Singaraja – Reporting from undiksha.ac.id, Increasing the accreditation status of study programs is a serious concern for the Ganesha Education University staff, including for medical education study programs. This study program, which was founded in 2018, finally succeeded in achieving B accreditation after the Independent Accreditation Institute for Higher Education in Health (LAM-PTKes) carried out a field assessment on December 10, 2021. This accreditation increased from the previous one which was still C.
This achievement was warmly welcomed by the Chancellor of Undiksha, Prof. Dr. I Nyoman Jampel, M.Pd., and the academic community. According to him, achieving this accreditation was the result of joint hard work and support from various related parties. He also expressed his appreciation for that.
With the increase in accreditation from C to B, Undiksha can increase the student body for the Medical Education Study Program with a maximum plan of 50 people. He emphasized that student recruitment still pays attention to quality. “Even though it could be more, we don’t dare to do too much. We have communicated with Vice Dean II and the maximum is 100 so that in 2022 Undiksha Medicine will accept 100 new students. “That is indeed the impact of increasing accreditation status,” he explained.
In line with this accreditation achievement, Chancellor Jampel invited FK staff to continue to strive to improve the quality of implementing the Tri Dharma of Higher Education so that they can be more competitive. “Improving quality is mandatory. “We continue to encourage this, especially for FK,” he stressed.
Increasing accreditation is also being pursued for the Medical Professional Education Study Program. The field assessment will take place in early 2023. “Because medical professional education will only start in February 2022, we have to be there for a year before we carry out reaccreditation, otherwise we won’t be able to improve the accreditation status,” he explained.
Welcoming this reaccreditation and being able to get results as expected, FK staff were asked to make preparations from an early age. Chancellor Jampel also hopes for continued support from the academic community and related stakeholders. (HFK)
