Abstract
Significant efforts have been made by highly motivated clinicians，ETs，and nurses since the 1970s，contributing to the progress of stoma care and establishment of the current methods of stoma and continence rehabilitation．As a major turning point in the healthcare system is to occur with aging of the population in Japan，stoma and continence rehabilitation must also adapt to the changes in social needs．Hence，we need to pass down the history of stoma care to the next generations，remembering that doctors and nursing staff at that time together contributed to social reintegration of ostomized patients on an equal footing．This symposium will focus on the considerable efforts made during the pre‐dawn era of stoma care and describe their approaches，including the opening of the school，and establishment and origin of JAET．
