Dr Hadia H. Kiany is a physician and PACES mentor with a background in General Medicine and a strong focus on structured clinical teaching. Through PACES Pathfinders, she teaches candidates using a case-based approach that is practical, high-yield and closely aligned with the way candidates actually need to think in the PACES exam.

The teaching style is built around clear case frameworks, pattern recognition, communication station structure and the ability to discuss a case with confidence rather than simply memorising lists. The aim is to help candidates organise their thinking, recognise common exam patterns and develop a safer, more fluent approach to discussion and communication stations.

Over time, PACES Pathfinders has grown into a structured online teaching platform with evening courses, communication-focused teaching, listener options, recorded support and a growing archive of real case topics used in previous courses. The emphasis remains the same: practical PACES preparation, honest guidance and teaching that candidates can actually use when they sit in front of an examiner.

PACES can feel overwhelming when preparation becomes scattered — a bit of reading from one place, a few cases from another and communication practice that never quite feels structured. PACES Pathfinders was designed to bring that preparation into one organised framework.

The goal is not just to “cover topics,” but to teach candidates how to approach the exam: how to break down a long case, how to navigate communication stations with clarity, how to think through differentials under pressure and how to recognise the short case patterns that come up repeatedly.

“I wanted candidates to feel that they had a proper roadmap — not just more material, but a way of using it well.”