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 101

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

1. Understand the integration of palliative care principles and practice in seriously ill surgical patients.
2. Explain basic management of pain and common symptoms in care of seriously ill surgical patients.
3. Use the Serious Illness Guide to elicit patients’ understanding, values and goals.
4. Apply the “best-case and worst-case scenario” communication tool for discussing surgical treatment options
5. Apply ethical principles using the Jonsen’s Four-Box Approach to guide complex decision making
   

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 Core Modules: 1 hour

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.

Those who completed SPLICES Online are eligible to sign up for the 0.5 day Face-to-Face SPLICES Workshop in which communication skills and ethical principles in decision making are applied in role play, case studies and panel discussion. More information here.

Registration

Interested learners please register and purchase the course via the Duke-NUS Course Catalogue here. 
*For learners from local healthcare institutions (Singapore), kindly submit your registration here. 

Course Fee: SGD 87.20 inclusive of 9% GST.

Course Duration: This is an online self-paced learning course. Learners will be given 1 month (from date of purchase) to access the course materials and complete the course.

Please be informed that there will be no refund for the online course.

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

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

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

• Healthcare professionals in surgical settings (medical, nursing, allied health)

• Registered Healthcare Professionals

Clinical Asst/Prof Jolene WONG
Consultant, Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT), Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology, Singapore General Hospital & National Cancer Centre Singapore

Clinical Assoc/Prof Claramae CHIA
Head and Senior Consultant, Sarcoma, Peritoneal and Rare Tumours (SPRinT), Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore General Hospital

Clinical Asst/Prof Gerald TAY
Senior Consultant, Division of Surgery & Surgical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore; Head & Neck Surgery, Singapore General Hospital

Clinical Asst/Prof LIE Sui An
Senior Consultant, Department of Surgical Intensive Care, Singapore General Hospital

Dr Adrian CHIA
Consultant, Vascular Surgery, Singapore General Hospital

Clinical Asst/Prof Jamie ZHOU
Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive & Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore, SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre

Clinical Assoc/Prof Alethea YEE
Director of Education, Lien Centre for Palliative Care; Deputy Head (Clinical/Education), SingHealth Duke-NUS Supportive & Palliative Care Centre; Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive & Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore