Shaping Tomorrow’s
Palliative Care
The team at Dover Park Hospice believes in sharing what we have learned, because care knows no borders. From Singapore to Canada, our team has been privileged to present at international conferences, exchange knowledge with global peers, and take part in training efforts that shape how palliative care is understood and delivered. Each engagement is a step toward a more compassionate world, where life’s final chapter is met with dignity and empathy.
Global Footprints in Palliative Care
Health-Social Studies
Poster Presentation
- Dying in comfort: A nurse’s reflexive journey from the emergency department to home palliative care
- Exploring the perspectives of home-based palliative healthcare workers after the implementation of an In-house Staff Support Program
- Creating Lasting Memories: A Multimodal Approach to Legacy Projects in Inpatient Hospice Care through Music Therapy, Art Therapy, and Social Work
- Recreating ‘kampong’: Being with non-death losses through art therapy sessions with a patient receiving palliative care
Oral Presentation
- A Home Palliative Care Social Worker’s Helplessness in the Face of a Patient’s Existential Distress and Suffering: A Case Report
Thesis Dissertation
- A qualitative study of advanced cancer patients’, caregivers’ and home care clinicians’ lived experiences at home in Singapore.
- An Exploratory Study: Experiences of Healthcare Workers in a Palliative Home Care Setting
Care/Evidence Translation Studies
Poster Presentation
- Empowering nurses with Physical Examination Skills in an Inpatient Hospice
- Acceptability of Tele-monitoring in an Inpatient Hospice - a high-tech device in a high-touch specialty
Grant Application
- Tele-monitoring at the End of Life. Validating the Use and Acceptability of a Tele-monitoring Device to Detect
- Dyspnea at the End of Life. Palliative Rehabilitation in End-Stage Lung Disease: A Qualitative Study on Quality of Life
Publication
- The effectiveness of a silicone tape intervention in reducing N95 mask- related pressure injuries for healthcare professionals in an Inpatient hospice setting
Systems and Care Models
Publication
- Factors associated with the place of death of persons with advanced dementia: A systematic review of international literature with meta-analysis
Sharing Our Expertise in the Community
As part of Dover Park Hospice’s involvement in developing our sector, we facilitated a total of 193 healthcare professionals’ clinical attachments.
Clinical Attachments
Adding Depth to Practice
In collaboration with Nanyang Technological University Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMed) and National Healthcare Group (NHG), we launched the HoPE Programme—the first interdisciplinary, competency-based postgraduate palliative care course in Singapore and Southeast Asia.
Hollistic Palliative CarE (HoPE) Postgraduate Palliative Care Program
The inaugural Graduate Certificate intake in August 2024 saw a total of 30 learners, marking the first step in our efforts to empower healthcare professionals.
Stackable Modular Structure
Curriculum
Asynchronous online lectures
Synchronous on-site tutorials
Synchronous online tutorials
Hollistic Palliative CarE (HoPE) Postgraduate Palliative Care Program
Attended by 285 healthcare professionals in total, PalC had conducted 10 courses covering these areas in palliative care – palliative care in advanced dementia and non-cancer illnesses, pain management, coping with bereavement, and the psychosocial, spiritual, rehabilitative, legal and ethical aspects of end-of-life care, self-care for the healthcare professional, as well as research skills.
Essentials of Thanatology: Death, Dying and Bereavement
Geriatric Palliative Care in Advanced Dementia
Palliative Care in Advanced Non-cancer Conditions