HDN
'Life as a Doctor and Medical Student During the COVID-19 Pandemic'
SCOME CIMSA-BEM KM FK UNAND
Indonesia celebrates National Doctor’s Day (HDN) every year on October 24th to appreciate all doctors who have dedicated themselves to the community, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Indonesian Medical Association (IDI), at least 136 doctors have lost their lives to the COVID-19 in Indonesia since the pandemic started and increased in the last few months. According to the Databoks 2020, the ratio of doctors in Indonesia is 0.4 per 1.000 populations, this number is the second-lowest in Southeast Asia.
Other than celebrating the National Doctor’s Day, HDN is also aimed to increase the knowledge of medical students on the latest medical issues by involving them in every series of this project. Furthermore, by doing this project, it’s our hope to increase public knowledge about current health issues and the history of HDN.
This project consisted of 4 main programs, which are air campaign, article writing competition, radio broadcast, and appreciation video. The first program is an air campaign which involving Instagram post or Instagram story for all medical students of Andalas University, which was held during October 2020.
The second program is an article writing competition on the latest health issues themed ‘Life as a Doctor and Medical Student During the COVID-19 Pandemic’. This competition was last from October 10th, until October 22nd, 2020 in collaboration with BROCA, journalistic unit in the Medical Faculty of Andalas University. There were 7 participants joined this competition and we have announced the three best winners of this competition.
The third program is a radio broadcast with Star Radio Padang regarding medical issues and National Doctor’s Day. This broadcast was on air on October 25th, 2020 with an alumni of CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand, dr. Humaira Ulfa Herman, and Project Coordinator CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand, Aura Putri Anavelda, as the speaker.
The last program is an appreciation video for all doctors who have been devoted to our country, made by members of SCOME CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand. This video has already been published through the social media of CIMSA-BEM KM FK Unand such as Instagram, LINE, and YouTube.
By performing this project, we hope that it will increase the sense of love and appreciation for all doctors, as well as increase the knowledge of medical students and society about current health issues.
