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section. They accompanied the attending physician on gynecology, maternity, and nursery ward
rounds and attended lectures on difficult pregnancies and labor. The Dean’s Office taught the
students “how to [be] in charge and responsible,” how to keep files and records of grades, make
schedules, and run ante- and postpartum clinics – in short, how to be an effective
administrator. 389 The FNMS also offered a three-week rotation in maternal and child health for
fourth-year PUMC medical students. They were to live at the school and observe administration,
teaching, and midwifery practice. Furthermore, the PUMC clerks observed administration and
technical and educational activities at the Child Health Institute, and made special trips to
foundling homes and other organizations. Midwifery clerkships thus gave students practical
experience of the principles taught in their lectures and coursework. These students were
expected to “take their place satisfactorily in the community health organization as they must be
possessed of a background which is insufficiently given only through a didactic course.” 390 To
do this, they needed to learn how to run a modern clinic, health station, or school.
The school also began to offer clerkships for students in medical and public health
institutions in Beiping “to enlarge their field experience and to give them a better understanding
of other types of medical and public health workers and, finally, to qualify them to be workers in
this initial stage of the public health field.” 391 Nine such medical students completed this
rotation in 1934-35.
The work of the FNMS was widely publicized, both by mothers who used its services and
by annual reports in Chinese that the school distributed to educational offices nationwide. For
instance, the FNMS published and distributed pamphlets to expectant mothers and their families.
389 "Fifth Annual Report, FNMS," Appendix III: Instructions for Midwifery Clerkships, xxvii.
390 Ibid., Appendix III: Instructions for Midwifery Clerkships, xxvi.
391 "Fourth Annual Report, FNMS."
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