The Center for the Development and Promotion of Joint Veterinary Education was established in April 2013 at the same time of the establishment of the Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine, Gifu University, Tottori University. The objectives of this Center are as follows; 　(i) To effectively and efficiently improve, develop, and control the educational methods and contents in the joint education system between the Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University and Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University. 　(ii) To contribute to the promotion and development of veterinary medicine education by providing information about collaborative and joint veterinary medicine education. We develop teaching methods using state-of-the-art communication technologies for joint courses between remote locations, innovate educational programs involving student and faculty exchanges, and disseminate a variety of information on the developed teaching programs throughout Japan.

The Center consists of two divisions: the Division of the Joint Education Management and the Division of the Practical Joint Education Promotion (see Figure). Both Gifu University and Tottori University have two faculty members assigned to each division as concurrent positions.

After the Joint Department of Veterinary Medicine produced its first graduates in 2019, a new curriculum with improvements and revisions was launched in 2020. Since the COVID-19 pandemic sometimes forced the cancellation of face-to-face lectures and lectures/training with student or faculty exchanges in any grade, there have been many occasions when we needed to respond irregularly and promptly. Since this situation will probably continue for some years, the centers in both Gifu University and Tottori University will flexibly respond to a situation by utilizing remote lectures and on-demand lectures, and we will not degrade the quality of our education.

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