FOSTERING GLOBAL CONNECTIONS: EXPLORING MEDICAL COLLABORATIONS IN JAPAN

The Dean and Deputy Dean for Resources and Finance, Faculty of Medicine, Syiah Kuala University together with a group from the Association of Indonesian State Medical Faculties (AFKNI) held a series of visits to several universities in Japan on April 20-26 2024. This visit aims to explore collaboration between the State Medical Faculties in Indonesia with medical faculties in Japan. During this visit, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine explained that collaboration between the two medical faculties in the two countries is very possible considering the existence of several similar areas of excellence, such as tropical medicine and disaster management. The forms of collaboration offered include student exchange and academic exchange in the fields of education and research. This collaboration is also expected to strengthen the internationalization process of FK USK towards becoming a World Class University.

The medical institutions visited in Japan were the National Center for Global Health and Medicine (NCGM) Tokyo, Keio University School of Medicine Tokyo Research Institute for Microbial Diseases (RIMD) Osaka and Faculty of Medicine Oita University, Oita. Apart from that, a visit was also made to the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Japan which was immediately received by the Indonesian ambassador to Japan. The Indonesian Ambassador stated that there are many opportunities for collaboration between Indonesia and Japan and hopes that this will be followed up soon in the form of an implementation agreement for various activities.