INTERVIEW

Regional Coordinator of AMSA Indonesia 2001/2002

WORLD ISSUE

Jakarta’s Flood 2013: Have We Learnt Something from the Past?

MEDICAL AFFAIRS

Flood Hemorrhagic Fever

2nd Edition | February 2013

ARBOR VITAETHE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF AMSA INDONESIA

RIFAN NUGRAHA

Editor-in-Chief

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EDITORIAL

It is still fresh in my mind the day I noticed

an uproar regarding the severe flood in Jakarta, along its notorious picture of Bundaran HI drawn in tremendous height. I don't think flood itself is uncanny in Indonesia—we have gone through the catastrophe multiple times—but this one happened to be in our capital and it paralyzed most of the activity which contributed to its negative impact elsewhere.

AMSA, who just made a pact to help countries in the state of disaster in Tokyo Declaration a month back then, acted pretty quickly to respond in a form of incredible assistance, in a collaboration with AMDA. The conjoined force was, in fact, quite accommodating and we are really thankful for the help. We did take a giant step towards the realization of the world as a better place.

This edition, with its major theme of flood, will present another fresh articles that the contributors have shared. Our new column—Photography—is definitely the one you must have been looking forward to. I wish that with this new addition to the magazine, we could reach out to more AMSA members who have that particular interest.

CONTRIBUTORS

AHMAD AULIA RIZALYUniversitas Hasanuddin

NATHANIA SUTISNAUniversitas Pelita Harapan

DEARAINIUniversitas Padjadjaran

FERDY ISKANDARUniversitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya

MUHAMMAD RIZKYUniversitas Syiah Kuala

JEANNE VIBERTYNUniversitas Hasanuddin

IQBAL ANUGRAHUniversitas Jenderal Achmad Yani

AYU WULANSARIUniversitas Diponegoro

FADJAR WAHIDUniversitas Tadulako

REGINA EDA TANJUANUniversitas Tarumanagara

STEFANUS WIJAYAUniversitas Airlangga

TARATHYA BUNGA DHARMASAPUTRAUniversitas Trisakti

byNathania Sheryl Sutisna

INTERVIEWI

APRILIANTO

EDDY

Wiria

NICK NAME

Eddy

EDUCATION HISTORY

1995-1998 Canisius College – Jakarta, Indonesia

1998-2006 Faculty of Medicine, University of Indonesia (FKUI) – Jakarta,

Indonesia

2006-Present Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) – Leiden, Netherlands (degree earned: PhD – expected June 2013)

WORKING EXPERIENCE

2006-2010 Medical practitioner at FKUI Family Medicine Clinic and Nangapanda (Flores) Community Health Center (Puskesmas)

2006-Present Teaching staff at Department of Parasitology FKUI

ORGANIZATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN AMSA

National Scientific Writing Course Organizer 1999

Representative of FKUI 2000/2001

Regional Coordinator of AMSA Indonesia 2001/2002

24th AMSC Organizing Committee Chairperson 2002/2003

Overall Chairperson of AMSA International 2004/2005

Q: Why did you choose to be active in medical student organization during your time in undergraduate degree? And why you chose AMSA?

E: I always like to meet people and learn

from them! How my father interacted with

people from various background always

amazes me. My parents also always

encourage me to do whatever I like.

However, they gave me one condition: "I

have to do it 100%."

Anyway, when I am selecting an activity

of an organization to be involved in, I

always choose the one that I can learn

many things from it, in addition to have a

distraction from my routines.

To be honest, I did not choose AMSA. I

joined AMSA by accident. It was a

courtesy of a good friend of mine, Sigit

Sulistiyo that informed me at the time,

about this organization and to

accompany him to register as a new

member. It was also a delegate selection

for the Asian Medical Students'

Conference (AMSC) in Bangkok 1999.

However he changed his mind and has

never become an AMSA member. On the

other hand, thanks to him, I was growing

with AMSA. I fell in love with AMSA and

still in love with it until now.

Q: How did you manage your time between studying and doing organization work?

E: There is one statement that has been

told to me: Do not let your academic

performance disturb your activity. It

means you have to be mindful on what

you choose to do. Of course as a student

the main duty is studying! It is a common

sense, and therefore you have to know

what you want to achieve, what you need

to understand and how to accomplish it.

As a medical student, we have a big

responsibility to be an educated

physician. We have a responsibility to be

adequately qualified, with soft and hard

skills for the sake of ourself and people

that need our help. Nobody ever tells, to

be a medical student is an easy job. To be

a bright student is nice but more

important is, it is not allowed to be a

“stupid” doctor, in a simple word “Do no

harm!”. We work with human.

However, despite my “laziness” sitting all

day long in a lecture room, I had huge

urge to experience many things. This

craving may be because I have

experienced so many benefits in getting

involved in organizations in my life. Or

maybe, it is just because I’m an easy

person to get bored. Anyway enjoy

yourself! Enjoy the privilege of being a

human being, self-development!

