UC San Diego’s Center for Compassionate Communication proudly presents the Spring 2026 Compassionate Communication Virtual Workshop Series

This free, skills-based program is specially designed for health care professionals, medical educators, and researchers. Through interactive sessions, participants will learn how to communicate with greater compassion—and, in turn, greater effectiveness—with patients, healthcare teams, medical trainees, and beyond.

How can you show you care– even when you deeply disagree? What if conflict wasn’t something to avoid, but an opportunity to connect more deeply, to get closer to the truth? What would have to be true for you to genuinely consider another perspective? Join ICF-certified coach Kelsey Brennan in this interactive workshop as we reflect on our own patterns of listening, explore ways to thoughtfully prepare for conflict-heavy conversations, and apply a coaching mindset to balance acceptance with advocacy.

Register here for this free online event. Please note, this event has been standardized to the Eastern Time Zone.