Ethics lies at the heart of healthcare. It is essential for good clinical practice and permeates every area of management and care of patients, often without the healthcare professionals realizing it.

An understanding of the application of ethical principles is important for healthcare professionals to make decisions in the best interest of patients and their families (Roberts et.al.2005).

Currently, clinical ethics education in Singapore tends to be more theory-based with less emphasis on clinical application. This workshop aims to close this gap by translating the ethical theories into day-to-day practices for healthcare professionals.

Please refer to the brochure here.

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

Health professionals, including doctors, registered nurses, advanced practice nurses, psychosocial staff, allied health professionals, and senior management, who care for patients at the end of life (EOL) and working in community care

Adjunct Assistant Prof Neo Han Yee

Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Head and Senior Consultant, Department of Palliative Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Adjunct Assistant Professor, LKC School of Medicine​

Adjunct A/Prof James Alvin Low

Joint Faculty, Geriatric Education & Research Institute

Chair, Clinical Ethics Committee, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Senior Consultant, Geriatric Medicine and Palliative Care, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Adjunct A/Prof Allyn Hum

Centre Director, The Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education

Senior Consultant, Department of Palliative Medicine, Tan Tock Seng Hospital

Dr Sumytra Menon

Deputy Director, Centre for Biomedical Ethics &

Co-Director, Clinical Ethics Network + Research  Ethics Support, Yong Loo Lin School of  Medicine, National University of Singapore

A/Prof Roy Joseph

Co-Director, Clinical Ethics Network + Research Ethics Support,Centre for Biomedical Ethics, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of National University of Singapore

Emeritus Consultant, Department of Neonatology of National University Hospital

Date: 15 and 16 Feb 2022

Time: 9am to 1pm

Venue: Zoom online platform

Course fees before subsidy: SGD 374.50 per person (including GST)

*Prevailing course fee subsidy for staff working in eligible Community Care organisations:
90% for Singapore Citizen/PR and 45% for non-Singapore citizen/PR.
*Organisations will be billed the amount after subsidy.

For enquiries, please email to enquiries@palc.org.sg.

Course registration will open approximately 1.5 to 1 month before the course starts. Please come back again for updates on the next course run.