ABSTRACT
Introduction: The European Open Platform for Prescribing Education (EurOP2E) aims to improve and harmonize European clinical pharmacology and therapeutics education by facilitating international collaboration and sharing open educational resources. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced teachers to switch to online teaching, highlighting the need for high-quality online teaching materials. Objectives: The goal of this study was to establish the resources needed to sustain prescribing education during the pandemic and thereafter. Methods: A nominal group technique study was conducted with prescribing teachers from several European countries and combined with thematic analysis. Results: In four meetings, 20 teachers from 15 countries ranked 35 teaching materials. Ten themes were identified: prescribing scenarios;interactivity & gamification;re-usable materials;online case discussions;practical aspects of prescribing;teaching the teacher;knowledge multimedia;topical issues;personalized & evidence-based prescribing;and essential formularies. Conclusion: By making teaching materials related to the learning outcomes of CPT, format of teaching and resource and faculty development openly available, EurOP2E will help to make high-quality prescribing education available to all. The role of the platform will range from facilitating collaboration to educating the teachers and/or providing ready-touse teaching materials.