Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology Objective and Resource Mapping Across Pre-Clerkship
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Clinical pharmacology, therapeutics and toxicology (CPT) is a foundational competency for
safe, effective, and evidence-based medical practice. Adequate knowledge and skills in CPT
have been shown to be instrumental to patient safety and maintenance of professional
status. The Medical Council of Canada, the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and
the College of Family Physicians of Canada have set out objectives for learning CPT.
This document provides a mapping of CPT content across the entire pre-clerkship curriculum.
It aligns session-level objectives, facilitators, and learning resources with the longitudinal
development of pharmacologic competence expected of medical students prior to clerkship.
The pre-clerkship CPT curriculum emphasizes integration of pharmacology into clinical
decision-making and early attention to medication safety, stewardship, and patient-centred
care. Content is intentionally scaffolded across Medical Foundations (MF1-IF), allowing
learners to progressively build from core principles to applied clinical management.
Where relevant, the curriculum incorporates topics such as sustainable and environmentally
responsible prescribing. Resources highlighted within each section represent core expected
learning, while non-highlighted materials are supplementary, offering additional depth
beyond the minimum expectations at this stage of training.
This mapping is intended to support curriculum planning, facilitation, and learner navigation,
while ensuring coherence, transparency, and longitudinal alignment of CPT teaching
throughout pre-clerkship.
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Gandhi B, Khakban I, Bracken K, Levinson A J, Levine M, Holbrook A M. Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology Objective and Resource Mapping Across Pre-Clerkship. Medportal. February 2025.
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