TY - JOUR
T1 - EurOP2E – the European Open Platform for Prescribing Education, a consensus study among clinical pharmacology and therapeutics teachers
AU - for the Education Working Group of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) and its affiliated Network of Teachers in Pharmacotherapy (NOTIP)
AU - Bakkum, Michiel J.
AU - Richir, Milan C.
AU - Papaioannidou, Paraskevi
AU - Likic, Robert
AU - Sanz, E. J.
AU - Christiaens, Thierry
AU - Costa, João N.
AU - Mačiulaitis, Romaldas
AU - Dima, Lorena
AU - Coleman, Jamie
AU - Tichelaar, Jelle
AU - van Agtmael, Michiel A.
AU - Atanasova, Ivanka
AU - Ganeva, Maria
AU - Gatchev, Emil
AU - Kostadinova, I. I.
AU - Matanovic, S. Mimica
AU - Vitezic, D.
AU - Wozniak, Greta
AU - Kmonickova, E.
AU - Urbanek, Karel
AU - Damkier, P.
AU - Huupponen, R. K.
AU - Auffret, Marine
AU - Bejan-Angoulvant, T.
AU - Chouchana, Laurent
AU - Cracowski, Jean Luc
AU - Drici, M. D.
AU - Faillie, J. L.
AU - Geniaux, Hélène
AU - Molimard, M.
AU - Orlikowski, D.
AU - Palin, Karine
AU - Pers, Y. M.
AU - Picard, Nicolas
AU - Simon, N.
AU - Toussirot, E.
AU - Boger, R. H.
AU - Cascorbi, I.
AU - Mueller, S. C.
AU - Regenthal, R.
AU - Schwab, M.
AU - Schwaninger, M. S.
AU - Thuermann, P. A.
AU - Wojnowski, L.
AU - Kouvelas, D.
AU - Riba, P.
AU - Kerins, David M.
AU - Williams, David J.
AU - Cosentino, M.
AU - Education Working Group of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) and its affiliated Network of Teachers in Pharmacotherapy (NOTIP)
AU - van Rosse, F.
N1 - Funding Information: This study was initiated and financially supported by the Education Working Group of the European Association for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (EACPT) and its affiliated Network of Teachers in Pharmacotherapy (NOTIP). Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s). Copyright: Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/8/1
Y1 - 2021/8/1
N2 - Purpose: Sharing and developing digital educational resources and open educational resources has been proposed as a way to harmonize and improve clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education in European medical schools. Previous research, however, has shown that there are barriers to the adoption and implementation of open educational resources. The aim of this study was to determine perceived opportunities and barriers to the use and creation of open educational resources among European CPT teachers and possible solutions for these barriers. Methods: CPT teachers of British and EU medical schools completed an online survey. Opportunities and challenges were identified by thematic analyses and subsequently discussed in an international consensus meeting. Results: Data from 99 CPT teachers from 95 medical schools were analysed. Thirty teachers (30.3%) shared or collaboratively produced digital educational resources. All teachers foresaw opportunities in the more active use of open educational resources, including improving the quality of their teaching. The challenges reported were language barriers, local differences, lack of time, technological issues, difficulties with quality management, and copyright restrictions. Practical solutions for these challenges were discussed and include a peer review system, clear indexing, and use of copyright licenses that permit adaptation of resources. Conclusion: Key challenges to making greater use of CPT open educational resources are a limited applicability of such resources due to language and local differences and quality concerns. These challenges may be resolved by relatively simple measures, such as allowing adaptation and translation of resources and a peer review system.
AB - Purpose: Sharing and developing digital educational resources and open educational resources has been proposed as a way to harmonize and improve clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education in European medical schools. Previous research, however, has shown that there are barriers to the adoption and implementation of open educational resources. The aim of this study was to determine perceived opportunities and barriers to the use and creation of open educational resources among European CPT teachers and possible solutions for these barriers. Methods: CPT teachers of British and EU medical schools completed an online survey. Opportunities and challenges were identified by thematic analyses and subsequently discussed in an international consensus meeting. Results: Data from 99 CPT teachers from 95 medical schools were analysed. Thirty teachers (30.3%) shared or collaboratively produced digital educational resources. All teachers foresaw opportunities in the more active use of open educational resources, including improving the quality of their teaching. The challenges reported were language barriers, local differences, lack of time, technological issues, difficulties with quality management, and copyright restrictions. Practical solutions for these challenges were discussed and include a peer review system, clear indexing, and use of copyright licenses that permit adaptation of resources. Conclusion: Key challenges to making greater use of CPT open educational resources are a limited applicability of such resources due to language and local differences and quality concerns. These challenges may be resolved by relatively simple measures, such as allowing adaptation and translation of resources and a peer review system.
KW - Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
KW - Digital education
KW - Medical education
KW - Open educational resources
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UR - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33624120
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-021-03101-4
DO - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00228-021-03101-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 33624120
SN - 0031-6970
VL - 77
SP - 1209
EP - 1218
JO - European journal of clinical pharmacology
JF - European journal of clinical pharmacology
IS - 8
ER -