DO NOT LET YOUR ACADEMIC

PERFORMANCE DISTURB YOUR

ACTIVITY!

“ “

Q: What are the experiences or lesson that you learned during your time in AMSA, regarding to our philosophy: knowledge, action and friendship?

E: It is very clear: I have got lots of

knowledge and lots of friends through

lots of actions.

Q: People said having organization experiences will be useful in the working field. Is it true? What is the benefit of being active in AMSA for your work?

E: By just being an AMSA member it is a

good step. By being active in AMSA, it is a

great step. AMSA gives many

opportunities: international exposure,

academic competitiveness, creativeness,

managerial skills, teamwork experiences,

you can name it. You just need to

experience it. Explore the potential.

Q: What is the most valuable experience or moment that you had during your time in AMSA?

E: Holding the 24th AMSC. It was a three

years commitment. It was begun as a

spark of dreams of few people after the

AMSC Bangkok, which then devoted into

a reality. It was an experience on working

with many great people, with various

ability and skills and perseverance. We

have learned together, fight together, hate

each other as well as love forever. Many

things had happened during that time,

many things could have been better but

until now I am very happy for any

decisions we have made.

Q: 12 years have passed since your tenure. Even AMSA-Indonesia is still developing and growing up, I believe the current condition is different. Do you have any opinion regarding to the current condition?

E: Sometimes ago, I still regularly read

emails in the mailing list, but currently

not anymore. When I came to the EAMSC

in Japan last December, I found so many

things have changed. I was quite

surprised myself. In any case, I am sure

and believe AMSA is still growing. In its

30plus age, AMSA development should

be different than decades ago. Before

and in the beginning of my time, AMSA

has an individual membership type based

on people attending the AMSC, where

then step by step, more institutionalized,

to accommodate people that unable to

join the AMSC. I am sure with more

members, AMSA facing more challenges.

YOU JUST NEED TO EXPERIENCE IT. EXPLORE THE POTENTIAL!

“

“

A strong structure of regeneration,

documentations, as well as way of

communications need to be advanced.

However, it should be in a way as simple

as possible.

Moreover, AMSA should never be in its

golden era in anytime. And no committee

or name it executive boards member or

even AMSA Chair may say their era is the

best era of AMSA. Why? So many

potential of AMSA has not yet been

optimized. Not all regions in Asia, has yet

become member of AMSA; and not even

majority of medical faculties or medical

students in current AMSA member

regions have experienced benefit from

AMSA. It has not yet optimized its current

collaboration with other medical

students's organizations or even not yet

expanded collaboration with other

medical students' organizations such as

APSA (MD/PhD student organization in

US).

AMSA also needs to build stronger link to

more older organization despite the

current condition such as with WHO or

UNICEF. People tend to like to be known

as a history, a founder, a key person, etc,

but a wisdom word says (unfortunately I

forgot who told this): more greatness will

come if nobody cares who will get the

credits. I hope AMSA is not trapped in this

circle of twilight zone. Of course one

should be proud of every achievement

he/she did. In this sense, the achievement

should become a stronger foundation for

the next generation achievement. One

challenge may be how to bring the AMSC

and the EAMSC to the next level. How

about if AMSA International or AMSA

Indonesia, challenge themselves to

organize the AMSC for 1000 delegates.

Therefore more people can come.

Regarding about the golden era I

mentioned above. In every history that

we learn at school, do you remember that

if you read about golden era, it means it

has been already a history. AMSA is

current as well as future. It has a very

bright future. AMSA needs to always

progress and should always achieve new

levels. With this current movement of

establishing AMSA alumni club, we are

hoping to revitalize the continuing

potential of AMSA as a platform for

friendship, knowledge and also if

needed, is to cooperate with AMSA

International in advancing itself.

Q: Do you have any hope to AMSA-Indonesia and/or AMSA International?

E: Challenge yourself! Be better everyday!

I hope AMSA always be more innovative

and agile.

Q: Lastly, what is "AMSA" for you?

E: AMSA is one of love of my life.

PHOTOGRAPHY

P

Don’t Worry Be Happy

Ferdy Iskandar

Despite the heavy flood, kids who lived at the

Roxy’s riverside felt grateful that they received

assistance from AMSA-AMDA Indonesia.

I’m Starving

Ferdy Iskandar

“Sir, do you have any rice for me and my

family?” he said. Flood has made his house

inaccessible to food source, dwindling food

supply.

Prayers

Ahmad Aulia Rizaly

This picture was taken in Klenteng Kwan Kong,

Chinatown, Makassar, on celebration of Chinese New

Year 2564. Every chinese new year, people gather in

Klenteng, whether it is to pray or just to visit the

temple. This Klenteng has also been visited by tourists

from all over the world.

Takapala Waterfall

Ahmad Aulia Rizaly

Formerly the holiday resort of the kings. Takapala

Waterfall which is located in Malino, offers a heaven

from city-life. About 70 km from Makassar and located

on the slopes of Mt. Bawakaraeng, it has a cool climate

with forests of pine trees making it picturesque.

