The two-day interactive course gives an overview and summary of the field of thanatology.

It explores the social, cultural, psychological, legal, ethical, and spiritual issues raised by illness, dying, death and bereavement. It also explores the meaning of death and examines personal attitudes and fears to understand the grieving process and basic grief support throughout the life span.

All information is relevant to everyday life and most specifically to those practitioners providing death education, as well as those supporting the dying and bereaved.

Please refer to the brochure here.

The course will focus on applying theory and research to expand participants’ cognitive knowledge and practical skills to develop the emotional competence required for working with dying and bereaved individuals. It presents the essential topics and core knowledge for death-related counselling and death education using a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approach:

• Death and loss in contemporary society
• The experience of dying
• End-of-life decision making
• Loss, grief and mourning
• Assessment and intervention
• Traumatic deaths
• Life and death education
• The future of thanatology

• Doctors, Registered Nurses, Advanced Practice Nurses, Enrolled Nurses, Allied Health Professionals, Psychosocial Staff, Senior Management, Support Care Staff
• Chaplains, Funeral Directors, Police and Emergency Medical Technicians
• Individuals who are working as volunteers or support staff working with critically ill, dying or bereaved individuals

Associate Professor Andy Hau Yan HO

Prof Andy Hau Yan Ho, PhD, EdD, MFT, is Professor of Psychology and Medicine at the School of Social Sciences and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, as well as Founder Director of the Action Research for Community Health (ARCH) Laboratory, at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) Singapore. He is also Deputy Director (Research) of PalC, the Immediate Past President of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC), and currently serves as Board Director of the prestigious International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement (IWGDDB).

Course fees before subsidy: SGD 457.80 per person (including 9% GST)

*Prevailing course fee subsidy for staff working in eligible Community Care organisations:
90% for Singaporean/PR and 45% for non-Singaporean/PR.
*Organisations will be billed the amount after subsidy.

Date: 25 and 26 Nov 2024

Time: 9.30am to 5.30pm

Venue: Dover Park Hospice, Level 3 Training Room                                                                                                                                                         TTSH Integrated Care Hub                                                                                                                                                                                     1 Tan Tock Seng Link, Singapore 307382

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Register by 08 Nov 2024

For staff of Community Care Organizations (CCOs): https://lms.wizlearn.com/AIC

For those who are not staff of CCOs:https://forms.office.com/r/GwU13GYDy0

For enquiries, please email to enquiries@palc.org.sg.