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Medical school pharmacology practicals are undergoing a major transition due to resource constraints and the COVID-19 pandemic, necessitating nationwide cooperation to integrate new formats like online, VR, and simulation-based learning as traditional animal experiments decline. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.SYNTHESIS. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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To assess current challenges, resource limitations, and post-pandemic structural transitions in pharmacology practical training across Japanese medical schools.

September 3, 2026Folia Pharmacologica Japonica

Pharmacology practice in understaffed local university medical schools

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MMMasaki Mogi SLS. LiuEhime University

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Nationwide survey reveals declining animal experimentation alongside digital adaptation in medical pharmacology education, highlighting the need for balanced hybrid training models.

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To assess current challenges, resource limitations, and post-pandemic structural transitions in pharmacology practical training across Japanese medical schools.
Administered a nationwide questionnaire survey to medical school pharmacology departments across Japan.
Evaluated departmental training curricula, tracking shifts toward virtual reality (VR), inter-university online courses, and the discontinuation of animal laboratories.
Traditional animal-based experiments are declining nationwide due to faculty shortages, escalating experimental animal costs, and restricted hands-on student participation.
Institutions are increasingly substituting or supplementing physical laboratories with online joint practicals, virtual reality simulations, and self-testing experiential exercises to maintain ethical and clinical competencies.

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Mogi et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a9934ea636c6408cfa7cb99 https://doi.org/10.1254/fpj.25068

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Nationwide survey reveals declining animal experimentation alongside digital adaptation in medical pharmacology education, highlighting the need for balanced hybrid training models.

Pharmacology practice in understaffed local university medical schools

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Pharmacology practice in understaffed local university medical schools

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