CITY GUIDEC

For those who put a greater interest

upon anything vintage and historical,

or simply to seek an option of

peacefully heartwarming city,

Semarang will never fail you on this.

I've personally been into several cities

in Indonesia, but Semarang totally

gives me a lot of other things to

capture. Semarang has grown

somewhat bigger lately, but its special

atmosphere remains lovely the same.

I thought most of you haven't heard

much about this city. But I hope this

guide will surprise you a little as you

go on reading.

Semarang is definitely reachable;

either by plane, trains, or buses. We

have an international airport here

and two train stations, which one of

them (Stasiun Tawang) is

considerably one of the oldest train

stations in Indonesia and still

operating till now. Tawang itself is

located in Kota Tua, a specially

preserved historic heritage. People

usually call this place as Little

Netherland. I guess there are also

many kinds of Kota Tua in different

city besides Semarang, but this one is

so far becoming most favorited. The

reason is most likely because Kota

Tua in Semarang looks quite natural.

They still use the old buildings for

daily activities, office, even hotel and

restaurants. There are old houses,

with most families live there from

generation to generation. They're the

best proof to reveal surprising

historical secrets. Entering Kota Tua is

like perfectly stepping into the other

side of millennium era, thus I'll no

need to remind you to bring the

camera.

Now don't take off your camera as

we're going more into the center of

the city. Yes, it's the famous Lawang

Sewu. I suggest you on visiting by the

day as you can clearly see the

building or inside to its detail. It's

okay to take pictures but beware of

some restricted signs.

ayu wulansari

MeetingUp

withthe

Oldies

However, for the sake of adrenaline rush, try

visiting at night and challenge yourself to get

into the underground floor (formerly as a

jail). You might see something your eyes can't

see in the afternoon, or things you swear to

see but your friends didn't see. No, I didn’t

mean to scare you but that is Lawang Sewu as

widely known. Actually some parts of Lawang

Sewu, including this underground floor, are

still not fully discovered. For a real example, it

was my first year in UNDIP when the workers

working on the new parking lot of RSUP

Kariadi suddenly found a dark long tunnel,

which then believed and proved to be

heading to this underground floor of Lawang

Sewu. A tunnel connecting a jail to a hospital,

what would you expect? At that time, I

straightly assumed it was one attempt of

people escaping. As many people and TV

stations were coming to highlight the

shocking news, soon the government of

Semarang officially announced and secured

the place for historic reasons. Later on I knew

from my college friends, there are still many

places that are believed to be secretly

connected to Lawang Sewu and until today

the government is still working on related

observations.

The third you should not miss about the city

is Sam Poo Kong. It's a Buddhist temple with

extremely magnificent designs. Some people

who see the pictures of this temple often

mistakenly the place as somewhere in

Shanghai. Now why not following them by

uploading your pictures in the temple and

add a little caption of "Aha! Shanghai time!”

Of course remember your hashtags and

probably you'll receive so many likes in

return. To me, going to Semarang won’t be

complete without this place.

I still have several options for your fun trip.

Culinary in Semarang is somehow best at

night time. It's Simpang Lima, the center of

the city. There are various foods stalls

surrounding the field of Simpang Lima,

starting from Pecel and Sate Kambing (which

these two are the most visited and therefore

the most recommended of all). There is also

Semawis, the oldies night market. Semawis

gives an option of foods mostly Chinese,

though of course you can find others too.

Their light foods like cookies or sweet ice

creams are highly recommended due to

(very) cheap prices with worthy tastes. But

shopping in Semawis takes patience since the

place could be quite crowded. At the last

night of your trip, you can visit what we

usually called as Semarang Atas. There are

many restaurants with understandable prices

in range. They're mostly offer delicious

Western foods with cool atmosphere. And

seeing the fascinating view of city lights from

your dinner table somehow boost up a little

romance.

Overall, Semarang won't be disappointing. If

only we were encouraged to dig deeper to

every possible hidden beauties, I'm so sure

we could have a lot of fun and gain a lot

more knowledge of our own country as well.

Why not putting Semarang into your next

plan of visit? I dearly wish you would start

marking your calendar as your unforgettable

trip starts here. Let’s travel back the time and

meet up with the oldies!

MEDICAL AFFAIRSM

KULITKERING

BAHAYALho!

byFadjar Wahid

Kulit adalah bagian terluar pada tubuh

manusia. Tidak heran kulit menjadi

bagian terpenting dalam kehidupan.

Dibutuhkan kulit yang sehat dan terawat

untuk menambah rasa percaya diri. Itu

membuat banyak orang menempuh

berbagai cara untuk mendapatkan kulit

sehat,mulus,dan indah. Namun, berbagai

keluhan seputar kulit semakin sering

dijumpai, mulai dari kelainan

pigmentasi, kulit berjerawat hingga

penyakit kulit yang disebut dengan

dermatitis atopik.

