Establishing a global community of practice (CoP) for
pharmacology
The International Society for Basic and Clinical Pharmacology Education
Section (IUPHAR-Ed) has brought pharmacology educators together for over
30 years. Recently, there has been enormous growth in the level of
international collaboration between pharmacology educators and the
strategic nature of their work. The Pharmacology Education Project is
perhaps the best exemplar of this community of practice [38]. The
Pharmacology Education Project was developed as a simple, easily
searchable, open-access website that contains an enormous range of
curated, reliable pharmacology content for students, as well as
instructors
Further advances in pharmacology education have been achieved through
the pandemic-imposed flexibility and shift in global communication
practices. In parallel with the move to online teaching, educators
realised the potential for establishing a more inclusive approach to
engagement and the widespread use of video conferencing capability
promoted cross-continent research collaborations.