Recently, the 12th Academic Conference of the Teaching and Science Communication Committee of the Chinese Pharmacological Society was held in Chongqing. The conference was hosted by the Teaching and Science Communication Committee of the Chinese Pharmacological Society, organised by the College of Pharmacy of Chongqing Medical University, and co-organised by the Chongqing Pharmacological Society, with the theme set as “Innovating Pharmacology Education and Advancing the Communication of Scientific Knowledge on Rational Drug Use”.

At the Keynote Session, DU Guanhua, Party Secretary of the Chinese Pharmacological Society, explored the transformation of pharmacology teaching, while ZHANG Yonghe, Chair of the Teaching and Science Communication Committee of the Chinese Pharmacological Society, elaborated on interdisciplinary integration; meanwhile, LOU Jianshi, former President of Tianjin Medical University, shared experience in teaching supervision, and TIE Lu, Deputy Director of the Department of Pharmacology at the School of Basic Medical Sciences of Peking University, presented achievements in curriculum development.

The conference brought together leading figures in pharmacology teaching and public science communication in China, fostering close cooperation among peers across regions and institutions through in-depth academic exchanges and presentations of achievements, and further strengthening the shared commitment and mission of medical and pharmaceutical professionals to devote themselves to education and public science service. More than 300 experts and scholars from 69 universities, research institutes, hospitals and enterprises across the country participated in the exchanges.
(Translated by AI)