On Monday (04/03/2024), the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Diponegoro (UNDIP) held a Guest Lecture and Academic Collaboration in partnership with the Department of Community-based Family Medicine, Tottori University, Japan, and Radboud University Medical Center, the Netherlands.
The event, held from March 4-8, 2024, in Semarang and Jepara Regency, was opened by the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine UNDIP, Dr. dr. Yan Wisnu Prajoko, M.Kes., Sp.B., Subsp.Onk(K). The delegation from Tottori University consisted of three lecturers, including Prof. Shinichi Taniguchi, MD, Ph.D, Young Lee, MD, and Tsubasa Nakai, MD—as well as seven students: Koki Kawagishi, Ayumi Hirota, Yumeka Mizuno, Yurina Kimura, Naka Nohama, Kiki Leijten, and Julie Valerie Isha Urlings.
The series of activities began on Monday with a Visiting Lecture featuring speakers Prof. Shinichi Taniguchi, MD, Ph.D, Prof. dr. Tri Nur Kristina, Ph.D, and dr. Dea Amarilisa Adespin, M.Kes, FISPH, FISCM.
The event, which also involved the Dinas Kesehatan of Semarang City, included off-campus activities such as programs at Diponegoro National Hospital (RSND), Permata Graha Syifa Clinic in Gunung Pati, Semarang, and visits to Community Health Centers (Puskesmas) and Integrated Health Posts (Posyandu) in Semarang City and Jepara Regency.
Several Puskesmas visited were Ngesrep and Ngaliyan Puskesmas in Semarang City, as well as Mlonggo and Pakis Aji Puskesmas in Jepara Regency. During these activities, the Japanese and Dutch delegations studied Indonesia’s primary healthcare system and community health services.
