About

Our mission is to empower and enable physicians, advanced practice providers and their learners to provide preeminent patient care through innovative, comprehensive learning solutions that impart knowledge, increase awareness, and facilitate progressive changes that improve quality and safety outcomes and decrease waste throughout Indiana University Health.

Who We Are

Under the executive leadership of David Ingram, MD, Executive Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, the Center for Physician and Advanced Provider Education (CPAPE) operates within the Division of Academic Affairs to ensure the quality and effectiveness of professional educational activities for physician, advanced providers and their learners throughout the IU Health system.

What We Do

Indiana University Health, in collaboration with the Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) and Office of Graduate Medical Education (GME), provides on-site training for IUSM Residency, Fellowship, Medical Student, and Advanced Provider programs.

Learning opportunities are available for staff physicians, advanced providers, fellows, residents, medical students, and advanced provider students through:

  • New provider orientation
  • Fellow, Resident, and Medical Student orientation
  • Trainings for residents and medical students participating in certain specialty rotations
  • Web-based education modules
  • Live educational events
  • IU Health CPAPE (iuhealthcpe.org) website resources
  • IU Health CPAPE newsletter
  • Mobile applications
  • 1:1 and group training sessions in the AHC

Our Programs

The Center for Physician and Advanced Provider Education is a collective of outstanding programs designed to provide a significant impact to our providers by providing a range of programs, educational opportunities, and resources.

Education Delivery

  • Senior Project Managers at IU Health University, Methodist and Riley hospitals provide hands-on training for providers and learners and facilitate monthly facility orientation, quality and safety training, EMR training, Central Line Insertion training, and other just-in-time learning events.

Clinical Media Design & Development Team

Designs learning content to engage learners by providing interactive modules that allow skills to be applied in the clinical practice setting. The team creates solutions to convey important information in a concise and organized format for quick and easy reference. They also innovate mobile learning solutions and app design, and publish a monthly CPE newsletter. 

IU Health Clinical Software Development Team

Responsible for designing, developing, and modifying websites for The Center for Physician and Advanced Provider Education and other various departments within IU Health. The team ensures that the websites meet departmental specifications, from layout to functionality. The Development Team has also developed and supports the custom Learning Portal, collaborating closely with the IU School of Medicine (IUSM) to offer and track mandatory learning modules.

Clinical Learning Environment

In accordance with Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) requirements, the Clinical Learning Environment team is responsible for system and departmental quality initiatives related to residents and new providers.

Meet the Team