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.