Survey Development
The research team developed an online survey to gather potential core
concepts from a wide range of international pharmacology educators. The
survey was based on that used for the pilot study (White et al., 2021;
see survey in Supplementary Resources). The survey consisted of three
parts: (i) theoretical information about core concepts; (ii) a series of
demographic questions; and (iii) the key prompt and question to elicit
potential core concepts, shown below.
“Imagine your current/recent pharmacology students 3 to 5
years after their graduation: What few essential core concepts would you
expect them to remember, understand deeply, and apply
effectively in their professional work? Please list a few—ideally
between 3 and 7—core concepts that are foundational for pharmacology
students in the text box below. Feel free to write as much or as little
as you wish about your core concepts. Your draft concepts should be big
ideas that are useful to solve problems and enduring, and they should
not be topics or facts.”