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Education
Workshop on Burnout and Self-care
15 Jun 2022 - 16 Jun 2023

Registration open. Please register by 29 May 2023.

This two-day workshop provides participants with a unique opportunity to obtain a holistic understand of burnout, well as a true appreciation of self-care via an immerse experience with Mindful-Compassion Art Therapy (MCAT).

Certificate in General Basic Palliative Care
11 Jul 2023 - 19 Jul 2023

Registration open. Please register by 26 Jun 2023

The four-day course aims to develop participants’ theoretical and practical knowledge in delivering competent, evidence-informed holistic palliative care in any healthcare setting by enhancing their role as part of a multidisciplinary team.

 

CLEAR (Communication, Law, Ethics And Professional Regulations) Course on End of Life Care

There will be no course runs in 2023.

At the end of the course, participants should be able to:

  • Identify key ethical principles that arise in end-of-life care, focusing on a community setting
  • Describe the common ethical issues that arise in end-of-life care
  • Analyse common ethical issues that arise in end-of-life care using the relevant tools
Basic Qualitative Research in Healthcare

Next course run: 21 Sep 2023 PM

The programme involves i) 2-weeks of self-directed online study, where participants will be given access to online materials to study at their own pace, and ii) a 0.5-day virtual classroom session.

Palliative Care in Advanced Non-cancer Conditions

Next course run: 27 & 28 Jul 2023

As our population ages, more people will be developing chronic medical conditions which will progress and eventually lead to death. The challenges of managing a patient with advanced non-cancer conditions can be fairly different from caring for someone who is suffering from advanced cancer. The 2-day course will highlight these challenges and focus on palliative care approaches to help healthcare professionals manage non-cancer end-of-life care better.

Geriatric Palliative Care in Advanced Dementia

Next course run: 14 & 15 Sep 2023

The interactive workshop aims to develop participants’ theoretical and practical knowledge in delivering competent, evidence-informed palliative care in advanced dementia.

Family Dignity Intervention: Psycho-Socio-Spiritual Care for Terminally-Ill Patients and their Families

Next course run: Tentatively 23 & 24 Nov 2023

This two-day professional workshop will provide participants with a unique opportunity to learn and experience a novel and clinically robust Family Dignity Intervention (FDI) for cultivating existential wholeness among terminally-ill patients and their families facing the end of life.

Certificate in Community Palliative Care: Psychosocial Care

The next course run will be in 2024

Access to supportive care, palliative care and end-of-life care are essential for persons living with an advance illness. In this course, community health and social care professionals will be offered a foundational overview of psychosocial issues faced by their clients living across illness trajectories in the community, and consider their roles in providing holistic support.

 

Essentials of Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement

2023 course run completed

The two-day course gives an overview and summary of the field of thanatology. It explores the social, cultural, psychological, legal, ethical, and spiritual issues raised by illness, dying, death and bereavement.

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