Dermatitis atopik adalah suatu dermatitis

yang bersifat kronik residif yang dapat

terjadi pada bayi, anak dan dewasa

dengan riwayat atopi pada penderita atau

keluarganya. Dermatitis Atopik atau

Eczema Dermatitis atau Eksim adalah

peradangan pada lapisan atas kulit yang

sifatnya kronis atau menahun. Penderita

penyakit ini biasanya mengeluh kulit nya

terasa gatal dan kering yang tidak sembuh-

sembuh atau sering kambuh walaupun

sudah diobati. umumnya mengenai bayi

dan anak-anak, namun tidak jarang juga

dialami oleh orang dewasa. Pada orang

dewasa biasanya juga akan menimbulkan

gangguan secara kosmetik dikarenakan

kulit yang sering digaruk lama kelamaan

akan menimbulkan bercak kehitaman

(hiperpigmentasi) sehingga mengganggu

penampilan. Kondisi ini biasanya muncul

pada penderita yang memiliki

kecenderungan atopi, yaitu suatu tendensi

gangguan alergi yang diturunkan secara

genetik.

Penyakit ini memiliki manifestasi klinis

yang luas dan sangat bervariasi, tidak ada

satupun pengobatan yang ideal untuk

semua penderita Eksim. Prinsip

pengobatan Eksim yang terutama adalah

edukasi, mengurangi gatal, dan

menghindari kekambuhan. Edukasi juga

mencakup cara merawat kulit yang benar

dikarenakan kulit penderita Dermatitis

Atopik cenderung kering maka perawatan

juga harus disesuaikan dengan kondisi

tersebut. Sebisa mungkin hindari produk

perawatan yang dapat mengiritasi kulit

dan menyebabkan kulit menjadi

bertambah kering. Kurangi gatal dengan

tujuan agar penderita tidak menggaruk

kulit yang dapat menyebabkan infeksi dan

memperburuk penyakit. Menggunakan

emolien (pelembab kulit) juga dianjurkan

untuk mencegah kekeringan dan

menghindari gatal, namun gunakan

produk yang ringan dan non iritatif.

“

FLOODHemorrhagic

FEVERby

Dearaini

The flood disaster in Jakarta not only

affecting the daily activity such as

transportation, but also has an impact on

people’s health. With the contaminated

inundate water, many people contracted

by post-flooding illness, such as skin

disease, diarrhea, yellow fever, also

dengue hemorrhagic fever. These illness

are related to the condition of

environment and people’s habit. Dirty and

grubby environment is a favorable

location of endemic disease, plus people’s

ignorance of cleanliness makes it more

preferred. Since the flood that lasted for a

few days has worsen the environment

sanitation, there are more and more

endemic diseases occur in town. Now I’m

going to discuss about one of the post-

flooding disease that has a high incidence

rate, also one of the deadliest, in

Indonesia. It is Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever

(DHF).

DHF is a severe fever caused by viral

infection that spreads by the infected

Aedes aegypti mosquito. it goes by other

names, such as “breakbone” or “dandy

fever”. Dengue can affect anyone but

tends to be more severe in people with

disturbed immune systems. Based on the

last five years surveillance in Indonesia, it

shows that there’s an increase in the

number of case around November to

March, which is the rainy season.

There are four kinds of virus serotypes;

DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4. In

Indonesia, it is mostly DENV-3 that causes

DHF. Infection by one of these serotypes

produce lifelong immunity against

reinfection with that certain serotype, but

not to others. That’s why people may get

DHF more than once in their lifetime.

These viruses cause both dengue fever

and dengue hemorrhagic fever.

Asymptomatic infection also occurs.

Because DHF is caused by virus, there’s no

specific medicine or antibiotic to treat it.

The treatment is purely concerned to relief

the symptoms.

Because DHF is caused by virus,

there’s no specific medicine or

antibiotic to treat it

“

“

The virus is contracted from the bite of a

striped female Aedes aegypti mosquito.

They flourishes during rainy seasons but

can breed in water-filled materials such as

plastic bags, pots, and cans. The virus

cannot be spread directly from person to

person. There must be a person-to-

mosquito-to-other-person pathway.

Infected humans are the main carriers of

the virus, serving as a source of the virus

for uninfected mosquitoes. People who

are infected with the dengue virus can

transmit the infection (for 4-5 days) via

Aedes mosquitoes after their first

symptoms appear.

The Aedes aegypti mosquitoes live in

urban habitats and breeds mostly in man-

made containers. They are a daytime

feeder, their peak biting periods are early

in the morning and in the evening before

dusk. Female Aedes aegypti bites multiple

people during each feeding period. Aedes

mosquitos typically live indoors and often

found in dark, cool places such as closets,

under beds, behind curtains, and in

bathrooms.

