RF Annual Report - 1935 - The Rockefeller Foundation

CHINA PROGRAM 335
operation*has been useful in developing the staff
and equipment of this administration. Funds
have been appropriated for fifty-two local fellows
who are studying to be health officers, public
health nurses, sanitary engineers, and other rural
health workers.
Commission on Medical Education
To the Chinese Ministry of Education the
Foundation has made an
appropriation of
LQ521,250 toward expenses of the Commission
on Medical Education during the year beginning
July 1, 1935.
The Ministry of Education of China had previously
established separate commissions of
medical, midwifery, and
nursing education,
which were not active and had no full-time staff.
Foundation collaboration has made it possible
to unify these commissions and replace the previous
organization by a single board with a fulltime
responsible staff. The first six months' re-0
port by the secretary indicates that the investigations
undertaken in the fields of medicine,
midwifery, and nursing have proved stimulating.
Technical subcommittees have been created to
work out curricula and syllabi to effect better
teaching standards. The commission has established
an editorial board which, in addition to
publishing a monthly bulletin on medical educa-
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