Essentials of Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement
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The two-day interactive 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. It also explores the meaning of death and examines personal attitudes and fears to understand the grieving process and basic grief support throughout the life span.
All information is relevant to everyday life and most specifically to those practitioners providing death education, as well as those supporting the dying and bereaved.
Please refer to the brochure here.
The course will focus on applying theory and research to expand participants’ cognitive knowledge and practical skills to develop the emotional competence required for working with dying and bereaved individuals. It presents the essential topics and core knowledge for death-related counselling and death education using a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach:
- Death and loss in contemporary society
- The experience of dying
- End-of-life decision making
- Loss, grief and mourning
- Assessment and intervention
- Traumatic deaths
- Life and death education
- The future of thanatology
- Doctors, Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Psychosocial Staff, Senior Management, Support Care Staff
- Chaplains, Funeral Directors, Police and Emergency Medical Technicians
- Individuals who are working as volunteers or support staff working with critically ill, dying or bereaved individuals
Associate Professor Andy Hau Yan HO
Dr Ho is Associate Professor of Psychology at the School of Social Sciences, Honorary Associate Professor at the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Director of the Action Research for Community Health (ARCH) Laboratory, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Deputy Director (Research) at The Palliative Care Centre for Excellence in Research and Education (PalC).
He is a Fellow in Thanatology, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB), and the Association of Death Education and Counseling (ADEC).
He specialises in the research and teaching of public health palliative care, life and death education, psychosocial gerontology, holistic therapy and community empowerment. He has produced numerous public health campaigns and short film documentaries, as well as authored over 70 books, chapters, research reports and articles in prominent journals.
He is the first Asian recipient of the esteemed ADEC Academic Educator Award in 2018.
Course fees before subsidy: SGD 453.60 per person (including GST)
*Prevailing course fee subsidy for staff working in eligible Community Care organisations:
90% for Singaporean/PR and 45% for non-Singaporean/PR.
*Organisations will be billed the amount after subsidy.
Date: 2 and 3 Mar 2023
Time: 9.30am to 5.30pm
Venue: TTSH Centre for Healthcare Innovation, Level 2 Hall 1
18 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308443
