Methods
A two-phase approach was used to identify the core concepts of
pharmacology education (Figure 1). We used multiple approaches to ensure
coverage of the entire field of pharmacology, and a variety of sources
of information to mitigate personal biases. The first, exploratory phase
included an empirical approach, specifically data mining of five key
textbook introductory sections. In parallel, an online survey of
pharmacology educators was used to complement the text mining, and the
terms identified using these two methods were merged to develop a list
of 74 candidate terms.