Master of Medical and Health Education (MHPE) program at the Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing (FK-KMK) UGM, in collaboration with the University of Western Australia (UWA), held a webinar titled “Webinars on Interprofessional Education and Simulation.” The webinar was held via Zoom over two days, on March 13-14, 2025. This activity was carried out as part of the elective block for second-year MHPE FK-KMK UGM students.
Opening the webinar, the Director of MHPE FK-KMK UGM, dr. Widyandana, MHPE, Sp.M(K), Ph.D, said that the webinar aimed to encourage students to learn, share, and participate in discussions with educators from abroad, namely the University of Western Australia. Dr. Widyandana also mentioned that his team supports students to engage in other online and offline discussions to enrich their knowledge regarding the role of simulation in Interprofessional Education (IPE).
“We hope that this can become a platform for sharing current issues on IPE and technological advances, and that it can provide new insights for our students to innovate for the institution,” said Dr. Widyandana.
Kiah Evans, BSc(OT)Hons, GradCert(HPE), PhD from the University of Western Australia, opened the first session by discussing the role of simulation in IPE. Dr. Kiah Evans also explained the six phases of simulation in Health Professions Education (HPE), the characteristics of IPE, the advantages of simulation in IPE, and the challenges of simulation in IPE, along with their solutions.
“The ultimate goal of simulation in IPE is to create health workers with better levels of cooperation, collaboration, knowledge sharing, and problem solving, which ultimately leads to better outcomes for patients and clients in the health sector,” said dr. Evans.
In the final session, a lecturer from the Department of Medical Education and Bioethics at FK-KMK UGM, dr. Ide Pustaka Setiawan, M.Sc., Sp.OG, gave a presentation on Virtual Reality (VR) simulation in IPE. dr. Ide explained that VR is a technology that allows users to experience a realistic virtual world using special glasses—Head Mounted Display—enabling users to see, hear, and interact with virtual objects.
“In IPE, VR has various advantages, including providing a fun and standards-compliant learning experience, facilitating independent learning, improving focus while learning, and providing interactive learning,” said dr. Ide.
On the second day of the webinar, dr. Kiah Evans shared her insights again by discussing the design and implementation of IPE simulations. dr. Widyandana also shared her knowledge regarding faculty development in IPE.
This webinar collaboration between MHPE FK-KMK UGM and UWA is part of FK-KMK UGM’s efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly point 3: Good Health and Well-being, point 4: Quality Education, point 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure, and point 17: Partnerships for the Goals. (Author: Citra/Public Relations).
