UNAIR NEWS聽– Pro-Vice Chancellor International La Trobe University, Australia, Kelly Smith visited Rector of 聽Prof.聽Dr.聽Muhammad Nasih, SE, M.T, Ak., CMA., on Wednesday afternoon, July 4.聽Accompanied by Academic Partnerships Coordinator of International Course Coordination and Development, School of Nursing and Midwifery聽Sonia Reisenhofer, RN., BN., MN., (Emergency)., PhD., Kelly discussed about international collaborative programs with UNAIR, especially with the Faculty of Nursing (FKp).聽And, possibly with other faculties.
Dean of FKp Prof.聽Dr.聽Nursalam, M. Nurs (Hons), who attended the meeting said that the visit was a follow-up for a Memorandum of Understanding聽(MoU) in 2016.
“We have conducted the partnership.聽There is a聽student聽exchange, both our students and lecturers go there, and vice versa.聽Then,聽visiting professor聽 from UNAIR and La Trobe University.聽And there is聽research, “he told聽UNAIR NEWS听.
Prof.聽Nursalam added that the meeting was also a follow up of previous FKP team visit.聽The partnership is important as FKp effort to support UNAIR to meet the target of Top 500聽World Class University聽(WCU).聽Keep in mind, La Trobe University, Australia, is included as Top Hundred Nursing in The World, the top 100 rated nursing program in the world.
“In April when the anniversary of the faculty celebrated, UNAIR FKp is holding聽international conference.聽There will be speakers from La Trobe University, ” he said.
In the meeting, the improvement of collaborative activities were discussed, said Prof.聽Nursalam, such as in academic and research fields as well as international accreditation.聽For the academic field, there is a plan to open PhD program for UNAIR academics from La Trobe University.聽More UNAIR PhD graduates from there are expected.
“In addition, the university (La Trobe University, ed) also receives students through聽LPDP (Indonesia Endowment Fund for Education), especially for nursing.聽Why?聽Because its nursing school is in the top one hundred of world rankings, “he said.
In the field of research, plans to organize collaborative research groups were discussed.聽Mainly intended to improve health publications and research related to health problems in each country.
Prof.聽Nursalam stated that there is some interests on health community in Indonesia.聽In Australia, there is no health-care community similar to puskesmas as in Indonesia.聽In addition, it is associated with preventive efforts against complex and challenging Indonesian communities.
“In addition to La Trobe University Australia, FKp has collaborated with more than five countries.聽There are Red Cross of Kyushu, Japan;聽University of Malaya, Malaysia;聽National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan;聽Naresuan University, Thailand;聽and University College Cork (UCC), Ireland, “he said.
“Clearly, this visit is an effort to improve collaborative activities and partnerships in an effort to improve the quality of UNAIR,” he added.聽(*)
Author: Feri Fenoria Rifai
