Why do faculty choose to practice at IU School of Medicine? For many, it is commitment to teaching the next generation of physicians. For others, it is the calling to improve medical care through innovation, quality improvement and research. PACES provides guidance and resources for faculty who seek further development as skilled educators, innovators, and leaders in medicine.
PACES Grants Applications Open!
We are pleased to announce the opening of applications for funding through the PACES program for 2025! The grants will now be accompanied by a formal curriculum for professional development led by Rich Frankel, PhD, and Ann Cottingham who most recently co-led the ASPIRE program. Submissions due July 30, 2025. Please reach out to Areeba Kara, MD, with any questions.
Do you have a clinical vignette, quality improvement project, education curriculum or any other scholarship that you have been working on? Have you thought about presenting it as an abstract at a regional or national meeting? Don’t know where to start or what to do? Your PACES team is here to help!
The PACES Program is excited to offer Narrative Medicine Writing Workshops, geared toward helping faculty explore and develop their narrative writing skills. Narrative Medicine allows clinicians to strengthen their practice through self-awareness and exploration. By telling our stories and those of our patients, we hope to create a deeper understanding of our experiences and become better physicians.
PACES Grants, sponsored by the Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics, are intended to advance scholarship for clinical faculty within the Division. Focus areas include Geriatrics, Hospital Medicine, Palliative Medicine, and Primary Care. Grants may focus on small research projects, quality improvement, educational projects or professional development. Faculty are required to disseminate what they accomplish in the form of publications, presentations at local, regional or national conferences, and/or lectures.
PACES grants are intended to advance faculty scholarship within the Division of General Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. Focus areas include Palliative Care, Primary Care, Hospital Medicine and Geriatrics. Grants may focus on small research projects, quality improvement, educational projects or professional development. Faculty are required to disseminate what they accomplish in the form of publications, presentations at local, regional or national conferences, and/or lectures.
PACES Leadership Team
PACES team members are available to provide guidance and individual consultations on career and project goals for Division of General Internal Medicine & Geriatrics faculty members.
PACES Program Director
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Areeba Kara, M.D.
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
