Institute for Professionalism
and Ethical Practice

Enhancing Communication Among Patients, Families, and Clinicians
WORKSHOPS

Choose from a wide range of educational workshops and activities focused on difficult conversations in healthcare. All educational offerings are based on a robust approach to practice-based and feature experiential learning, simulated live enactments, evocative trigger films, and values and everyday ethics to explore and improve a particular area of clinical practice
FELLOWSHIPS

Our fellowships are designed to improve faculty teaching effectiveness and role modeling in communication skills, humanism, professionalism and interprofessional education and collaboration, and to develop faculty committed to promoting humanistic values in learning environments who will serve as positive influences on the organizational culture in these areas.
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.

The Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice

The Institute for Professionalism and Ethical Practice is an award-winner and leader in medical communication training focusing on difficult conversations between clinicians and patients/families. Join the over 5,000 medical professionals who have taken our courses elevating their practice to the next level

News and Events

January 26 - 30 : 19th Annual International Meeting on Simulation in Healthcare, San Antonio, TX

See our calendar for additional upcoming events.

Podcast: How do you prepare for a difficult conversation with patient and families?

Listen to a recent podcast where IPEPs director, Stephen D. Brown, MD discusses Disclosure and Apology: Preparing for Difficult Conversations with Barbara Lewis as part of the Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH) - DOCcom. 

Upcoming Workshops

December 5: PERCS Difficult Conversations in Neurology: Challenges in Supervision

December 11: PERCS Cardiovascular and Critical Care: Communicating about Adverse Events within a Culture of Safety

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

See our Workshops and Courses page for all workshops

Traveling from out of town? Take a look at our Boston Accommodations and Attractions page for some local recommendations!

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.”