EurOP2E – the European Open Platform for Prescribing Education, a consensus study among clinical pharmacology and therapeutics teachers

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

Détection des cas d'abus et de dépendance dans la région Aquitaine (utilisation du programme de médicalisation des systèmes d'information (PMSI) régional)

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Contexte et problématique : La formation médicale continue sur le médicament constitue, à l’heure actuelle, un vrai challenge, notamment dans le contexte de l’avènement des réseaux sociaux, et plus particulièrement de Twitter®, qui ont révolutionné l’accès à l’information. Exégèse : Le compte Twitter® @Reseau_CRPV a été créé par le Réseau français des centres régionaux de pharmacovigilance (RFCRPV) regroupant l’ensemble des 31 centres régionaux de pharmacovigilance (CRPV) en France et dont une des missions est l’information sur le médicament. Outre la diffusion d’information des agences officielles et une veille bibliographique, ce compte propose tous les vendredis un questionnaire à réponse unique (le #PharmacoQuiz), en lien avec les médicaments, et comportant quatre propositions. Les thématiques abordées sont vastes, des effets indésirables au bon usage des médicaments en passant par l’addictovigilance. La difficulté des quiz est établie grâce à un système de gradation par étoiles. La réponse détaillée est publiée le lundi suivant, associée à la diffusion d’informations provenant de la littérature scientifique en référence au quiz. Comme tout tweet, c’est également l’occasion pour la communauté scientifique d’échanger et de débattre sur une problématique spécifique liée au médicament. Par rapport aux méthodes traditionnelles de diffusion d’information ou d’enseignement, les médias sociaux offrent une flexibilité importante et facilitent les interactions entre celui qui diffuse l’information et les pairs ou étudiants. Conclusion : Le #PharmacoQuiz constitue le premier exemple français d’évaluation des connaissances dans le domaine de la pharmacologie via un réseau social. C’est un outil novateur et ludique de formation médicale continue qui contribue pleinement aux missions de formation et d’information des CRPV

Harmonizing and improving European education in prescribing: An overview of digital educational resources used in clinical pharmacology and therapeutics.

AIM: Improvement and harmonization of European clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) education is urgently required. Because digital educational resources can be easily shared, adapted to local situations and re-used widely across a variety of educational systems, they may be ideally suited for this purpose. METHODS: With a cross-sectional survey among principal CPT teachers in 279 out of 304 European medical schools, an overview and classification of digital resources was compiled. RESULTS: Teachers from 95 (34%) medical schools in 26 of 28 EU countries responded, 66 (70%) of whom used digital educational resources in their CPT curriculum. A total of 89 of such resources were described in detail, including e-learning (24%), simulators to teach pharmacokinetics and/or pharmacodynamics (10%), virtual patients (8%), and serious games (5%). Together, these resources covered 235 knowledge-based learning objectives, 88 skills, and 13 attitudes. Only one third (27) of the resources were in-part or totally free and only two were licensed open educational resources (free to use, distribute and adapt). A narrative overview of the largest, free and most novel resources is given. CONCLUSION: Digital educational resources, ranging from e-learning to virtual patients and games, are widely used for CPT education in EU medical schools. Learning objectives are based largely on knowledge rather than skills or attitudes. This may be improved by including more real-life clinical case scenarios. Moreover, the majority of resources are neither free nor open. Therefore, with a view to harmonizing international CPT education, more needs to be learned about why CPT teachers are not currently sharing their educational materials