Integrating Antimicrobial Pharmacology Teaching Using Multidisciplinary Faculty and Diverse Pedagogy Across the Preclinical Curriculum

Abstract

Implementing integrated antimicrobial pharmacology education effectively is challenging but necessary since students struggle with comprehending infectious disease therapeutics. Despite its importance, the literature is lacking in best practices to teach integrated antimicrobial information across the preclinical curriculum. At the University of Central Florida College Of Medicine, we reviewed our revised antimicrobial preclinical curriculum to assess where, when, and how critical content was presented. Our results suggest that effective integration of antimicrobials requires collaborative design and implementation by multidisciplinary basic science and clinical faculty, appropriate scaffolding, clinically integrated assessments, and diverse pedagogies that facilitate learning of clinically relevant pharmacology.