Topics:

• The scope of palliative care in the Emergency Department
• Pain and symptom management
• Care of the dying
• Serious illness communications

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

1. Explain the importance of integrating palliative care principles in emergency department settings
2. Apply principles of pain and symptom management for patients requiring palliative care
3. Identify the patient at end-of-life and provide appropriate care for the dying in the emergency department context
4. Develop basic communication skills for sensitive conversations with critically-ill patients and their families

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 required is 5 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

Interested learners please register and purchase the course via the Duke-NUS Course Catalogue here.

Course Duration: Learners will be given 1 month (from date of purchase) to access the course materials and complete the course.

Course Fee: SGD 87.20 inclusive of 9% GST

Additional support for local doctors working in primary care
This course is eligible for the Primary Care Palliative Champions (PC2) Training Award by Singapore Hospice Council. For inquiries, please contact info@singaporehospice.org.sg. View here for more information.

Please be informed that there will be no refund for online courses.

For bulk enrolment, kindly email lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg.
Note: A minimum of 10 pax are required for bulk entolment. 

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

Certification
Course participants will be awarded with an e-Certificate of Attendance upon completion of the online 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)

• Local and international doctors and nurses in active clinical practice in acute care settings

• Registered doctors and nurses

Dr Rakhee Yash Pal
Consultant, Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital

Dr Alina Tan
Senior Resident Physician, Department of Anaesthesia, National University Hospital

Dr Tiah Ling
Senior Consultant, CMB Office, Changi General Hospital

Dr Ranjeev Kumar
Consultant, Acute & Emergency Care Centre, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital

Ms Liang Sufang
Senior Nurse Clinician, Emergency Medicine Department, National University Hospital

Dr Noreen Chan
Senior Consultant, Division of Palliative Care, Department of Hematology-Oncology, NCIS, National University Hospital

Dr Alethea Yee
Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care (DSPC), National Cancer Centre of Singapore (NCCS)
Director of Education, Lien Centre for Palliative Care

Dr Yong Woon Chai
Senior Consultant, Department of Supportive and Palliative Care Programme, Alexandra Hospital
Senior Consultant, Division of Palliative Care, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore