Abstract:
Clinical pharmacology knowledge and prescribing skills are essential for all medical students to acquire, regardless of career path. Our group has previously shown that a) fewer than 48% of final-year Ontario medical students pass the Canadian Prescribing Safety Assessment, b) all Canadian medical schools struggle to ensure prescribing competence, and c) e-curricula resources and online assessment could be invaluable, since there are very few Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology (CPT) faculty and the pandemic has accentuated the need for quality online medical education.