VISION, MISSION, AND HISTORY OF MEDICAL FACULTY, UNIVERSITAS INDONESIA

VISION1
In the year 2014, Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia (FK UI) become
the leading medical research faculty in Pacific Asia and in the best 80 medical schools in the
world.
MISSION1
1. To counduct a world class and competency-based medical education in an effort to
improve community health status
2. To perform a world class medical research in an effort to develop medical science and
technology
3. To implement clicical governance in healthcare service at RSCM and other academic
hospitals
4. Plays an active role in determining the policies in the field of medical education and
heathcare service to improve the level and quality of Indonesian's health status.
This vision and mission were created for us to be done. This is not a 'wisdom
words' that just placed in the front wall of this faculty. But we, as a students in this faculty,
have to make this university's dream come true, as the best 80 medical school in the world
and leading medical research faculty in Pasific Asia
In order to make this faculty as the leading medical research faculty in Pacific
Asia, this faculty has made a basic competence that, hopefully, able to make this faculty as
the leading research faculty.
HISTORY
Before Medical Faculty of UI became what it is right now, there was a long way
to be gotten through.until University of Indonesia became the prospective of universities in

Indonesia2
It was started when Holland colonial government made Gubernemen Decision
No.22 in January 2nd 1849.3 That decision became the starting point of medical education in
Indonesia.3 Several months later, they built Dokter-Djawa School (School of Medicine for
Javanese), which specialized in medical study, in January 1851.3 Unfortunately, the "dr." title
in front of the graduated students' name was allowed to make them be low-ranking
government employee in smallpox only. To be able to handle something more than smallpox,
they have to wait for 10 years. That was last until there was a decision that allowed doctors to
open their own practice after learning medicine for 3 years.
There was a lot of name changing of this school. In 1898, Dokter-Djawa School
was changed into School tot Opleiding can Indische Artsen (School of Medicine for
Indigenous Doctors), or STOVIA for shorts.4 In order to make the graduated student workready, CBZ Hospital Center (Centrale Burgerlijke Ziekenhuis Hospital Center) was built in the
end of 1919. Right now, CBZ Hospital Center is widely known as RSCM. 3 STOVIA had been a
best place for a future doctor to study until 1927, when it was closed down after 75 years of
service.3,4
The campus of this school at Salemba 6th Avenue was built at July 5th 1920. At
the moment, every educational facility was moved to that building.
In the year 2000, Universitas Indonesia gained a higher status as Badan Hukum
Milik Negara (translated as Autonomous Legal Entity) or BHMN for shorts. This status makes
Universitas Indonesia had some space to manage its own problem. This autonomy covers
some area of management, such as autonomy in academic development, and autonomy in
financial management. Hence, Universitas Indonesia had ben provided to develop and play its
basic role in the knowledge based society more freely.4
The spirit of inteletct in medical sector was incited at 9 August 1927, when the
medical education's status was changed into higher education indstitution. At that moment,
the name was changed into Geneeskundige Hooge School (GHS). The interesting event at
that year is, the graduated student from elementary school can apply to this medical school.3
After the independence day of Republik Indonesia, the name of this medical
school was changed (again), into Perguruan Tinggi Kedokteran Republik Indonesia.
Modernization started to begin to this medical school at the year 1946. Students need to learn
at ths medical school for 7 years. Even though students need to study formally for 7 years,
they were able to decide their own study period. They can take examination whenever they

ready. This period was called vrije studie period.3

When Dutch were trying to recolonialize Republic Indonesi even after its
independence day, the new curriculum was made with the help of UCSF, March 12 1955. This
new curriculum let the student to finish their study in medical study for six years.3
The six years education devided into :
1 year pre-medicine study
2 years of pre-clinic
2 years of clinic
1 year of internship3
Students need to take clinical rotation in Medicine Department and Surgery
Department after they were in the 4th year of study for 12 weeks each. They were also need to
take Obsteric Gynecology, Psychiatry-Neurology and Pediatric Department 8 weeks each.
When they pass the clinical period, student have to get through another year for internship
period which consists of medisch for half year and chirugisch for another half year. When
students had undergone their internship study, they will get a letter of clarification from the
authority with satisfactory, sufficient to be granted a doctor certificate. This teaching method
was maintained for 27 years. Until Indonesia were able to make its own curriculum of medical
edication. 3
In the beginning of 21st century, FK UI were able to develop its status as a
medical faculty. It was mentioned in its own website that
Into the new millennium and globalization challenges in the medicine, FKUI
quickly made up herself. In year 2000, the faculty obtained a grant QUE P that
later become the stimulus for the changing of curriculum. Alongside with the
FKUI Strategic Plan (Rencana Strategis or Renstra), the Faculty Curriculum
2005 (Kurfak 2005) was established and implemented until this point of time.
The history behind Universitas Indonesia and Faculty of Medicine Universitas
Indonesia leads this campus until it was placed in the best 50 Asian University in QS survey
year 2011.5 That's why we have to appreciate what's been done to this faculty, learn from it,
and make a good deed to this faculty and university in order to write another good history of
Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia.

Even though Faculty of Medicine, Univeritas Indonesia has become one of the
best university, this is not a happy-ending that we want. This is just the beginning. Just like
mentioned in the vision of this faculty, we have to make this faculty as the best faculty that
provide good education for medical sector.

Sources :
1. Faculty of Medicine Univeritas Indonesia (FKUI) [Internet]. 2013 [cited 2013 August
25]. Available from : http://fk.ui.ac.id/?
page=content.view&alias=vision_mission&lang=en

2. Sejarah Pendidikan Tinggi Indonesia PTS Online - Informasi Terlengkap Pendidikan

Tinggi Indonesia [Internet]. 2010 January 8 [cited 2013 August 25] Available from :
www.pts.co.id/?q=sejarah.php
3. Faculty of Medicine Univeritas Indonesia (FKUI)'s History [Internet]. [cited 2013 August
25]. Available from : fk.ui.ac.id/?page=content.view&alias=history [courtesy of dr.
Rushdy Hoesein, M.Hum. dan dr. Muzakkir Tanzil, SpM(K)]

4. Profil

Universitas Indonesia [Internet]. [cited 2013 August 25]. Available from :

www.ui.ac.id/id/profile/page/sejarah

5. University Rankings

Top Universities [Internet]. [cited 2013 August 25]. Available

from: www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/asian-university-rangkings/2011