Background: Medical education throughout the world has experienced major changes as a consequence of the presence of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Government of Indonesia has instructed physical distancing so that teaching and learning activities, including in the Faculty of Medicine, must be carried out at home with online methods to reduce the risk of COVID distribution. Objective: to explore undergraduate medical students’ perspectives towards distance learning during early COVID 19 pandemic at Muhammadiyah Surabaya University - Faculty of Medicine (MSU-FM), Indonesia. Methods: a qualitative study of students’ online survey responses had been done. Thematic analysis based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technolgy (UTAUT) constructs was done to ecplore students’ perspectives. Results: Students have a positive perspective related to performance expectancy of distance learning. This factor have been perceived as factor that support the behavior of the use of distance learning in order to increase cognitive involvement in the learning process. However, in this study, other factors conveyed by students limiting their optimal use of current distance learning platform. Conclusion: Students‘ user experiences must be developed and maintained continuously during this pandemic era. Longitudinal studies that investigate the long-term impact of various distance learning platforms‘ usage also need further study.
Introduction: Many dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) cases tend to increase from year to year. This study aims to determine DHF patients’ characteristics and determine their relationship with the prevalence of Dengue Shock Syndrome (DSS) throughout children.
Influenza is an acute respiratory disease caused by influenza virus. Influenza can affect million people in every year and causing morbidity. Some of cases can be severe and need hospitalized, especially in elderly people. Influenza is an airborne disease and can spread rapidly. Every seasonal flu can be different because Influenza virus do mutation. Influenza vaccine can reduce morbidity and mortality. There are two types of influenza vaccine; live attenuated influenza virus (LAIV) and inactivated influenza virus (IIV). The newest type of influenza vaccine consists four types of virus (quadrivalent), therefore it gives more protection compared to the older one. Influeza vaccine is still recommended during pandemic COVID-19 because it can prevent co-infection between Influenza and COVID-19. In addition, it can reduce the morbidity and mortality during pandemic COVID-19.
Introduction: Indonesia is still among the top three contributors to the number of Tuberculosis (TB) patients in the world in 2017. The awareness about TB can be affected by the presence of other TB patients in the family. Perception and good knowledge in TB patients can increase obedient in treatment. This study aims to relate to the presence of other TB patients in the family environment with knowledge of TB patients.Methods: This study used cross-sectional design. Research respondents have taken using the consecutive sampling technique. Respondents were TB patients on category one anti-tuberculosis treatment at Siti Khadijah Sepanjang Hospital and several primary health centers in Sidoarjo region during February-March 2019. This study used a questionnaire which included sociodemographic, level of knowledge, and perception about TB.Results: The number of respondents in this study was 50 people aged 22-67 years old. The level of knowledge of the respondents was mostly good (82%) as well as perceptions regarding TB (78%). Of the 50 patients, 17 patients (34%) claimed some families also suffered from TB. The comparison between group with other TB patient and group without other TB patients in the family showed significantly different result in the level of knowledge (p=0,000) and perception (p=0,000). The presence of other TB cases in family increased level of knowledge and perception regarding TB significantly.Conclusion: The presence of other TB patients in the family environment can increase awareness so that it can increase the interest of TB patients to find information about TB.
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