Serious Illness Conversations Workshop

Education
Serious Illness Conversations Workshop

Welcome to the Serious Illness Conversations Workshop!

This 1.5-day workshop will equip healthcare professionals (HCP) with the skills to conduct serious illness conversations (SIC) with patients and families. The SIC Program offers HCP a structure and language to talk with seriously ill patients about their values and goals as part of shared decision making.

View the course poster here.

Workshop Content

Learning Objectives:

Appreciate the benefits of serious illness conversations
Discuss the evidence for the Serious Illness Conversation (SIC) Program
Identify key elements of the SIC Guide
Practise use of the SIC Guide
Understand how SIC fits into continuum of Advanced Care Planning
Discuss the barriers and enablers to real world implementation of the SIC Program

Completion Requirements:
Learners have to complete all assessment (formative and summative assessment), daily reflections and evaluations.

Registration and Workshop Details

Registration
All sessions for 2026 are currently at full capacity.
Registration for 2027 will open soon—stay tuned for updates!

Pre-course
Participants will be enrolled in our e-learning module (COMET) prior to the workshop and will be required to complete the online course before the face-to-face sessions.

Upcoming Runs
2026 (venue are subject to changes)

2 & 10 Sep 2026 (NCCS)
20 & 29 Oct 2026 (NCCS)

2027 (venue to be confirmed)

20 & 29 Jan 2027
16 & 25 Feb 2027
3 & 11 Aug 2027
22 & 29 Oct 2027

Timings (subject to changes)
Day 1: 9.00am - 3.10pm, and
Day 2: 9.00am - 12.40pm

Venue:
Assisi Hospice, 832 Thomson Road, Singapore 574627, or
National Cancer Centre Singapore, 30 Hospital Blvd, Singapore 168583

Workshop Fee:

	Amount (before GST)
Doctors	SGD 450
Nurses, MSWs and Allied Health	SGD 300

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.

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 workshop start date:	100%
Less than 2 weeks before workshop start date:	50%
On or after workshop start date:	0%

Accreditation & Certification

Accreditation
Continuing education credits are available for LCPC events through the Singapore Medical Council (SMC), Singapore Nursing Board (SNB), Singapore Pharmacy Council (SPC) and Allied Health Professions Council (AHPC), subject to their respective approvals.

Upon completion of the workshop, participants can receive up to 6 CPE points from SMC/SNB/AHPC or up to 5 CPE points from SPC.
Attendees who wish to earn credits are required to sign the relevant registration form along with their CPE/CME number on the day(s) of the events.
The attendee’s registration details will be submitted after the event and credited upon receiving respective approvals.

Certification

Workshop participants will be awarded with an e-Certificate of Attendance at the end of the workshop*.

*The e-Certificate of Attendance will only be awarded to participants who achieved 100% attendance for face-to-face teachings and completion of all coursework (including assessments and evaluation)

Target Audience

Doctors, nurses, social workers and other healthcare professionals who care for patients with serious illnesses and have a passion to learn communication skills to conduct serious illness conversations.

Prerequisites

Proficiency in English
Ability to commit to the entire 1.5-day workshop

Faculty

A/Prof Alethea YEE
Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore Director of Education, Lien Centre for Palliative Care

Dr Gillian PHUA
Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Jamie ZHOU
Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Wah Ying ONG
Senior Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

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

Dr Jianbang CHIANG
Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Wei Teen WONG
Consultant Family Physician
Clinic Director, SingHealth Polyclinics - Outram

Dr Nagavalli SOMASUNDARAM
Senior Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Noreen CHAN
Senior Consultant, Division of Palliative Care, National University Cancer Institute, Singapore

Dr Victoria Hwei May WONG
Consultant, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Dr Ji Guang Bernard CHUA
Consultant, Division of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Mr Andy SIM
Master Medical Social Worker, Medical Social Services, Singapore General Hospital

Ms Angela TAN
Medical Social Worker

Mr Clinton SHI
Senior Medical Social Worker, Medical Social Services, Singapore General Hospital

Ms Jan KOH
Medical Social Worker

Ms Janelle CHAN
Medical Social Worker

Ms Nuraishah ZULKIFLE
Advanced Practice Nurse, Nurse Clinician, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Ms Peiying GAN
Ag Assistant Director, Nursing (APN – Palliative Care), Advanced Clinical and Specialty Nursing, Sengkang General Hospital

Ms Rieka ERINA
Senior Staff Nurse, Division of Supportive and Palliative Care, National Cancer Centre Singapore

Ms Juvena GAN
Advanced Practice Nurse, Senior Nurse Clinician, National University Heart Centre, Singapore

Contact Us

For more information, please contact lcpc@duke-nus.edu.sg or 6516 5337 (Erisa) or 6516 1382 (Xirui)

The content may be subjected to change without prior notice. Participants will be duly updated should there be any changes.

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