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there were 172 nursing schools (hushi xuexiao 护士学校), all but10 of which were registered<br />

with the Nurses’ Association of China, and 35 nurse training programs (xunlianban 训练班). 219<br />

The National Committee on Nurse Education (hushi jiaoyu weiyuanhui 护士教育委员会),<br />

established in 1934, was charged with regulating and registering nursing schools, including<br />

standardizing nurse training curricula. By 1934, according to a Public Health Department report,<br />

there were 172 nursing schools in China, and 162 of those were registered with the Nurses’<br />

Association of China. In addition, 35 nurse training programs (hushi xunlianban) had been<br />

established. 220<br />

<strong>NATION</strong>AL MIDWIFERY PROGRAMS<br />

The First National Midwifery School (FNMS) opened in Beiping in October 1929 221 and was<br />

headed by PUMC graduate Dr. Marion Yang. 222 It was the national model for midwife training,<br />

and its graduates would in turn teach in other provincial and local midwifery schools. The<br />

school consisted of a High-Ranking Course (gaojiban 高级班), a Midwife Training Course<br />

(zhuchanshi xunlianban 助产士训练班), a Midwife Research Unit (zhuchanshi yanjiuban 助产<br />

士研究班), and a Nurse Midwife Training Course (hushi zhuchan xunlianban 护士助产训练班).<br />

The gaojiban’s aim was to prepare qualified teachers to teach modern midwifery methods in<br />

local midwife training programs. The Midwife Training Course lasted six months and was<br />

designed to train midwives for needy rural areas. The Midwife Research Unit held a six-month<br />

advanced training course for midwife graduates. Finally, the six-month Nurse Midwife Course<br />

219<br />

Neizhengbu, Neizheng Nianjian, G202-04.<br />

220<br />

Liu, "National Health Organization," 203.<br />

221<br />

J. Heng Liu gives the opening year as 1931, but the 1936 Neizheng nianjian and other FNMS documents state<br />

that the school opened in 1929.<br />

222<br />

This is a brief description of the FNMS. Please see Chapter Four for a more detailed analysis.<br />

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