Demographics
The survey was distributed online via national pharmacology societies and networks of pharmacology educators. A total of 201 pharmacology educators voluntarily responded to the survey, resulting in 163 complete responses (81 % response rate). Respondents were from a total of 17 countries across six continents (Table 1). Almost two-thirds of the respondents identified as female (66%) and 32% identified as male, with 1% preferring not to respond. The majority (73%) of respondents had been teaching pharmacology for more than 10 years, while 18% had 3-10 years’ experience and 9% had less than 3 years’ experience. Eighty two percent recorded an earned PhD as their highest academic qualification, with 11% reporting a Masters qualification and 6% a combined MD/PhD or PharmD. The respondents taught a range of health professional and science students, and the disciplines taught similarly encompassed the range of basic and clinical sciences (Table 1). Most respondents taught students from more than one disciplinary or professional cohort.
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