A new $15.4 million grant will help Indiana University School of Medicine recruit and educate medical students to better care for underserved populations, in hopes of improving health care across Indiana.
The Health Resources & Services Administration grant will provide about $4 million over four years to the Indiana Primary Care Advancement in Clinical Training program. The goal of the program is to recruit more students from medically underserved areas of the state and provide doctors with the tools needed to offer high-quality primary and specialty care to vulnerable communities.
INPACT will enhance the IU School of Medicine curriculum by focusing on health system sciences, including social determinants of health and primary care skills that can benefit underserved communities. This grant will help us recruit more students from medically underserved parts of the state who are more likely to return to serve those communities' health care needs as physicians."
Through INPACT, the school also looks to expand its collaborations with the clinical facilities serving the underserved communities-;helping students develop the skillsets needed to meet the unique needs of their patients and help to close the health care gaps. Related StoriesIn addition, the project will help students develop skills in advocacy and leadership so graduates can partner with communities to improve health. This will be accomplished in collaboration with the school's large number of clinical partners-;120 hospitals, clinics, practice groups and health care organizations-;to assist with educational placements. Clinical partners include 26 critical access hospitals and 13 federally-qualified health centers statewide.
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