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The first class opened in July 1931. 340 The course focused on delivery room practice and<br />

community health work, for a total of 132 hours of coursework and practicum combined. Even<br />

these nurses were taught to refer abnormal cases to physicians. The curriculum was an<br />

accelerated form of the Two-Year Course.<br />

Table 3.3: Curriculum for Six-Month Course for Graduate Nurses of the<br />

First National Midwifery School, Beiping, 1932-33.<br />

1 st and 2 nd month 3<br />

Hours/week<br />

rd and 4 th month 5<br />

Hours/week<br />

th and 6 th month<br />

Hours/week<br />

Abnormal<br />

midwifery<br />

3<br />

Midwifery 6 6<br />

Urinalysis 3<br />

Care and feeding of<br />

children<br />

2 2<br />

Dietetics 2<br />

Party Principles 1 1<br />

Chinese 1 1<br />

Sociology 2 2<br />

Hygiene 1 2 2<br />

Gynecology 2<br />

Antenatal clinic 6 8 18<br />

Delivery room<br />

practice<br />

20 10 10<br />

District work 10 11<br />

Total 44 44 44<br />

Reproduced from "Second Annual Report, First National Midwifery School, Peiping, July 1,<br />

1930 - June 30, 1931," Appendix I, p. ii, box 222, series 3, sub-series 601L, RG 5, RAC.<br />

A special Six-Month Graduate Course for Midwives was started in 1932 to give<br />

additional training to graduates of provincial or registered private midwifery schools, as the<br />

FNMS was the first place in the country to provide complete midwifery training with practical<br />

340 "Second Annual Report, FNMS."<br />

138

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