Curricula
The Society has developed a series of curricula to support the teaching of pharmacology in the UK.
Undergraduate core curriculum
Medical curriculum
Curriculum for the use of research animals
These useful resources can be reviewed to inform teaching and course structure. If you have any feedback for the Society on these resources, please email education@bps.ac.uk.
Blinding eLearning Resource
The Society is set to launch digital eLearning to support the teaching and learning of blinding in experimental design. This tool, aimed at undergraduates, will be free to use and available soon! Watch this space.
Teaching Grants 2020
The Society awards a grant to support the creation or development of pharmacological educational tools and resources. We award up to £2,500 to each successful applicant. The deadline to apply in Friday 30th August 2020.
Covid-19 specific content
Online course by Imperial College London
Imperial College London has developed a free online course about the science around covid-19. This course will look into:
- How many people have been infected?
- How dangerous is the virus?
- When will a vaccine be available?
- How can the epidemic be contained, and the damages mitigated?
- What is the economic impact?
- What’s the role of social media and local communities in the epidemic response?
Illustrated Course by Lifeology
This scientist-reviewed comic is aimed at school children to teach them about the science behind covid-19 and engage them in health and science visually.
Pharmacology Educational Resources
The International Union of Basic & Clinical Pharmacology (IUPHAR)
Guide to Pharmacology – this jointly produced, and expertly curated resource is a searchable database with quantitative information on drug targets and the prescription medicines and experimental drugs that act on them.
Pharmacology Education Project – this web‐based resource provides educational focused content to complement the IUPHAR/British Pharmacological Society (BPS) Guide to Pharmacology (GToPdb).
The American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET)
Education and Careers – educational and career resources for students, postdocs, educators, and members in all career stages.
Teaching Resource – helpful list of resources for Pharmacology educators.
Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE)
JoVE create videos of scientific experiments from the top laboratories around the globe.
Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR)
Teaching Resource Centre – resources to support the teaching of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics.
Sheffield BioScience Programmes
Computer Assisted Learning packages - high-quality, interactive programs aimed at undergraduates in physiology, pharmacology, biological sciences, medicine & health-related courses.
University of Strathclyde
Pharmacology Simulations – educational suite of programs simulating pharmacological experiments on isolated tissues or whole animals.
University of Manchester
Teaching material – collation of simulations and other useful educational resources.
McGraw-Hill Connect HE platform
Connect – online platform integrating ready-made course content with assessment and tools. Free use for new and existing academic customers.
AD Instruments
Lt online platform - online learning platform with ready-to-use content for life sciences, nursing, and medicine. Made free to access by AD instruments recently.
Clinical Resources
Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
eLearning modules – CPD accredited educational modules on medicines for healthcare professionals responsible for prescribing, supplying or administering medicines.
Health Education England e-Learning for Healthcare/British Pharmacological Society
Prescribe – eLearning content to support medical students with the principles of clinical pharmacology.
Prescribing simulator – formative assessment tool to develop prescribing skills.
Future Learn
Improving Healthcare Through Clinical Research – free online course about how medical treatments are discovered, tested and evaluated.
Research Animals Related Content
University of Leeds
Education and Training Resources in In-vivo Sciences (ETRIS) - provides links to freely available e-resources for use in the provision of education and training, or research, in in-vivo physiology, pharmacology and related disciplines.
Understanding Animal Research (UAR)
School Zone – page on the UAR website aimed at engaging young people with what animal research is and why it’s important.
Animal Research – educational resource providing scientific evidence in animal research. Contains an updated section on covid-19.
National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs)
Experimental Design Assistant (EDA) – this is a free online tool to support researchers in designing experiments.