After being bitten, the incubation period

ranges from three to 15 days before the

signs and symptoms of dengue appear in

stages. Dengue starts with chills,

headache, pain upon moving the eyes,

and low backache. Painful aching in legs

and joints occurs during first hour of

illness. The temperature rises quickly to

more than 39°C with relatively low heart

rate and low blood pressure. The eyes

become reddened. A flushing or pale pink

rash appear on the face and then

disappears. The lymph nodes in the neck

and groin are often swollen. Fever and

other signs of dengue last for two to four

days, followed by a rapid drop in body

temperature with profuse sweating. This

precedes a period with normal body

temperature and a sense of well-being that

lasts about a day only. Then a second

rapid rise in temperature follows. A

characteristic rash appears along with

fever and spreads from the extremities to

cover the entire body, except the face.

Palms and soles may be bright red and

swollen. There are also possible signs of

hemorrhage such as bleeding in the nose

or gums, black stools, easily bruised, and

petechiae (small red spots or blisters

under the skin). This form of dengue fever

may be life-threatening and can progress

to the most severe form of syndrome,

dengue shock syndrome (dengue fever

with hypovolemic shock that may cause

death).

Because DHF is transmitted through mosquito bites, the most effective way to prevent it is to control the vector. There are some things we can do, such as:

• Preventing mosquitoes from accessing egg-laying habitats by environmental management and modification (e.g. fogging, abate)

• Disposing of solid waste properly and removing artificial man-made habitats• Covering, emptying and cleaning of domestic water storage containers on a

weekly basis• Applying appropriate insecticides to water storage outdoor containers• Using of personal household protection such as window screens, insecticide

treated materials, and vaporizers• Improving community participation and mobilization for sustained vector

control• Using topical medications (e.g. lotion) frequently to prevent mosquito bites

There, you know a little bit

more about Dengue

Hemorrhagic Fever and

how to stay away from it.

Let’s improve and maintain

the cleanliness of our

environment to lower the

risk of DHF. As George

Bernard Shaw said, “Better

keep yourself clean and

bright, you are the window

through which you must

see the world.”DHF

AMSAEVENTS

SPINE: Understanding Psychological Interaction of Human and Developing Good Social Responses

SPINE is a seminar with the theme

about Human Interaction with the

purpose to prepare students of medical

faculty when facing patients so they

will be able deliver excellence

services, not just treatment physically

but also physiologically.

SPINE is begun with opening ceremony

and speech by chairman of the

committee and representative of AMSA

Airlangga University. Next, the first

keynote speakers, physiologist and

lecturer from Universitas Surabaya, Dr.

Setiasih, M.Kes., bring a topic about

“Health-Professional and Patient

Relationship”. When comes to

discussion session,

participants

enthusiastically asking a lot of

questions.

After that, the second topic about

“Public Speaking Skill” presented by

Yose Waluyo, dr., is one of the

important things for medical workers

when they communicate with peoples

and community. In the last session,

David Suhartono, dr.,

alumni of AMSA

Airlangga

University 2003,

gives the

material about

“Electronic

Communication

Skill” that teach ethics

and communication skill through

diverse technology that available in

this modern age. After discussion

session, this event comes to ending

and closing session.

Hopefully from SPINE, participants get

lots of new knowledge to improve their

skills to face the challenges ahead.

unair

by Stefanus Wijaya

XPLODE: Extraordinary Professional Action and Debate Competition 2012

AMSA Indonesia National Action Event

in 2012 was hosted by AMSA Airlangga

University and this big event was

named “XPLODE” (Extraordinary

Professional Action and Debate

Competition) 2012 took a theme in

genetic mutation. XPLODE was held in

Surabaya on December, 14th - 16th 2012.

Basically, there were 2 major events in

XPLODE, Debate Competition and

Health Campaign. The Debate

competition was held on 15th

December, and it took a whole day to

complete this competition, which in

that event together with Lions Club

Surabaya and Palang Merah Indonesia,

was filled with free medications for

people around university

neighborhood and blood donors by

volunteers. All of three events took

place at Medical Faculty Airlangga

University Surabaya. Eventhough lots

of obstacles and challenges during

short preparation time, finally XPLODE

2012 can successfully held and

finished, thanks to everyone that was

involved in this event, from comittees

and participants. We are honored and

grateful for the trust to us to hold such

a big event that become one of AMSA

Indonesia annual national events.

First Huge Baby Steps Toward Helping Flood Victims

AMSA has never dealt with this kind of

emergency before, not until the bad

flood hits Jakarta on last January. It was

such a shock how bad the flood was,

almost the entire Jakarta was filled with

flood. Traffic became worse, people

had to live somewhere else because

their houses were sunk, the electricity

was shutdown, food stock and water

became limited because it was hard to

get out of the house without getting

wet, remembering it was impossible for

cars to drive through the flood.

The flood progressively worsen day by

day because of the nonstop rain. AMSA

Indonesia gathered volunteers from

AMSA all over Indonesia to help flood

victims in Jakarta. I, myself, am one of

the volunteers, and this is why I am

very much excited to write about this

event. AMSA asked AMDA Indonesia

and AMDA Japan to help and work

together to help the victims. Once

AMDA agreed to help, AMSA began to

prepare the accommodation for them

while they stay in Jakarta. Some of the

volunteers were asked to buy boxes of

medicine, rice, oil, baby food, instant

food, water, pampers, adult diapers,

pads, and many more.

