Welcome to SPLICES Online: Serious Illness and Palliative Care Education in Surgery

OVERVIEW
Join us for the first in Singapore fully online Serious Illness and Palliative Care Education in Surgery (SPLICES) course for healthcare practitioners!

This interactive, asynchronous course aims to equip clinicians with the necessary knowledge and skills to identify, address, and manage common supportive and palliative care needs of seriously ill patients in surgery. This course will supplement participants’ pre-existing skills to further enhance their ability to support patients and improve quality of care.

TOPICS
CORE MODULES
• The Role of Palliative Care in Surgery
• Basic Pain and Symptom Management
• Communication with Seriously Ill Patients and their Families/Caregivers
• Ethical Principles in Decision Making for Seriously Ill Surgical Patients

OPTIONAL MODULES
• Anaesthesiology Considerations in Serious Illness
• Palliative Surgery in Gastrointestinal Cancers
• Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia 101
• Overview of Surgery in Head and Neck Cancers
• Grief and Bereavement

LEARNING OUTCOMES
• Recognise patients who have palliative care needs and know when to refer to specialist palliative care
• Recognise your role in generalist palliative care
• Explain basic principles of management of pain and common symptoms in surgical care of seriously ill patients
• Communicate with patients and their families using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to elicit patients' values and preferences
• Use the “best-case and worst-case scenario” tool for communicating treatment / care options
• Apply ethical principles using the Jonsen's Four-Box Approach to guide complex decision making

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

Estimated time to complete the CORE Modules: 2 hours
Estimated time to complete the entire course: 4 hours

Learners have access to the materials for one month upon successful registration.

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

REGISTRATION
Please click on 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.

REFUND POLICY
There will be no refund for online courses.
Kindly email lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg if you require any assistance.

CONTACT US
For more information, please contact us at lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg or visit our course page HERE