Table 2.

Types of curriculum for clinical pharmacology and therapeutics

Type	Description
Mainly traditional learning curriculum	>50% of education consists of one or more of the following: lectures (formal), self‐directed learning (textbooks), oral and written exams, essays
Mainly problem‐based learning curriculum	>50% of education consists of one or more of the following: seminars (interactive), small working groups (case scenarios), role playing and patient simulation including OSCEs, clinics including prescribing for real patients
Mixed learning curriculum	Equal mixture (50/50%) of traditional learning and problem‐based learning

OSCE, Objective Structured Clinical Examination.