Once all the medicine were set, we

were ready to go to all the places that

needed our help the most. The

volunteers during this event were from

AMSA TRISAKTI, UI, UKI, UKRIDA,

UNTAR, UAJ, UPH, UGM, UNHAS, and

many more. We gathered on day one

to go to Tanggul Roxy to give free

medical care for the flood victims in

Tomang, Grogol. There were about 215

patients that day and our free medical

care succeeded to relief some of their

sickness. The people there seemed

very pleased that AMSA and AMDA

came to help them. They appreciated

how much AMSA care about humanity

and how eagerly the volunteers were

willing to help.

utrisakti

by Tarathya Bunga Dharmasaputra

The next free medical care was held in

Bekasi. Actually, the flood was really

bad there. It ruined their furniture

especially on the main floor. The

electricity was shut down for days and

when we arrived the street was really

dirty and covered with mud. Some of

the electricity was still completely shut

down, and some of the furniture was

being dried off outside the house. The

hygiene in each house was still very

poor. The patients there were not as

much as the patients we got in Grogol,

because that day the rain poured pretty

hard but it was still worth our time to

be able to help a part of Bekasi. The

people there seemed happy also that

AMSA came to help.

Last but not least, our next free medical

care was in Pluit. It was really fun, yet a

bit terrifying when we did a survey in

the middle of the night and drive

through the flood. Because the flood in

Pluit was still bad while the flood in

other places has subsided. The scary

part was that there have been reports

about snakes found on the road in the

middle of the flood. In the morning,

like always the volunteers gathered in

one place and went to Pluit altogether.

It was such a fun memory no matter

how tired we all were. Each volunteers

were given different jobs, such as

anamnesis to diagnosing the patients;

which were given the rights for batch

2010 and of course the doctors from

AMDA, while the rest of the volunteers

from younger batch got to help the

registration booth, blood pressure

measurement booth, pharmacology

booth; which the job was to put in the

medicine exactly as what the doctors

had written and the right doses and

educational booth; which the job was

to call out patients’ names and educate

about how many times per day the

medicine had to be taken, and so on.

In conclusion, AMSA “Save Flood

Victim” has been a success. Even

though it hasn’t been entirely perfect,

but we have taken big baby steps

toward helping flood victims. It was

such an honor to have been able to

work with AMDA and AMSA Indonesia.

It was definitely a week to remember

for me and I’m sure for all the

volunteers . By volunteering in events

like this, I have gained a lot of

experience and have met incredible

people from around Indonesia who

were willing to fly to Jakarta to help the

flood victims. I feel very honored to

have known them. I hope that AMSA

could be known more nationally and

internationally by social acts, rising

humanity in each of the member

because it is very important that we, as

future medical doctors, should care

more and be more aware about our

community. Thank you for giving

AMSA people the opportunity to help

flood victims, AMSA Indonesia!

First Ever Hosting Experience: AMSEP for Taiwan

It’s an honor for us, AMSA Untar, for

being the host of AMSEP for Taiwan. As

you all know, AMSEP stands for Asian

Medical Students’ Exchange Program.

From 1st-7th February 2013, we

became the host for 3 delegates from

Chung Shan University: Hsiao You

Chung (George), Lee Wei Cheng

(Wayne), and Tien Yu Kung (Wesley).

Within a week we try our best to serve

and treat them well.

Our journey started when the delegates

arrived at Soekarno-Hatta Airport on

February 1st at 13.35 pm. After changed

their clothes, we went to Gado Gado

Boplo to had a welcoming party! We

welcomed them with Saman dance

performance and had fun with some

games. Special thanks for Kevin Mozes

as the director of AMSEP, AMSA

AtmaJaya, AMSA UGM, and AMSA UI

for made it there at the welcoming

party.

The second day, our first destination

was, Taman Mini Indonesia Indah.

After arrived, we take them to West

Sumatra custom home to learn Tari

Piring. The delegates tried very hard to

not broke the plate while dance. After

finished the dance lesson, we showed

them the culture of Indonesia with the

games amsazing race. We made post in

some point and in every post they need

to play a game to get the clue for the

next post. So while playing the game

delegates can go around TMII with the

bicycle, see Indonesia’s custom home

and learn about Indonesia culture.

They also try sky cable train and visit

some museums. Second destination

was, Jamu Mentjos. We introduced

them one of Indonesian herbal

medicine, Jamu, and let them taste it.

Their expression express how the Jamu

taste :) After had a dinner, we went to

Senen to watch Bharata puppet show.

untar

by Regina Eda Tanjuan

Third day we had tour to Monas,

Textile Museum, Bank of Indonesia

Museum, Puppet Museum, and Kota

Tua. At Textile Museum, delegates

learned how to make Batik. They so

enthusiast to made it and they love

Batik. After had some museums tour,

we went to Kota Tua to had cycling!

The Fourth day, we had special

academic program for them because

Untar wasn't had academic schedule at

that day. Delegates had an overview

about 7 jump steps for Problem Based

Learning (PBL) disscussion, and PBL

disscussion about Tropical diseases.

