13/04/2026
✈️SIC goes to Taiwan!
📃This March, LCPC took the serious illness workshop to Taiwan. In collaboration with the Hospice Foundation of Taiwan (HFT) , a team of SIC faculty conducted a series of workshops fully in Mandarin using our new Mandarin SICG (patient-tested).
Jaffa, the CEO of HFT shared her reflections on this collaboration:
由衷感謝新加坡國立大學醫院、LCPC及Duke-NUS無私且全力地支持此次SIC首場以中文進行的工作坊。讓台灣各地的醫療專業人員有機會學習、演練；並再一次反思看重病人的價值、與規劃以病人為中心的照顧計劃，是多麼有力量的醫療照顧。台灣安寧照顧基金會(Hospice Foundation of Taiwan) 有機會推動此次合作機會，實在備感榮幸。
Translation: Heartfelt thanks to the National University of Singapore, LCPC, and Duke-NUS for their selfless and wholehearted support of the first SIC workshop conducted in Mandarin. This gave healthcare professionals from across Taiwan the opportunity to learn, practise, and reflect on the importance of prioritising patient values and planning patient-centred care. The Hospice Foundation of Taiwan is truly honoured to have had the opportunity to help facilitate and promote this collaboration.
🗺️Travelling across Taiwan from Hualien to Taipei and ending in Taichung, the SIC team had the opportunity to share with healthcare professionals from different settings in Taiwan how serious illness conversations are held in Singapore.
💻With the second day of our workshop held fully online, the participants got to share their experiences conducting serious illness conversations in their own settings. These discussions highlight the importance of adapting such conversations across different cultures to meet the needs in specific contexts.
♥️A huge thank you to HFT and the LCPC SIC faculty for making this possible!
Duke-NUS Medical School Lien Centre for Palliative Care 安寧照顧基金會
