Singapore Palliative Care Conference

09/04/2025

A big thank you to everyone who joined us for a full day of learning, sharing, and inspiration at the SHC-SPCC Research Development Workshop on 8 April 2025! 🔍

We were honoured to welcome keynote speakers Prof Patsy Yates, Prof Jennifer Philip, and Prof Helen Chan, for enriching our discussions and broadening our perspectives on palliative care research and innovation.

Our aspiring researchers also took to the stage to present their ideas—receiving feedback from an esteemed panel including Prof Cheung Yin Bun, Dr Noreen Chan, and Dr Paul Victor Patinadan.

💬 One of our presenters, Dr Raphael, shared:
“I felt like my study was given a new lease of life… The feedback helped me reframe it into a more feasible and valid direction.”

We hope this workshop continues to be a springboard for research that transforms care. Let’s keep building a vibrant, collaborative palliative care research community—across Singapore and beyond. 💡🌍

28/01/2025

We are pleased to announce the return of the SHC-SPCC Research Development Workshop on 8 Apr 2025!

We are now inviting submissions of research project ideas, submissions will be accepted from 28 Jan to 7 Mar 2025.

Selected participants will have the opportunity to:

⭐ Present your research idea to a panel of esteemed experts
⭐ Receive valuable feedback and constructive critique
⭐ Gain insights and guidance to refine your project further

Submit your proposals to info@singaporehospice.org.sg

12/04/2024

Abstract submission is now open for the Grief and Bereavement Conference Singapore!

CALLING FOR ABSTRACTS!

Abstracts submission is now open for the Grief and Bereavement Conference Singapore 2024 (GBCS), scheduled to take place from 6 to 8 November 2024 at Sands Expo & Convention Centre. With the theme, “Embracing Diversity, Innovating Practice”, it reflects our efforts to expand our frontiers to continuously shape effective practice that support the grieving and bereaved.

We are inviting abstract submissions from a diverse range of disciplines including the following categories:

1) Professional Competency and Development (Ethics, Capacity Building, Supervision, Grief Literacy, Death Literacy, etc.)
2) Grief and Bereavement Practice (Intervention, Innovation, Therapy, Model of Care, etc.)
3) Lived Experiences (Perspectives of Bereaved person, Professional, Volunteers, Community, etc.)
4) Research in Grief and Bereavement

For more information about the conference, including submission guidelines and important dates, please visit bit.ly/GBCSAbstracts

For enquiries, please contact info@gbcsg.org

06/03/2024

Dr. Marie Bakitas is internationally recognised in pain and palliative care science. Focused on reducing suffering and enhancing quality of life for persons with advanced illness and family caregivers (especially in rural areas), her telehealth palliative care model ENABLE (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends) has led to practice and policy changes. She is disseminating ENABLE for cancer and heart failure patients in the Deep South and Veteran populations. Through her research, mentorship, and papers important practice changes have been implemented.

Watch our interview with Dr Marie Bakitas as she shares about her journey in palliative care, the challenges faced, and what keeps her going in this discipline.
Watch it now: https://youtu.be/2iW_w5FPlEw?si=SFOak1ZRUL5IOcy9

We took the opportunity to interview Prof Marie Bakitas about her journey as a palliative care practitioner and the future of palliative care while she was p...

08/01/2024

A SPECIAL RECAP FROM SPCC 2023

Dive into the profound insights shared at the "Doctors' Die-logues: Leadership Lessons from the End of Life" lunch symposium sponsored by the Lien Foundation.

Prof Christopher Cheng, Prof Ng Wai Hoe, and Dr Tan Yia Swam offered invaluable lessons in leadership within end-of-life care.

Moderated by SHC Chairman, Mr Robert Chew, the symposium explored the importance of open conversations about death and dying.

Watch the full symposium here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNL9OOI1KCA

Sponsored by Lien Foundation, Doctors' Die-logues: Leadership Lessons from the End of Life lunch symposium explored the experiences and lessons learned in le...