the netherlands – Office of International Affairs

Tuesday and Thursday, May 19 and 21, 2015, Office of International Affairs UAD held Sharing Best Practise and Presentation with Evelien Hack, MA, Coordinator Internationalization Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands. There were two topics which are How to Internationalize your faculty/institution and How to approach partner institution. Besides attended by deans of faculties and heads of study programs, this agenda was also participated by head of International office of Stikes Aisyiyah Yogyakarta and delegations of Muhammadiyah University of Purwokerto.

Officially opened by Vice Rector IV UAD, Prof. Sarbiran, Ph.D., this agenda aimed to motivate and share the best practise in internationalization programs, especially that have been conducting by LUMC. Besides this sharing, the visit of Evelien Hack to UAD was also to bring the MoU between LUMC and three faculties in UAD (Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Pharmacy, Faculty of Psychology). On May 20, MoU Signing ceremony was held in Cavinton Hotel Yogyakarta.

Wednesday-Thursday, May 20-21, 2015, Faculty of Public Health UAD held an International Conference on Challenge of Patient Safety Application toward Universal Health Coverage in Developing Countries. Held in Cavinton Hotel Yogyakarta, the Keynote speech was delivered by Roderick Salenga, MPH (University of Philippines Manila) and the plenary speeches were by Prof. Ali Ghufron Mukti (Universitas Gadjah Mada), Prof. A.A. Kaptein (Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands), Yukiko Yokoburi (The IFHIMA director of Southeast Asia, Japan Hospital Association), and Rosyidah, M.Kes (UAD). This conference was officially opened by Vice Rector IV UAD, Prof. Sarbiran, Ph.D. and presented a traditional dance named “Persembahan” to welcome all speakers and participants.

Participated by more than 250 participants from around Indonesia and other countries, this conference was held to contribute idea and suggestion to improve the health service quality in Indonesia in the future. This kind of conference is an annual agenda held by Faculty of Public Health UAD with different topics related to the health current issues. Besides the conference, there were also MoU signing ceremony between Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands and three faculties in UAD which were Faculty of Public Health, Faculty of Pharmacy, and Faculty of Psychology.