COMPASS: Compassionate Primary Palliative and Supportive Care for Serious Illness

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Welcome to COMPASS: COMpassionate Primary pAlliative and Supportive care for Serious illness

Join us in Singapore’s first fully online primary palliative care course!

Crafted in collaboration with workgroup members from the 3 healthcare clusters, the community and the Chapter of Family Medicine Physicians, this interactive asynchronous course aims to equip primary care providers with practical skills to deliver compassionate, person-centered care for patients with serious illnesses and their families.

This course is guided by the 4R framework - Recognise, Review, Relay and Reach Out —you will learn how to identify palliative care needs, manage common concerns, communicate effectively, and coordinate holistic support.

Topics

  • Commonly Encountered Chronic Serious Illnesses in Primary Care
  • Communication with Seriously Ill Patients and their Families/Caregivers
  • Psychosocial and Spiritual Distress in Serious Illness
  • Caregiver and Community Resources
  • Grief and Bereavement 101

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, learners will be able to:

  1. Recognise palliative care needs early and integrate a palliative approach into primary care for patients with serious illness and their families.
  2. Assess and manage common symptoms and challenges in serious illness using evidence-based, patient-centred approaches.
  3. Apply the Serious Illness Conversation Guide and empathic communication skills to support meaningful conversations about goals and preferences.
  4. Deliver holistic, person-centred care by addressing psychosocial, spiritual, grief and bereavement needs.

Learners will access materials such as videos, animated presentations, readings, assessments on the Learning Management System (LMS) at their own pace and time.

Estimated duration required to complete the course: 2 hour

The online self-paced learning is supplemented by an online forum that will address any questions and comments at the end of the course.

Course Duration: This is an online self-paced learning course. Learners will be given one month (from date of purchase) to access the course materials and complete the course

Please click on  ADD TO CART  to register and purchase the course.

For learners who have an existing account / are NUS user, please drop an email to lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg before clicking to buy.

For bulk enrolment, kindly email lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg.

Note: A minimum of 10 pax are required for bulk enrolment.

There will be no refund for online courses. Kindly e-mail to us at lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg for more information.

Accreditation

Submission of continuing education credits (CPE/CME) for fully asynchronous courses is to be done by learners through their respective accreditation boards upon course completion

Certificate

Course participants will be awarded with an e-Certificate of Attendance at the end of the course*.

*The e-Certificate of Attendance will only be awarded to participants via the Learning Management System upon completion of all coursework (including assessments and evaluation)

Heathcare professionals in the primary care settings such as polyclinics, GP clinics, nursing home, home care
Registered Healthcare Professionals (Medical, Nursing, Allied Health)
For more information, please contact us at lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg or visit our course page HERE.
Price: S$80.00
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