The Centre for Human Drug Research (CHDR) has further updated and expanded the Teaching Resource Centre Pharmacology (TRC-P). This digital learning platform offers healthcare professionals, researchers, and students worldwide access to high-quality, up-to-date education in clinical pharmacology and pharmacotherapy. The update is in line with the joint mission of CHDR and FAST to make scientific knowledge about drug development and application widely accessible and to further strengthen the quality of pharmacological education.

About the TRC platform
The TRC offers users a clear and interactive way to gain insight into pharmacological mechanisms and their relationship to (patho)physiological processes. The unique visual library with standardized symbols ensures a consistent, intuitive learning experience. In addition to explaining basic knowledge about pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics, the platform also contains specialist topics and interactive modules, short quiz questions with immediate feedback, and approximately forty case studies.

The platform is freely accessible to everyone via www.trc-p.nl, and illustrations can be freely downloaded and used in education. Is there a component missing? Send an email to CHDR and the TRC review board will see if an illustration can be added to the existing selection.

The TRC app: pharmacology education at your fingertips
In collaboration with Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), CHDR has also developed the TRC Pharmacology app, which allows users to consult the entire TRC database offline. The TRC Pharmacology app can be downloaded and used free of charge on both iOS and Android devices.

Collaboration between CHDR and FAST
CHDR and FAST are working closely together to strengthen education in drug development. Within this collaboration, TRC resources are being integrated into FAST’s educational programs, giving students and professionals the opportunity to apply up-to-date knowledge directly in a clinical and research context. Through their shared focus on quality, innovation, and practice-oriented learning, CHDR and FAST are jointly contributing to the further professionalization of education in the field of therapy development in the Netherlands and beyond.