This module addresses the challenging aspect of loss, grief and bereavement of patients and their families. Within this critical care environment, healthcare professionals need to be aware of the process of grief, their own self-awareness as well as possess the necessary skills and ability to address the process of grief management, thereby creating a more healing environment to patients and their families.

This 2-days session which is designed towards a very interactive and engaging experience is facilitated by Professor Amy Chow and Dr Margaret Suen from the University of Hong Kong.

This workshop will be immensely valuable to clinicians, psychologists and counsellors managing palliative care and care of the dying.

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Professor Chow Y.M. Amy

Professor Chow is the Head of the Department, Si Yuan Professor in Health and Social Work and Master of the University’s New College. She has a background as a registered social worker specializing in bereavement counselling and is the founder of the first community-based bereavement counselling centre in Hong Kong. She has formerly acted as Secretary of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) and Board Member of the Asia Pacific Hospice Network (APHN). As a recognised translational scientist in thanatology, Professor Chow was elected as the Chairperson of the prestigious International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement. Currently, within the university, Professor Chow is the Director of the Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project and Associate Director of Sau Po Centre of Ageing. She serves the Lotteries Fund Advisory Committee as well as Boards of Directors of other NGOs in Hong Kong. She is also the first and current Chairperson of the Steering Committee of the Hong Kong Academy of Social Work.

Professor Chow’s scholarship and contribution to social work practice have been recognized by the following awards: Cross-Cultural Award, (ADEC) (2005); Cadenza Fellowship (2008); Best Abstract Award (Researcher) (2010); Distinguished Alumni Award (2013) (CUHK); Rainbow of Life Outstanding Individual Award (2013); Outstanding Social Worker Award (2014); Outstanding Teaching Award of the University of Hong Kong (2014); Outstanding Research Output Awards (2017-2018) (University of Hong Kong) and Research Recognition Award (ADEC) (2020).

 

Dr Margaret Suen

Dr Margaret Suen is the Honorary Lecturer of the Department of Social Work and Social Administration of the University of Hong Kong.  She is a registered social worker and has been serving the Hong Kong Hospital Authority as the Medical Social Service Cluster Coordinator (KWC), Department Manager of the Medical Social Work Department and Health Resource Centre until 2020. She was awarded the Outstanding Social Worker of Hong Kong in 2011.

Dr Suen is a Fellow in Thanatology (ADEC) and Fellow of Hong Kong Academy of Social Work.  She had her palliative care training in the Cardiff University in United Kingdom and actively contributed in the enhancement of psychosocial service of palliative care in Hong Kong by acting as member of convenor in various committees including the Central Committee on Palliative Care Service of the Hospital Authority, the Jockey Club End-of-Life Care Project (Residential Care), and the Jockey Club Bereavement Care and Support Alliance. Currently, she is a research team member of Professor Amy Chow, with research interest in the dynamic interactions in Advance Care Planning.

 

Registration Fees	Normal	International	APHN Members
Doctors	RM300	USD100	RM230 / USD75
Nurses / Allied Healthcare Professional	RM250	USD80	RM180/USD60

Method of Payment:

1. Cheque/postal order/money order/government local order payable to “Hospis Malaysia”.
2. Direct remittance to “Hospis Malaysia” to Maybank Account No: 5141 3212 1211, Cheras Branch, Taman Midah. Kindly email the bank slip to education@hospismalaysia.org for our tracking purpose.
3. Overseas Telegraphic Transfer(TT) to “Hospis Malaysia” (Maybank Account No: 5141 3212 1211, Cheras Branch, Taman Midah). Swift Code: MBBEMYKL

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