A new 5a, 8a - epidioxy sterol named Axinysasterol (1) with a known compound (6R, 7S)-7-amino-7, 8-dihydro-a-bisaboIene hydrochloride (2) was isolated from the Okinawa marine sponge Axinyssa sp. The structure of Axinysasterol (1) deduced as 5a, 8a-epidioxyergosta - 6,22,25-trien-3B-ol on the basis of chemical and spectral evidence.

Introduction: Recently, community-based medical education has become widespread in Japanese medical schools, but the current status is not clear on a national level. A second survey of community-based medical education at all Japanese medical schools was conducted. The first survey was done in 2011. Methods: Members of the Council made and distributed a questionnaire to medical schools in order to assess the situation of community-based medical education as of April 2014. Results: A total of eighty schools responded. The number of schools which had community medicine programs was seventy-eight. In the first survey, the number was seventy-three. Seventy-seven schools gave community-based clinical clerkships. Discussion: The number of medical schools that had curriculum about community medicine was more than indicated in the first survey. Further research about the contents or implementation system of community-based clerkships is needed.