After that, we had AMSA sharings by

our representative, Rio Alexsandro and

had lunch! That day, we had lunch at

our canteen. We continue our journey

with the city tour. They visited

Cathedral church, Istiqlal mosque and

Mangga Dua shopping center for

shopping. At night, after had dinner,

we had karaoke time. Committees and

delegates sang and dance together for

two hours and it was so fun!

Day 5. We had some academic

program in the morning, special

lecturer about Tropical diseases (cause

this is our academic theme for them),

pleno, parasitological lab class, and

tour campus! And their special

program that day was they had cooking

class with Chef Atika. They learned

how to made Gado-Gado and made us,

committees, some plates of Gado-

Gado. This is the first time for them to

cook, but their Gado-Gado tasted really

good! Next, we went to Sitanala

Leprosy hospital for the hospital visit,

since leprosy patients may hardly

found in most of the other chapters.

After they had hospital visit and

explanation about leprosy, we had a

motivation section for the patients

there; motivation was one of the

important things to be given to the

patient in their treatments. Our fifth day

journey ended at Central Park Mall. We

went shopping, took photo at the park

and dinner at Riung Sunda.

On the sixth we got up earlier today

because we had to go to Bandung!

Four hours time taken from Jakarta to

Bandung and the delegates chose to

kept on talking with us rather than

sleep. We were talking about

everything, from their activities back in

Taiwan, their hobby, Taiwan’s political

issues, until love life. Those 4 hours

such a short time for chit chat because

it felt like in no time we then arrived at

de Ranch to had lunch, played archery

and some shopping. Next, we went to

Saung Angklung Udjo to watch

angklung performances and learned

how to play angklung.

At night, we were having farewell party

at Kampoeng Daun to close our

AMSEP. As a gift, the delegates

prepared some performances for us.

George performed some magic show,

Wayne performed his skill to solve

rubric, and Wesley show his talent in

singing. It continued with video about

our past 6 days journey and

performance of the committee. We

then sang together Friends Forever

(Graduation) by Vitamin C. Finally the

farewell party was closed by delegates

and committees testimonies. It was

really touching; almost all of us shed

our tears. One of delegates said: "we

have a new family here. Thank you for

treating us like a president".

Day 7. The delegates had to back to

Taiwan. Before we leave Bandung, one

by one delegates gave us some gift and

so do us. We gave them souvenirs,

photo CD and a book that filled by

committees testimonies. Their flight

was at 14.40. At 12.30 we arrived at the

airport. It's time to say good bye to

them.

It is our first time to be host for AMSEP

and this one week was so amazing for

us. We got many new experiences and

of course we met great friends from

Taiwan! They were so kind, cheerful,

funny and love to try something new.

Especially their eagerness to learnt and

spoke Indonesian language from the

simple one like: 'panas banget',

'mantap!', 'enak banget' until the more

complex one: 'ciyus miapa?!' and

'Terus Aku harus bilang W O W?'.The

bond of our friendship makes us hard

to move on to the reality. Until now, we

as the committee still miss our

togetherness with the delegates :'). But

no worries, we are ready to feel the

post-AMSEP-syndrome again!

Open Requirement of AMSA Unsyiah 2013

Regeneration is a certainty. So that we,

AMSA Unsyiah come back to held

Open Requirement (OR) to invite our

beloved youngest brother and sister

from medical students of Universitas

Syiah Kuala batch 2012 who want to

join us in AMSA Unsyiah’s big family.

This year we put theme “Be famous

with AMSA” with state of art is lets join

us to make improvement to our society

and environment by doing positive

activities as medical students, based on

AMSA philosophy; knowledge, action,

and friendship, and become famous !

Like usual, this year OR will be held in

several mechanism, like first

registration, interview, welcoming

party, and magang section. But, there

are several improvement in this year,

by adding knowledge test about AMSA

itself. The test is formed in multiple

choice with question area is about

AMSA International, AMSA Indonesia,

and also AMSA Unsyiah. The aim of

this exam is to find whoever is want to

join because they are interested with

our actions. And other new method is

by combining magang section in

SWOT Analysis, which is will train our

new member (observer) to organize an

action by thinking every steps in order

to held a superb event.

Project officer of this year OR, Tri

Utomo, said that there is big attention

from new medical student of Unsyiah

to join in AMSA Unsyiah, proofed with

more than 150 applicants in four days

registration (February, 4-7th 2013),

instead we just accept around 70 new

members. there is because AMSA is

well-known as organization with so

many positive actiivities with tight

friendship relations. Our

Representative, Syarifah Chaula

Amrina, hoped that every new member

of AMSA Unsyiah will have a big vision

and spirit to bring AMSA Unsyiah better

next time.

unsyiah

by Muhammad Rizky

MISOPROSTOL Blok The Cell

After being stopped for several month,

AMSA Unsyiah hold back an

outstanding program in improving

quality of problem-based learning

(PBL) sytems in our campus,

MISOPROSTOL for Block The Cell

(Tutorial simulation with seniors from

AMSA Unsyiah’s member). We know

that PBL is a system which has aim to

create doctor with knowledge based

on problems (cases) which happen

daily in patients. So, the main

requirement of medical student is to

have ability do find the causes, discuss

it in group, analyse sistematically, and

diagnose the problem with the

solution. Based on that all things,

AMSA Unsyiah hold a program to

simulate tutorial/discussion section in

order to prepare what must to be

discussed regarding each given

scenario.

