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Undergraduate medical curricula have traditionally relied on handwritten prescribing, creating misalignment between education and clinical practice. To address this, the University of Manchester introduced electronic prescribing using the British Pharmacological Society (BPS) platform across its undergraduate medical programme.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This descriptive implementation (quality improvement) report outlines a curriculum change within a large undergraduate medical programme, structured using the ADDIE model. We describe the phased development and implementation of ePMA teaching and assessment using the BPS platform. Evaluation was quality improvement in orientation and included structured feedback from students, tutors and assessors; operational metrics including technical reliability, use of paper contingency processes and examiner staffing requirements; and assessment outputs including automated marking data, item\u2010level performance and cohort\u2010level examination observations used to support iterative refinement.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Feedback from staff supported the feasibility and acceptability of the approach. Operational data showed low reliance on paper contingencies and reduced examiner requirements (approximately 400 examiner hours annually) for prescribing Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. Automated marking and item\u2010level assessment outputs identified common prescribing errors and informed refinements to subsequent teaching materials.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This report describes the integration of the BPS platform into teaching and assessment within a large medical programme. 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