SPLICES Workshop: Serious Illness and Palliative Care Education in Surgery

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

1. Communicate with patients and their families using the Serious Illness Conversation Guide to elicit patients' understanding, values and goals.
2. Apply the “best-case and worst-case scenario” tool for communicating treatment options.
3. Apply ethical principles using the Jonsen's Four-Box Approach to guide complex decision making.

Registration

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Registration will close on 26 September 2025, or when maximum capacity has been attained, whichever earlier. Successful registrants will be notified via email.

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Workshop Details

Upcoming Run:
Date: 17 October 2025
Time: 8.30am – 1pm *timing subject to changes

Venue: National Cancer Centre Singapore, 30 Hospital Blvd, Singapore 168583.

Workshop Fee: SGD 327.00 inclusive of 9% GST


Withdrawal and Refund Policy
Please be informed withdrawal from course must be made in writing for refund of fees.
Request for withdrawal will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.

Refund Policy
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%

• Continuing education credits are available for LCPC events through the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), Singapore Nursing Board (SNB), Singapore Pharmacy Council (SPC), Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC) subject to their respective approvals.
  
  Attendees are required to sign the attendance form on the day(s) of the event. CPE Points will be submitted by the Training Provider after the event.
  
   
• Workshop participants will be awarded with an e-Certificate of Completion at the end of the workshop*.

*The e-Certificate of Completion will only be awarded to participants who achieved full attendance for face-to-face teachings and completion of all coursework (including assessments and evaluation)

• Healthcare professionals in critical care practice

• Proficiency in English
• Ability to commit to the entire 0.5-day workshop
• Completion of SPLICES Online or BooST ICU asynchronous courses

For more information on SPLICES Online, click here.
For more information on BooST ICU, click here.