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Table 3.2: Curriculum for the Six-Month Midwifery Course of the
1 st
First National Midwifery School, Beiping, 1932-33
Total Total
month month month month month month hours hours
Hours/ Hours/ Hours/ Hours/ Hours/ Hours/ per
week week week week week week
subject
Anatomy &
Physiology
2 2 4 8 24
Physiology 2 2
First aid 2 2 3
Urinalysis 1 1 4
Bacteriology 2 2 8
Materia Medica 2 2 8
Nursing 4 2 6 24
Party Principles 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 24
Chinese 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 24
Midwifery
(normal)
6 4 10 40
Care and
feeding of
children
2 2 8
Dietetics 2 2 8
Dermatology 1 1 4
Midwifery
(abnormal)
4 4 16
Gynecology 2 2 8
Hygiene 2 2 4 16
Sociology 2 2 8
Clinical lecture 2 2 8
Clinical room
practice
(antenatal)
6 6 6 6 6 30 120
Delivery room
practice
(delivery)
9 9 8 8 34 140
Ward practice
(postnatal)
30 30 30 42 42 42 216 864
Total 47 53 55 67 69 60 340 1364
Hours: theory = 240
Hours: practice = 1,124
Total hours = 1,364
2 nd
3 rd
Reproduced from "Second Annual Report, First National Midwifery School, Peiping, July 1,
1930 - June 30, 1931," box 222, series 3, sub-series 601L, RG 5, RAC, p. 6.
4 th
136
5 th
6 th