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Indonesia to increase competent physicians for better public health
A delegation from the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), led by Taruna Ikrar, paid a visit to the Indonesia’s main defense campus on Wednesday (9/08). T
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Rector of the Republic of Indonesia Defense University, Major General TNI Jonni Mahroza,Ph.D. (center), Prof. dr. Taruna Ikrar, M.Biomed, PhD, Chairman of the Medical Council (left)
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delegation from the Indonesian Medical Council (KKI), led by Taruna Ikrar, paid a visit to the Indonesia’s main defense campus on Wednesday (9/08). The two-day visit was made for the visitation and evaluation monitoring (Monev) of the Republic of Indonesian Defense University’s (RIDU) School of Medicine and Health Sciences (FKIK).
The KKI delegation has been tasked with overseeing the activities of the FKIK, which opened three years ago and is currently pursuing accreditation via the visitation program and Monev for the study of doctors' education at the Indonesian Medical Council.
The visit is to evaluate the quality of education and facilities at the medical faculty, ensuring that graduates satisfy the established competency and qualification standards. The event is also an opportunity for RIDU FKIK to demonstrate its commitment to self-improvement and producing competent physicians. It is confident that the campus’ human resources for lecturers and teaching staff are prepared, and facilities and infrastructure have been completed according to standards.
"It is hoped that RIDU FKIK will attain superior accreditation after this visit. This will also improve the quality of education, the planning process and the implementation of the vision, mission and strategies to make the school more competitive," said Maj. Gen. Jonni Mahroza, of the Indonesian Military (TNI), rector of RIDU.
The university is making numerous changes, in both the physical and nonphysical facilities, in order to meet accreditation requirements. The changes are evident through the improvement of infrastructure, innovation through a variety of methods used along with enhanced human resources quality.
However, director of Bogor City Hospital, the main education hospital of the RIDU FKIK, Dr. H. Ilham Chaidir, stated that the hospital had struggled with RIDU in character building. To assess the problem, the Bogor City Hospital is developing a digitalization system to assist RIDU FKIK
Dr. Taruna, chairman of the KKI Medical Council conducted a monev of the Doctoral Education Study Program at RIDU FKIK. This took place before the KKI made its recommendations in order to guarantee and assess the study program’s independence and feasibility.
"Indonesia faces three major issues regarding the availability of physicians, including a shortage of physicians. According to data from the Health Ministry, there will still be a shortage of 160,000 physicians by 2030. [The country is] also enduring a shortage of specialists – Indonesia will be unable to provide specialists for the next quarter-century,” Taruna said to Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto.
In addition to the extremely unequal distribution of physicians in Indonesia, Taruna noted that there were a large number of regions or islands in Indonesia that lack competent doctors. He added that RIDU FKIK was one of the best solutions for these three major issues.
Dr. Mariatul Fadilah, head of the KKI Education Division, emphasized in his remarks that Military Medicine graduates at RIDU’s medical school possesses the 2012 Indonesian General Practitioner Competency Standards (SKDI) to guarantee quality Indonesian public health. This includes the mastery of at least 144 diseases. This standard can be attained through research conducted in institutions, hospitals and educational facilities.
