The European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP(2)E) seeks to improve and harmonize European clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education by facilitating international collaboration and sharing problem-based, online, open educational resources. The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers to switch to virtual modalities, highlighting the need for high-quality online teaching materials. The goal of this study was to establish the online problem-based teaching resources needed to sustain prescribing education during the pandemic and thereafter. A nominal group technique study was conducted with prescribing teachers from 15 European countries. Results were analyzed through thematic analysis. In four meetings, 20 teachers from 15 countries proposed and ranked 35 teaching materials. According to the participants, the most necessary problem-based-online teaching materials related to three overarching themes. Related to learning outcomes for CPT, participants proposed creating prescription scenarios, including materials focusing on background knowledge and resources on personalized medicine and topical/ethical issues such as the prescription's impact on planetary health. Second, related to teaching, they proposed online case discussions, gamification and decision support systems. Finally, in relation to faculty development, they recommend teacher courses, a repository of reusable exam questions and harmonized formularies. Future work will aim to collaboratively produce such materials.

Bakkum, M.J., Loobeek, B.J., Richir, M.C., Papaioannidou, P., Likic, R., Sanz, E.J., et al. (2022). Teaching resources for the European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP2E)-a nominal group technique study. NPJ SCIENCE OF LEARNING, 7, 1-7 [10.1038/s41539-022-00141-y].

Teaching resources for the European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP2E)-a nominal group technique study

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The European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP(2)E) seeks to improve and harmonize European clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education by facilitating international collaboration and sharing problem-based, online, open educational resources. The COVID-19 pandemic forced teachers to switch to virtual modalities, highlighting the need for high-quality online teaching materials. The goal of this study was to establish the online problem-based teaching resources needed to sustain prescribing education during the pandemic and thereafter. A nominal group technique study was conducted with prescribing teachers from 15 European countries. Results were analyzed through thematic analysis. In four meetings, 20 teachers from 15 countries proposed and ranked 35 teaching materials. According to the participants, the most necessary problem-based-online teaching materials related to three overarching themes. Related to learning outcomes for CPT, participants proposed creating prescription scenarios, including materials focusing on background knowledge and resources on personalized medicine and topical/ethical issues such as the prescription's impact on planetary health. Second, related to teaching, they proposed online case discussions, gamification and decision support systems. Finally, in relation to faculty development, they recommend teacher courses, a repository of reusable exam questions and harmonized formularies. Future work will aim to collaboratively produce such materials.
2022
Bakkum, M.J., Loobeek, B.J., Richir, M.C., Papaioannidou, P., Likic, R., Sanz, E.J., et al. (2022). Teaching resources for the European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP2E)-a nominal group technique study. NPJ SCIENCE OF LEARNING, 7, 1-7 [10.1038/s41539-022-00141-y].
Bakkum, Michiel J; Loobeek, Bryan J; Richir, Milan C; Papaioannidou, Paraskevi; Likic, Robert; Sanz, Emilio J; Christiaens, Thierry; Costa, João N; Di...espandi
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