@2024 Afarand., IRAN

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ISSN: 2251-8215    Sarem Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2018;2(4):

Instrument & Methods Until 1928, the midwifery school was not stable in case of organizational ‎structure. Sometimes, it was under the authority of municipality, interior ‎ministry, and ministry of education and fine arts, and in a period of time, it was ‎under the supervision of ministry of education in terms of science and education ‎and under the supervision of interior ministry in terms of structure and budget ‎allocation. The aim of this study was to develop a cohesive history on the ‎evolution of midwifery school and to present a more accurate history of the ‎midwifery education until the establishment of the higher school of obstetrics, ‎using archival documents.‎
Conclusion Until 1928, the midwifery school had no regulations and statutes, and on February ‎‎7, 1930, its regulations were approved by the Supreme Council of Education, and ‎the school became one of the branches of the School of Medicine under the ‎supervision of ministry of health. On April 4, 1936, the Iranian Academy of the ‎Arts began its activities in order to edit Persian words to avoid non-Persian ‎language, and on May 16, 1937, based on the suggestion of municipality, the term ‎‎"midwife" (Ghabele) was changed to "obstetrician" (Mama). Subsequently, the ‎name of midwifery school was changed to the higher school of obstetrics and it ‎was developed with the new name and management in terms of organization and ‎education. At the beginning of its establishment, the midwifery school had some ‎shortcomings in passing from the traditional to the classical educational practices ‎and it was gradually becoming an official educational institution with statute, ‎regulations, and curriculum that set the foundation for the establishment of higher ‎school of obstetrics and, then, nursing and midwifery faculties.‎