UNAIR NEWS –聽Dr.聽Agung Sosiawan, drg., M.Kes (Dr. Agung) is named one of the 16 deans appointed by UNAIR Rector on Wednesday, September 30, 2020.聽The inauguration marked the change in leadership of Faculty of Dental Medicine (FKG) UNAIR which was previously held by Prof.聽Dr.聽R. Darmawan Setijanto, drg., M.Kes.
Elected as Dean of Faculty of Dental Medicine UNAIR during a pandemic, one of Agung’s priorities is the implementation of learning system that adapts to conditions.聽In the past before the pandemic, the learning system was almost 90 percent carried out聽offline聽and 10 percent done online, now the system is reversed to 10 percent聽offline聽and 90 percent online.
Meanwhile, the implementation of lab works which are not possible to be done online or done聽offline聽at RSGM will be carried out聽offline聽using existing facilities at the faculty.
“When the vaccine has been injected into all students, the learning process will be carried out again聽offline聽while still referring to the curriculum design that we will make as I become dean of 2020-2025,” he explained.
Agung will also support the priority targets that have been set by Rector to create a聽Smart University.聽Agung also targets Faculty of Dental Medicine UNAIR – which is the oldest FKG in Indonesia – to be the best FKG in Indonesia by the end of 2025.
“I hope for the supporst of all聽faculty and university聽stakeholders聽to carry out the mandate of rector, make FKG a Smart Faculty and become the leading FKG in Indonesia and at international level,” explained Agung.
Real measures are going to be made by Agung to achieve these targets, such as develop a model聽webinar聽on adjunct professor聽or聽smart education聽conducted聽online聽during pandemic conditions.聽Then, develop an accelerated program in 2021 which will be carried out in coordination with department heads and heads of programs.
Community service and research programs will still receive funding support. Apart from laboratory research, field research will also be carried out but with modifications on data collection, by utilizing information technology. The support is an effort to improve research publications.
“We will continue to fund programs related to research, especially those that can be done in the laboratory, which is our flagship research,” he said.
Apart from publications, Agung also made efforts to improve citations. In order to make this happen, Agung plans to revitalize faculty group research which in the previous period did not run as expected.
In 2020-2025 period, the group’s research is expected to be empowered and efficient. So in addition to increasing publications, it can also increase citations.
Agung hopes that the parties embraced by faculty through the聽academic reputation peer list聽(AR) or聽employer reputation peer list聽(ER) can continue to be maximized.聽Agung plans to add AR and ER in terms of both quantity and quality, especially by collaborating with parties from parts of European and Australian hemispheres.
“I hope to carry out the mandate from Rector to make FKG UNAIR number one in Indonesia and increase FKG ranking in ranking category based on international faculty levels,” he concluded. (*)
Author: Galuh Mega Kurnia
Editor : 聽Binti Q. Masruroh
