UNAIR NEWS The Indonesian House of Representatives will soon discuss a revision of Law Number20 of 2013 concerning Medical Education.听In order to contribute to the revision of the bill, the Faculty of Dental Medicine (FKG)(UNAIR) with the Association of Indonesian Dentists (PDGI) for East Java Region and FKG Hasanuddin University (UNHAS) Makassar held a national seminar.
Held online on Sunday, July 4, 2021, the seminar was attended by members of PDGI across Indonesia, deans, and professors from various schools and dental medicine faculties throughout Indonesia. The seminar topic, 淐ompetency Test: Between Dilemmas and Expectations of Dental Education in Indonesia, attempted to discuss competency and professionalism test standards in dental education.
Dean of UNAIR Faculty of Dental Medicine, Dr. Agung Sociawan, drg. M. Kes. , in his remarks, explained that the topic was a form of joint evaluation expected to be a suggestion and input for the Medical Education Bill Working Committee (Panja) of the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI).
淲e want to say a lot of things. But given the limited time, the input will be followed up in the form of an academic text and submitted to the bill Working Committee of the DPR RI. The academic paper will be the contribution of our minds to fix and improve the capacity and quality of Indonesian dental education, he explained.
Furthermore, UNAIR Vice-Rector for Academic, Student, and Alumni Affairs, Prof. Bambang Sektiari Lukiswanto, DEA., DVM., emphasized the importance of national competency standards in dental medicine.
淗ealth profession is related to human life.听Competence is absolutely required and must comply with national standards.听This year,God willing,a professional certificate policy will be implemented which will replace the graduation certificate, he said.
On the other hand, the Chairman of PB PDGI Dr.听drg.听RM Sri Hananto Seno, Sp.BM(K)., MM.FICD.,also emphasized that the discussion in the seminar was very important as a benchmark for Indonesian dental education.听淭he competency test is a wall that is difficult fordental students toovercome.听It is our responsibility to produce graduates who are reliable and have national and international standards, he added.
For the opening presentation, Willy Aditya, S.Fil, MDM as Deputy Chair of the Legislation Board of DPR RI and Chair of the Committee for the Medical Education Bill, welcomed the initiative built by PDGI East Java together with FKG UNAIR and FKG UNHAS. He believed that the Medical Education Bill would have to contain the value of humanism and a scientific approach.
淭he bill must be oriented towards the current objective and future needs, not populism.听So, the law formulated later will last longer.听It means, how can this bill not be dismantled and run effectively for a long time, he said.
In addition to these experts, the national seminar streamed livealso presented other speakers contributing to the Medical Education Bill.听They are members of Commission X DPR RI Prof.听Dr.听Zainuddin Maliki, M.Si, Director General of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology, Prof.听Ir.听Nizam, M.Sc.听DIC., PhD., IPU ASEAN Eng, Elected Chairperson of PB IDI dr.听Moh Adib Humaidi, Sp.Ort., Dean of FKG UNHAS drg.听Muhammad Ruslin, M.Kes., PhD., Sp.BM(K), and Deputy Secretary-General of PB PDGI drg.听Iwan Dewanto, MMR., PhD.听(*)
Author: Intang Arifia
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
