eCurriculum and Online Assessment in the Health Professions: Clinical Pharmacology for Medical Students

Abstract

Clinical pharmacology knowledge and prescribing skills are essential for all medical students to acquire, regardless of career path. Our group has previously shown that a) fewer than 48% of final-year Ontario medical students pass the Canadian Prescribing Safety Assessment, b) all Canadian medical schools struggle to ensure prescribing competence, and c) e-curricula resources and online assessment could be invaluable, since there are very few Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology (CPT) faculty and the pandemic has accentuated the need for quality online medical education.