Institute for Professionalism
and Ethical Practice

Skilled Communications for Difficult Conversations and Better Care
WORKSHOPS

Learn best practices, improve your skills and gain confidence for having some of the most difficult and stressful health care conversations. Whether disclosing a medical error or a life altering diagnosis you will be prepared to have these conversations with confidence, presence, and compassion.
PERCS ROUNDS

Nursing and interdisciplinary staff meet monthly to discuss strategies for navigating the everyday challenges of their profession.  These support rounds provide a safe place for clinical staff to delve into some of their most challenging ethical, moral, and patient-clinician communication concerns.
CONSULTATION

Our Leadership Team and Faculty Associates are available to provide consultation to healthcare practitioners and educators who want to develop programs within their own institutions.
PUBLICATIONS

The IPEP leadership team and IPEP faculty are involved in a wide range of research projects aimed at documenting the qualitative and quantitative impact of our work.

IPEP in the Media

The Art of the Apology:  Dr. Stephen Brown, IPEP director, speaks about the growing need for radiologists to be prepared for disclosure and apology after medical error.  Read interview published in the ACR Bulletin.  Learn about IPEP's Disclosure and Apology in Radiology workshop here.

Navigating Communication Challenges in Clinical PracticeTackling Tough Topics:  Article on monthly PERCS Rounds facilitated by IPEP faculty and nurse-led at Boston Children’s by Christine  M. Rachwal, MSN, RN, CCRN et al, published in the  Journal of the American Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Video Gallery:  Visit our video gallery with insights from the top thought leaders in the field of ethics, communications, and disclosure in medicine.

The Reality of Disclosure Conversations, by Dr. Robert Truog, Director of the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School

Upcoming Workshops

April 24: Neurology - NICU

May 11: Difficult Conversations in Healthcare: Teaching and Practice in an Interprofessional World

June 26: Disclosure and Apology in Radiology - Live Online 2-hour Workshop

Open access online course: Aligning Patient-Provider Expectations for Informed Consent

See our Workshops and Courses page for all workshops

 

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Take Your Practice to the Next Level

  • Join over 5,000 clinicians worldwide from dozens of medical specialties who have participated in our workshops
  • Learn from our distinguished faculty whose research has been published in renowned journals
  • Experience simulation-based cases re-enacted by trained actors versed in our unique pedagogy
  • Hear first-hand perspectives of our dedicated and compassionate family faculty who have been the recipients of difficult medical information

“I was honestly blown away by the degree of professionalism, seriousness, and relevance of the workshop to me not only as a physician but also as a person. The workshop as a whole made me more aware of the many subtleties that are needed in patient-physician interactions during difficult times and I am not alone in feeling this way.”