate. Book here.
Tuesday 16 July 2019
The Role of Research Nurses in the Development & Delivery of Phase I Trials
Objectives
Understanding changing nature of treatment and complexities( in terms they understand following on from the main session throughout the conference)
Implications / impact on practice and delivery
Advanced skill required to fully support patients and their care
Advances in professional nursing roles
Agenda
09:00 - 09:15 Introductions
Introductions to the session and the panel – including short patient video
Co-chairs:
Professor Janelle Yorke – Patient Centred Research Lead (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
Clare Dickinson – CRUK Senior Nurse, Manchester
Dr Donna Graham – Consultant in Experimental Cancer Medicine (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
09:15 - 09:40 The changing nature of treatments and the implications for nurses.
Dr Allan Jordan – Director of Oncology Drug Discovery, Sygnature Discovery
09:40 - 10:05 Practicalities of delivering Phase I trials
Chloe Cowan – Operational director of CRF Glasgow
10:05 - 10:30 What we can learn from paediatrics? (inclusive of cell-based therapies)
Emma Charnock – ECMC Manchester Paediatric Nurse: Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital
Michelle Davies – Advanced nurse practitioner: Advanced Immune and Cell Therapy Team, Manchester
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee break
11:00 - 11:25 Increasing complexity of Phase I trials and learning from the North American experience
Lindsay Carlsson – Research nurse in the Drug Development Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
11:25 - 11:45 The role of the Advanced nurse practitioner in Early Phase clinical trials
Lorraine Turner – Advanced nurse practitioner: ECMC breast cancer team, Manchester
Michelle Davis – Advanced nurse practitioner: Advanced Immune and Cell Therapy Team, Manchester
11:45 - 12:05 Research and academic options for nurses involved in Early Phase trials
Professor Janelle Yorke – Patient Centred Research Lead (The Christie NHS Foundation Trust)
12:05 - 12:30 Summary and Q & A session with the panel