ISTEP-Innovative Strategies for Transforming the Education of Physicians

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.