INPACT Grant

In 2023, Indiana University School of Medicine was awarded a four-year, $15.4 million-dollar grant funded through the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) to create the Indiana Primary Care Advancement in Clinical Training (INPACT) program. INPACT is focused on recruiting and educating medical students to better care for underserved populations, in hopes of improving health care across Indiana. Through a variety of grant initiatives, more students from medically underserved areas of the state will be recruited and retained. Future physicians will be provided with the tools needed to provide high-quality primary and specialty care to vulnerable communities. Scholarships are being provided to medical students who plan to practice in primary care specialties of pediatrics, family medicine, and internal medicine. Additionally, experiential training opportunities will be expanded throughout the state, particularly in underserved Indiana communities.

This work extends the school’s previously funded Primary Care Reaffirmation for Indiana Medical Education (PRIME), aimed to equip IU medical school graduates with enhanced skills to provide equitable, high-quality care for all. Key initiatives included:

Improved primary care skills via a deeper understanding of Health Systems Science and Relationship-Centered Communication training.
Developing Health Equity, Advocacy, and Leadership (HEAL) competencies via direct experience with Indiana’s underserved communities.
Enhanced allyship and upstander training.

Creating new learning experiences

Curriculum Development

INPACT will enhance the IU School of Medicine training program by implementing a three-year longitudinal health system sciences curriculum to help students more fully understand the social and structural factors impacting health and well-being. Primary care skills will continue to be enhanced through participation in the AAMC’s curriculum enhancement program and newly offered simulated charting experiences. Additionally, students will continue to focus on developing HEAL competencies via direct experience and reflection in the pre-clinical and clinical years.

Clinical Training Expansion

INPACT will work to expand clinical rotation site preceptor opportunities for physicians providing care to underserved populations in Indiana. INPACT will focus on all areas of primary care clinical training, including 3rd year clerkships in internal medicine and pediatrics. Medical students that are applying to primary care residency programs are able to apply for scholarships through INPACT in their final year of medical school. Furthermore, INPACT is dedicated to offering experiential training with local health departments in Indiana allowing students to learn the scope of work conducted in all areas of public health.

Student Success Programs

Through INPACT funding, the size of the current Master of Science in Medical Science (MSMS) program will be enhanced. The MSMS program will do targeted recruitment in underserved areas across the state. MSMS students who qualify will be provided with INPACT scholarships. INPACT also supports the student success programs LEADS (Leadership and Academic Development Scholars) and Summer Refresh. Both programs are designed to address barriers to success faced by historically disadvantaged learners and trainees and to enhance the recruitment, retention and graduation of at-risk students.

INPACT Leadership

Bradley L. Allen, MD, PhD

Interim Executive Associate Dean for Educational Affairs

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Paul Ko, MD, MED

Senior Associate Dean for Accreditation

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