Paid courses

This certificate course covers the foundational principles and practice of palliative care. It aims to build professional competency and confidence by equipping participants with the necessary knowledge and basic skills to work with patients and families facing life-threatening illnesses. The trainers in this course range from experienced social workers to doctors and nurses from the field of palliative care. The content is presented through interactive lectures, discussions and role play activities conducted in classroom teaching.

This workshop will equip clinicians with the skills to conduct serious illness conversations with patients and families. The Serious Illness Conversation Program offers healthcare professionals a structure and language to talk with seriously ill patients about their goals, values and wishes in advancing illness.

Join us for the first in Singapore fully online Serious Illness and Palliative Care Education in Surgery (SPLICES) course for healthcare practitioners! Jointly developed by the Lien Centre for Palliative Care, the Surgery Academic Clinical Program, Singhealth and the Division of Surgery and Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, this interactive asynchronous course aims to equip clinicians with basic palliative knowledge and skills to integrate into their care of seriously ill surgical patients.