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Essay LPDP : Kontribusiku Bagi Indonesia



CONTRIBUTING THROUGH MEDICAL SERVICE AND EDUCATION By : Yunita Suryani



“Act locally, think globally”. This phrase is commonly heard especially when we talk about environmental issues. Personally, this phrase can also be used to describe the way I would like to contribute to Indonesia, my home country: by contributing to the communities amidst which I am whilst implementing the ideas I would have learnt through the education abroad. As a medical doctor, my contribution to Indonesia would be emphasized on the health sector, as is stated in four areas of doctor’s duties : promotive, preventive, curative, and rehabilitative. In 2012, I was involved in a social program along with 17 other students from my university in a small village called Sukatani located in South Sukabumi, West Java. The villagers were mostly low educated. They had very few knowledge and access to health service. We stayed there for a month and educated the people regarding hygiene issues, infectious diseases, degernerative diseases, healthy diet food compositions, and good toilet habits. We also provided them free medical consultations. Through this experience, I understood the essence of being a medical doctor: serve and educate people in need. I continued this service in several primary health care centers (Puskesmas) and elementary schools where I promoted healthy lifestyle to prevent infectious diseases. Beside my activities in health care centers, I also tutor my colleagues and juniors who are going to face National Medical Exam, an obligatory competency test for medical students before being given a licence to undergo professional activities. I believe that what I did could have a bigger impact to the society. The practical tips and knowledge I gave them could be used to cure and help those in need. In the end, people will gain benefit from what I did eventhough I did not reach them directly. Now, my former students are working in different areas throughout Indonesia. My biggest dream is to provide high quality health workers in Indonesia while keep being productive in research area. For this, I believe that good medical education for Indonesian future doctors is the key. Therefore, I want to be a lecturer in a medical school in Indonesia. Medicine is indeed a very dynamic field that requires updates every particular periods. The development of new drugs or latest inventions are required to cure emerging or previously incurable diseases, to treat people in a better way with less side effects and to eliminate the etiology of many diseases. For that, research plays a pivotal role in advancing medical education. Indonesia is lack of immunologists since immunology is a complicated subject and therefore, very few students are eager to study this. However, the number of allergic and autoimmune diseases in Indonesia have raised constantly every year. I possess a great interest in research regarding autoimmune cases whose prevalence have been high in Indonesia. The latest research demonstrated that autoimmune diseases were incurable, but numerous researchers were still working on the healing of these diseases.



Essay LPDP : Kontribusiku Bagi Indonesia



University of Glasgow possesses laboratories working on immunology-related research with numerous immunology experts. These laboratories are in the first line of the world widelyknown latest findings concerning immunology-related diseases. I am tremendously interested in becoming a part of these exquisite laboratories composed of incredible world class researchers. I would like to learn and gain experience in these laboratories. Furthermore, upon the fulfillment of my master’s program, I would like to continue immunology-related research in an Indonesian laboratory, apart from being a lecturer in an Indonesian university. John F. Kennedy, a former president of The United States once said, “ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country”. Thanks to the subsidy given by Indonesian government for educational purposes, I was able to receive a good education in a top public medical school with much attainable cost compared to private medical schools. Therefore, I would like to give thanks to Indonesia, my home country through my dedication in research and education to build a better generation of medical workers for a smarter and healthier Indonesia.