Swansea University Medical School, Institute of Life Science, Swansea University, Swansea, UK.
British Pharmacological Society, London, UK.
Pharmacol Res Perspect. 2021 Aug;9(4):e00832. doi: 10.1002/prp2.832.
The British Pharmacological Society (BPS) developed a new core curriculum for undergraduate pharmacology degrees. To do this, a modification of the Delphi Process was used. Initially, a pharmacology educator workshop was hosted to explore the core attributes expected of pharmacology graduates. We then developed these discussions into knowledge, skills, and attitudes statements and sent them, in the form of a questionnaire, to our Expert Group, which included pharmacology professionals from across academia and industry. In an iterative process, the Expert Group were asked to rank each statement according to how much they agreed it was a core graduate attribute. Where there was disagreement, statements were modified according to feedback. After three rounds of questionnaires, we had a draft core curriculum which was then finalized through a discussion workshop with the education community. In this workshop, practical aspects of curriculum implementation were discussed and the potential for the Society to develop resources to support it considered. The revised core curriculum is freely available on the Society website: https://www.bps.ac.uk/media-library-assets/library/undergraduate-pharmacology-core-curriculum. Several examples exist of the curriculum making an impact within and beyond the United Kingdom, where it has been utilized in a quality assurance context, as a tool for curriculum review and also to guide building new programs. Through a series of further expert workshops, the BPS Education and Training committee is currently developing more granular learning outcomes to accompany the core curriculum alongside recommended resources to enable delivery. In addition, this expanded curriculum is also being reviewed and updated to ensure it is fully inclusive and represents the diversity of pharmacology educators and learners worldwide.
英国药理学会（BPS）为本科药理学学位开发了新的核心课程。为此，使用了 Delphi 过程的修改版。最初，举办了一次药理学教育工作者研讨会，以探讨药理学毕业生应具备的核心属性。然后，我们将这些讨论的内容提炼成知识、技能和态度陈述，并以问卷的形式发送给我们的专家组，该专家组包括来自学术界和行业的药理学专业人士。在迭代过程中，专家组被要求根据他们对每个陈述是否为核心毕业生属性的认同程度进行排名。在存在分歧的情况下，根据反馈对陈述进行了修改。经过三轮问卷，我们完成了一份草稿核心课程，然后通过与教育界的讨论研讨会对其进行了最终确定。在这个研讨会上，讨论了课程实施的实际方面，并考虑了学会开发支持该课程的资源的潜力。修订后的核心课程可在学会网站上免费获取：https://www.bps.ac.uk/media-library-assets/library/undergraduate-pharmacology-core-curriculum。该课程在英国内外都产生了影响，在质量保证方面得到了应用，作为课程审查的工具，也指导了新课程的建设。通过一系列进一步的专家研讨会，BPS 教育和培训委员会目前正在为核心课程开发更具体的学习成果，并提供建议的资源，以支持其实施。此外，还在对该扩展课程进行审查和更新，以确保其完全包容并代表全球药理学教育者和学习者的多样性。
