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Clinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology Objective and Resource Mapping Across Pre-Clerkship

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dc.contributor.authorGandhi, Bhavya
dc.contributor.authorKhakban, Iliya
dc.contributor.authorBracken, Keyna
dc.contributor.authorLevinson, Anthony J
dc.contributor.authorLevine, Mitchell
dc.contributor.authorHolbrook, Anne M
dc.contributor.departmentMedicine
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-17T21:06:17Z
dc.date.issued2025-02-01
dc.descriptionClinical 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.
dc.identifier.citationGandhi 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.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11375/32895
dc.language.isoen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 Canadaen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ca/
dc.subjectClinical Pharmacology and Toxicology
dc.subjectUndergraduate MD Program
dc.subjectPrescribing competency
dc.subjectCurriculum
dc.titleClinical Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology Objective and Resource Mapping Across Pre-Clerkship
dc.typeLearning Object

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