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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