The UGM Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing (FKKMK) organized an online discussion on “Monograph Development of Quality Assurance System Model for Medical Education and Medical Profession” on Thursday (8/4). The webinar invited two speakers: Dr. Titi Savitri Prihatiningsih as the book writer and Prof. Usman Chatib Warsa as the head of LAMPTKes.
Titi Savitri said that the writing of this book started from the confusion she felt regarding the quality assurance of doctors and doctor’s education. During her involvement in quality assurance at LAMPTKes, she sees that the internal quality assurance system (SPMI) for doctors and doctor’s education has not worked well.
“There is confusion after being involved for a long time in quality assurance efforts. It seems that people consider SPMI just as documentation, and this happens a lot,” said the woman who once served as the Dean of FKKMK UGM.
The document preparation in the accreditation and re-accreditation process is only formality every five years. After that, they would be back to the old learning system before accreditation. Hence, there is no significant learning improvement.
“No fundamental change, such as curriculum, has been discovered. SPMI was only pushed by external parties due to pandemic conditions. Awareness is supposed to come from the institution itself,” she explained.
She questioned whether quality assurance affects student learning, graduate outcomes, the readiness of graduates to enter the professional world. Therefore, she encouraged people to reflect and think about the education quality paradigm and education quality assurance system through her book. She also wrote the philosophy and characteristics of medical education and the health profession.
“It is expected that the related important roles can re-design the medical education and its quality assurance,” she said.
On the other hand, the head of LAMPTKes revealed that educational health institution should have increased their quality assurance to produce competitive and high-quality graduates. In response to this, Prof. Ova Emilia, as the Dean of Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing appreciated this book release. She conveyed that quality assurance in higher education, especially in health, was very strategic and fundamental to developing the quality of educational medication. Additionally, she said that this could be a way to improve graduates’ competencies sustainably. In the Ministry Regulation of Research and Technology No. 62 2016, it is mentioned that quality assurance in education is a systemic activity integrated by education program units, local governments, governments, and communities to enhance the nation’s ability through education. However, the organizational context and the community condition are very influential to the perspective of education quality.
“Hopefully, this book can positively contribute to medical quality assurance for years from now,” she hoped.
