Since its founding in 1847, the American Medical Association (AMA) has stressed the importance of quality medical education as an indispensable vehicle for producing competent and caring physicians. Today the AMA remains committed to helping improve the medical education system and the way physicians learn to provide care.
In 2006 the AMA launched Innovative Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians (ISTEP), a unique medical education research collaborative that brings together individuals and institutions from across the continuum of physician learning. By conducting rigorous research on how physicians learn, ISTEP investigators are developing the evidence base for decisions that will lead to needed reforms in physician education—a foundation that will translate into better care for patients.
ISTEP history
Information about the project's initial phases, as well as how each participating medical school joined the ISTEP consortium.ISTEP vision and values
An illustrative summary of what the ISTEP initiative would like to achieve, and how the collaborative plans to reach its goals.ISTEP research collaborative
A listing of each state involved in ISTEP as well as the contact information for that particular site's Principal Investigator.ISTEP current projects
Information about two ISTEP projects that are currently underway.ISTEP contact information
Contact information for the Principal Investigator for ISTEP, Audiey Kao, MD, PhD, as well as contact information for the ISTEP Project Director, William Filstead, PhD.ISTEP Related information
Links to information related to Innovative Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians.Content provided by: ISTEP