Cardiac Supportive Care Course

OVERVIEW
A 3-day interdisciplinary course is specially designed to equip healthcare professionals caring for patients with advanced cardiac illnesses with the basic supportive care skills and knowledge to integrate into their practice. The trainers in this course range from experienced cardiologists to doctors, nurses and pharmacists from the field of cardiology, supportive and palliative care. The content is presented through interactive lectures, discussions and role play activities.

This is a blended learning course where participants will be able to access mini-presentations, assessments, video clips and other resources via the Duke-NUS Learning Management System.

Registration will be open from 13 Feb 2025 till 11 Apr 2025, or when maximum capacity has been reached, whichever earlier.

COURSE CONTENT
Topics
• Living with Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Illnesses in the 21st century
• Heart Failure and Other Serious Cardiac Diseases – Disease Trajectory and Pharmacological Treatment Options
• Optimising Medications in Cardiac Patients
• Deprescribing in Cardiac Patients
• Device Therapies, Heart Transplant and Health Coaching in Treatment of Heart Failure and Other Serious Cardiac Illnesses
• Nutrition in Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Disease
• Psychiatric Considerations in Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Disease
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Across Settings
• Common Symptoms and Case Studies on Symptom Control in Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Disease
• Nurse-led Coaching in Cardiac Disease
• Care of the Dying Patient
• Community Palliative Care Services
• Serious Illness Conversations with Heart Failure/Advanced Cardiac Patients and Families
• Shared Decision Making in Heart Failure
• Psychosocial Considerations in Heart Failure and Advanced Cardiac Disease
• Grief and Loss
• Ethical Considerations in Treatment Decisions

COURSE DETAILS
Face-to-Face teaching sessions: 21 – 23 May 2025, 8am to 5pm.

The course will officially start on 6 May 2025 with the e-learning portion. Participants are required to complete the online coursework before the teaching sessions, done at their own pace.

Venue: National Heart Centre Singapore, 5 Hospital Drive, Singapore 169609

Course Fee: S$ 770.00 (before 9% GST)
Overseas applicants are requested to contact us before registration.

REGISTRATION
CLICK HERE to register for the course. Please note that your registration does not serve as a confirmation of your seat for the course.

Successful applicants will receive a confirmation email with payment details nearer to course start date.

REFUND POLICY

Please be informed withdrawal from course must be made in writing for refund of fees.
Date of withdrawal	%
2 weeks or more before course start date:	100%
Less than 2 weeks before course start date:	50%
On or after course start date:	0%

CONTACT US
For more information, please contact us at lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg / (+65) 6516 2425 (Ruo Bing) or visit our website here.