This document provides an agenda for a two-day workshop titled "The Faces of Human Grief and Loss" held on September 24-25, 2010 at the Vistana Hotel Penang in Penang, Malaysia. The workshop included sessions on understanding grief and loss, complicated grief, cultural aspects of death, working with grieving children, supporting the bereaved, and challenges in working with death, dying, and bereavement. Presenters included counselors, physicians, nurses, and a play therapist specializing in palliative care, pediatrics, and counseling.
This document provides an agenda for a two-day workshop titled "The Faces of Human Grief and Loss" held on September 24-25, 2010 at the Vistana Hotel Penang in Penang, Malaysia. The workshop included sessions on understanding grief and loss, complicated grief, cultural aspects of death, working with grieving children, supporting the bereaved, and challenges in working with death, dying, and bereavement. Presenters included counselors, physicians, nurses, and a play therapist specializing in palliative care, pediatrics, and counseling.
This document provides an agenda for a two-day workshop titled "The Faces of Human Grief and Loss" held on September 24-25, 2010 at the Vistana Hotel Penang in Penang, Malaysia. The workshop included sessions on understanding grief and loss, complicated grief, cultural aspects of death, working with grieving children, supporting the bereaved, and challenges in working with death, dying, and bereavement. Presenters included counselors, physicians, nurses, and a play therapist specializing in palliative care, pediatrics, and counseling.
ROOM 2, LEVEL 1 213 Jln Bukit Gambir, Bukit Jambul 11950 Penang
FRIDAY 24 SEPTEMBER 2010: DAY 1
0830 – 0900 REGISTRATION
0900 – 0910 WELCOME ADDRESS DR T DEVARAJ
0910 – 0945 INTRODUCTION – GETTING TO KNOW YOU MS RITA M
0945 – 1045 THE NATURE OF GRIEF AND LOSS MS RITA M
1045 – 1115 TEA
1115 – 1200 COMPLICATED GRIEF DR ONG E E
1200 – 1245 GROUP DISCUSSION: FACING DEATH MS RITA M (FACI)
1245 – 1400 LUNCH
1400 – 1500 PANEL: FACING DEATH – SOME RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVES
DR T DEVARAJ (FACI) Panelists: Datin Mahmuda Bibi Atta Mohd, Dr Oo Khaik Cheang, Mr Pishu Murli Hassaram, Mr Jonas Phang
1500 – 1545 GROUP DISCUSSION – CULTURAL ASPECTS AND RITUALS
SURROUNDING DEATH PCN KRISNA (FACI)
1545 – 1600 TEA
1600 – 1640 DVD “FINAL DAYS” DR OO LC (FACI)
SATURDAY 25 SEPTEMBER 2010: DAY 2
0900 – 0945 UNDERSTANDING THE CHILD’S CONCEPT OF LOSS AND DEATH
DR LEE YU CHUANG
0945 – 1030 HELPING FAMILY MEMBERS/CARERS OF THE TERMINALLY ILL
CHILD COPE DR LOH EE CHIN
1030 – 1100 TEA
1100 – 1200 GROUP DISCUSSION – WORKING WITH GRIEVING CHILDREN
MS PRISCILLA HO (FACI)
1200 – 1245 CASE DISCUSSIONS – LIVING WITH SICKNESS AND DEATH
PCN KRISNA & DR LOH EE CHIN
1245 – 1330 LUNCH
1330 – 1415 SUPPORTING A BEREAVED PERSON PCN KRISNA
1415 – 1515 CHALLENGES IN WORKING IN THE AREA OF DEATH, DYING AND
BEREAVEMENT DR LOH EE CHIN
1515 – 1545 REFLECTIONS MS RITA M (FACI)
1545 – 1615 PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES / TEA
Note: “FACI” DENOTES FACILITATOR
SPEAKERS/ FACILITATORS
DATO’ SERI DR T DEVARAJ CEO/MEDICAL DIRECTOR, PHS
MS RITA MALAYAPILLAY COUNSELLOR DR ONG ENG ENG PALLIATIVE MEDICINE PHYSICIAN PCN KRISNAMAL M PALLIATIVE CARE NURSE DR OO LOO CHAN PALLIATIVE CARE PHYSICIAN DR LEE YU CHUANG PAEDIATRICIAN DR LOH EE CHIN PALLIATIVE CARE PHYSICIAN MS PRISCILLA HO PLAY THERAPIST