FK-KMK UGM. Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing (FK-KMK) Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held a guest lecturer activity and guest lecture entitled “Co-Designing Educational Interventions: Indonesian Evaluation and Lessons Learned”. This activity was held on Tuesday (22/10) at the Auditorium, 1st Floor, Tahir Foundation Building, FK-KMK UGM.
Three speakers, Prof. Christine Brown Wilson from Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom and Dr. Azam David Saifullah and Dr. Sri Mulyani from Universitas Gadjah Mada, were present and shared their views and experiences on how this method is applied to improve the quality of learning and raise awareness of health problems such as dementia.
Prof. Christine began the discussion session by discussing the main principles of co-design. According to her, co-design is not just an activity, but an iterative process that involves policy makers and focuses on producing output within a certain period of time.
“Co-design is more than just an activity. It is a process. The important thing about co-design is that the process requires shared leadership and allows for collective decision-making,” said Prof. Christine.
One of the activities she has developed with her team is the dementia game, an educational game about dementia that has been developed since 2019. This game involves participants in a number of workshops, ensuring that they understand the importance of the topics discussed in the workshops.
Dr. Azam as the second speaker shared about the application of co-design in dementia games in Indonesia. He highlighted that dementia is a serious concern in Indonesia, with more than 1.2 million people affected, and this number is expected to continue to increase. The contributing factors include low awareness, culture, and limited access to health care. Dementia games play an important role in raising awareness about dementia. Meanwhile, Dr. Sri Mulyani completed the discussion by presenting the evaluation results of the dementia game. The evaluation showed that the co-design approach was not only effective in increasing participants’ understanding of dementia, but also strengthening their involvement in the learning process.
The activities of guest lecturers and guest lectures are relevant to achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) especially SDG number 3 related to Health and Well-being, SDG number 4 related to Quality Education, and SDG number 17 related to Partnerships for the Goals. FK-KMK UGM is committed to continuing to support the achievement of SDGs through collaboration between education and health, as well as the application of innovative methods such as co-design in interventions to improve public health. (Reporter:Fauziah Nurhasanah).
