Bachelor of Integrated Sciences Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2019 Nov;85(11):2599-2604. doi: 10.1111/bcp.14085. Epub 2019 Sep 6.
To identify and evaluate clinical pharmacology (CP) online curricular (e-Learning) resources that are internationally available for medical students.
Literature searches of Medline, EMBASE and ERIC databases and an online survey of faculty members of international English language medical schools, were used to identify CP e-Learning resources. Resources that were accessible online in English and aimed to improve the quality of prescribing specific medications were then evaluated using a summary percentage score for comprehensiveness, usability and quality, and for content suitability.
Our literature searches and survey of 252 faculty (40.7% response rate) in 219 medical schools identified 22 and 59 resources respectively. After screening and removing duplicates, 8 eligible resources remained for evaluation. Mean total score was 53% (standard deviation = 13). The Australian National Prescribing Curriculum, ranked highest with a score of 77%, based primarily on very good ratings for usability, quality and suitable content.
Using a novel method and evaluation metric to identify, classify, and rate English language CP e-Learning resources, the National Prescribing Curriculum was the highest ranked open access resource. Future work is required to implement and evaluate its effectiveness on prescribing competence.
确定和评估国际上可供医学生使用的临床医学（CP）在线课程（电子学习）资源。
使用 Medline、EMBASE 和 ERIC 数据库的文献检索以及对国际英语医学学校的教师进行在线调查，以确定 CP 电子学习资源。然后，使用综合全面性、可用性和质量以及内容适宜性的总结百分比评分，对可在线获取且旨在提高特定药物处方质量的在线资源进行评估。
我们的文献检索和对 219 所医学院 252 名教师（40.7%的回复率）的调查分别确定了 22 种和 59 种资源。经过筛选和删除重复项，有 8 种符合条件的资源可供评估。总平均得分为 53%（标准差=13）。澳大利亚国家处方课程的得分最高，为 77%，主要基于良好的可用性、质量和适宜内容的评分。
使用一种新颖的方法和评估指标来识别、分类和评估英语 CP 电子学习资源，国家处方课程是排名最高的开放获取资源。需要进一步开展工作，以实施并评估其对处方能力的有效性。
