Dear colleagues ：

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, we warmly invite you to attend the 2013 Jinling International Forum on Medical Education of 21st Century-Challenges and Opportunities for Pathophysiology, be held during November 8-11, 2013 in Nanjing, China. The 21st century has witnessed a rapid development in life sciences with a growing list of newly furrowed research territories, technologies and tools. At the same time, pressure is mounting worldwide that medical schools and research institutions alike take necessary measures to renovate and upgrade the educational infrastructure to provide for higher-quality care as demanded by our societies. Standing at the crossroads of basic biomedical sciences, modern clinical medicine, and life sciences, pathophysiology is poised to play a commanding role in reforming and revamping what has become a global challenge facing the medical education community: outdated course structure, lack of personification, and a discordance among different disciplines.

Facing this mandate to bring revolutionary changes to 21st century medical education, the Chinese Association of Pathophysiology has taken the initiative to launch the 2013 Jinling International Forum on Medical Education of 21st Century-Challenges and Opportunities for Pathophysiology, co-sponsored by Nanjing Medical University and the Jiangsu Association of Pathophysiology. The forum, we hope, will serve as a platform where experts from all around the world can communicate and debate on subjects ranging from medical education reform, course integration of pathophysiology, textbook writing and editing, education management and evaluation, to the training of future medical scientists. Plenary and invited talks along with seminars will be featured in this forum to bring experts of different specialties together to discuss these topics of common interest. It is our belief that, going forward out of this forum, strategies will be consolidated, solutions will be identified and coalitions will be forged so that we will be better positioned to address the challenges facing our community.

Nanjing is the capital city of Jiangsu Province situated in Southeastern China with a rich culture and heavenly sceneries. We hope that our colleagues and friends, domestic or foreign, who share our mission, interest, and goal, will be able to join us in this dialogue that will likely shape the future of 21st century medical education. We look forward to hosting you in Nanjing.

Ⅰ Organization

Organizer: Chinese Association of Pathophysiology

Co-Organizer: Jiangsu Association of Pathophysiology

Host: Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing

Honorary Chairman: Han,Qide

Chairman: Chen,Qi

Secretary General: Zhang,Youyi

Members of the Bureau of the Assembly:

Churilov,Leonid Pavlovich(Russia); Håkan,Billig(Sweden); John,Tooke(UK); Bao,Lang; Cao,Ya;

Chen,Guoqiang; Chen,Mingjia; Chen,Saijuan; Cong,Bin; Du,Bin; Gao,Yuqi; Guan,Youfei; Jin,Huiming;

Jiang,Yong; Jiang,Zhisheng; Li,Ping; Li,Yongyu; Li,Zhichao; Liu,Xiuhua; Lu,Daxiang; Lu,Jian;

Shen,Hongbing; Shi,Guangxia; Wang,Huadong; Wang,Jianzhi; Wang,Qian; Wang,Wantie;

Wang,Xuejiang; Wu,Liling; Xiao,Xianzhong; Zhang,Haipeng; Zheng,Shimin; Zhu,Guangjin; Zhu, Yi.

Ⅱ Organizing Committee

Director: Chen,Qi

Vice Director: Lu,jian; Li,Zhichao; Xiao,Xianzhong

Members: Chen,Mingjia; Hao,Gang; Hu,Chaofeng; Ji,Yong; Li,Yuehua; Li,Hao; Li,Shuqing; Li,Ruifeng;

Na,Xiaodong; Sun,Liankun; Wang,Xiaochuan; Wang,Wantie; Xie,Keming; Xu,Changqing; Xu,Yong;

Zhang,Genbao; Zhao,Qian; Zhu,Shigong.

Ⅲ Main Subjects

1. International medical education teaching mode, teaching technology

2. The role, development and status of pathophysiology in medical education

3. Current teaching, existing problems and development direction of pathophysiology

4. Teaching staff construction, teacher management system and teacher incentive system of pathophysiology.

5. Pathophysiology curriculum integration

6. Teaching mode, content and method of pathophysiology theory courses and experimental class

7. Textbook construction in pathophysiology

8. Implementation method for construction of pathophysiology quality courses

9. Students' comprehensive quality training

10. The teaching management and education assessment system of pathophysiology

Ⅳ Instructions for Abstracts and Submission

1. Abstracts that fit in the theme of the Symposium are welcome. The abstracts must be written either in English or in Chinese. All the abstracts will be reviewed for publication in “Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology”, and the authors should be responsible for their abstracts.

2. Abstracts can be written in Chinese or English and should be in keeping with the format requirements of “Chinese Journal of Pathophysiology”, included as follows: Title, author(s), affiliation, city, postcode, E-mail address (first author), and mobile phone number (not to be published, only for necessary contact). The total words in the abstract are limited to 200-250. The fund item and corresponding author (name, Tel and E-mail address) can also be labeled if needed.

3. Abstract should be edited by using Word 2003 version software. Direct online submission site:http://www.caop.ac.cn/.

4. The plenary lectures will be recommended by the Bureau of the Assembly, and the special reports will be screened from abstracts.

5. Deadline of abstract submission: July 31,2013

*Abstracts that fail to meet the above requirments will not be accepted.

Ⅴ Working Language

English or Chinese, meeting oral exchanges with the Chinese, PPT must be in English.

Ⅵ Contact Us

For more information on the symposium, please visit the official website of Chinese Associatiuon of Pathophysiology: http://www.caop.ac.cn

Ⅶ Contacts

Li,yuehua,86-25-86862886

Bai, hui,86-25-86862735, huibai@njmu.edu.cn

Xie, liping, 86-25-86862886, jsbsxh@163.com

Ⅷ Preliminary Program and Registration Fee

See in the attachment PDF file below this webpage.