Core Competency Program
Are you a pharmacist new to hematology/oncology and ready to advance your career? Are you an institutional leader ready to educate your healthcare team on all things hem/onc?
HOPA's Core Competency Program is well-suited for individuals looking for the most up-to-date, comprehensive, and foundational educational program for setting up pharmacists and other healthcare professionals with greater knowledge of oncology pharmacy!
New and Updated for 2026!
On-demand and self-paced, HOPA's newly updated Core Competency Program is ideal for pharmacists who are not residency trained in hematology/oncology pharmacy but find themselves needing to apply the Core Competencies. These courses are also popular with other individuals in the healthcare field, including nurses and other practitioners who have an interest in growing their oncology pharmacy skill set.
HOPA's updated 2026 Core Competency Program offers up to 17.25 CE hours, available either as 14 modules for individual purchase or in a bundle for greater savings.
This new version is available through June 22, 2029.
Fundamental Education for Pharmacists New to Oncology Pharmacy
- Learn about various treatment options, chemotherapy safety, chemotherapy admixture, pharmacology and chemotherapy toxicity, and prevention/management
- NEW FOR THE 2026 RELEASE: Modules have been updated to include critical information about USP 800 and other regulatory update impacting oncology pharmacy
- NEW FOR THE 2026 RELEASE: New educational modules on oral anticancer agents and oncology precision medicine
2026 Core Competency Modules
- Module 1: Basic Oncology Pharmacology (2.75 hours)
- Module 2: Evaluation of Chemotherapy Orders and Initial Patient Assessment (0.75 hours)
- Module 3: Monitoring and Modifying Cancer Treatment Care Plans (2.0 hours)
- Module 4: Calculating Appropriate Doses of Anticancer Medications for Hematology/Oncology Patients (0.5 hours)
- Module 5: Effective Patient Education (1.5 hours)
- Module 6: Designing and Implementing Supportive Care Plans (2.0 hours)
- Module 7: Extravasation: When Chemotherapy Misses the Mark (0.5 hours)
- Module 8: Value Based Frameworks in Oncology (0.75 hours)
- Module 9: Medication Procurement (1.0 hours)
- Module 10: Billing and Reimbursement (1.0 hours)
- Module 11: Safe Handling of Hazardous Drugs (1.0 hours)
- Module 12: Investigational Drug Principles (1.5 hours)
- Module 13: Oral Anticancer Agents (1.0 hours)
- Module 14: Oncology Precision Medicine (1.0 hours)