At that time, we made it for The Cell

topic which is being learned by

medical student batch 2012. We held

on Sunday, February 17th 2013 in our

canteen. There was more than 50

participant so we divided into 7 groups

which each grup consist of 7-8 persons

with 2 tutors. We start from the given

scenario/case and simulate 7-jump

method. In every step, participants

were allowed to ask whether he/she

doesn’t understand about the topic to

the tutor. At the end of discussion, the

tutors will explain about the topic in

the scenario and tell the step to find

the solution.

AMSA Leadership Training (ALT) 2013

AMSA Unsyiah has a program to

improve it’s member ability in

leadership and organization, either in

academic and no academic, called

AMSA Leadership Training (ALT). in

this event, all of AMSA Unsyiah

members, especially new member

trained for 2-3 days in seminar wih

inspirational trainer, also with

simulation in organizing and solving

problem in organization, and closed

with outbond activity. Last year, ALT

was held in campus FK Unsyiah,

Darussalam and at Jantho, Aceh Besar

for the outbond. ALT is annual agenda

and included in Open Recruitment

(OR) agenda for new member.

For this year, AMSA Leadership

Training (ALT) will be held on

Neuheun, Aceh Besar, on March,

30-31th 2013, so feel free to wait our

report next.

PPKN dan Moral

PPKN (Pelatihan Penulisan Karya

Nasional) dan Moral (Motivation Letter

for All) is the third workplan of

Academic Division AMSA Unhas which

was held on January 12 2013. This

workplan was supervised by Triani

Dhamayanti and Ditha Fadhilah. The

aim of this event is to increase

knowledge, skill, and capability of

member of AMSA Unhas to compete in

academic competition, such as AMSA

Indonesia’s IMSTC and AMSA

International’s PCC EAMS or AMSC.

PPKN and Moral started at 9.am and

opened by Representative of AMSA

Unhas, Putra Imanullah. The first

agenda was geriactric lecture by Prof.

Edu Tehupeiory, Sp.PD-KR, Ph.D. We

were taught about general overview of

geriatric medicine; target, problems,

urgency of geriatric medicine as

multidisciplinary approach to elder

care, and ethics as geriatrician.

The second lecture was brought by

dr.Joko from Department of Public

Health, Faculty of Medicine,

Hasanuddin University. The lecture

was about epidemiology of geriatric

disease and discussion about overview

of geriatric medicine from various

point-of-view, such as clinic, social,

psychology, and economy.

The next session was training about

basic poster-making by Diza Khairina

Mukhlisa. For 30 minutes, Ms.Diza

explained us about how to make

poster and brought us some sample of

good published posters. Next, we had

training about how to make scientific

paper by Rizna Ariani Said, and

Photography training by Tanri Fathky

Dasril

Last, but not least, MORAL (Motivation

Letter for All) session was brought by

Fadli Putera. In this session, Mr.Fadli

Putera taught us how to make a

stunning motivation letter.

unhas

by Jeanne Vibertyn

JAKARTA’S

Flood

Have we learnt something from the past?

2013

WORLD ISSUEW byIqbal Anugrah Fitriyanto

Indonesia has received its full monthly rain

average in just half the month in 2013 so far,

saturating the ground and easilly over running

the rivers & dams whenever there's a strong

downpour, causing flood waters in several

place in this country. One of them is its capital

city, Jakarta.

Flood waters have ravaged Jakarta, Indonesia.

bringing the megacity of more than 14 million

people to a near standstill and killing at least

26 people. The Associated Press reports that

torrential rains caused a dike to collapse in

the capital's center on January 17, leaving

approximately 30 percent of the city's 14

million people overcome by the water.

So what is commonly left after the flood water

recedes?

This Disaster resulting not only life losses and

huge damages, but also diseases. What haunts

the residents most is the threat of an outbreak

of sanitary-related diseases. According to

Health Agency chief Dien Emmawati, the most

common diseases attributed to floods are skin

infection, influenza and muscle aches. The

disease occurs as people have contact with

floodwater that contains various bacteria from

sewers and rivers. Moreover, after the flood is

gone, the water consumed by people is often

contaminated, which can lead to diarrhea.

Considering how serious the impact from

flood, the Flood management is becoming

more and more important to the society. But

what we can actually do? Here’s several thing

I want to share to you guys

FLOOD PREVENTION

Flood events are a part of nature. They

have always existed and will continue to

exist. It is a climatological phenomena

influenced by the geology, geomorphology,

relief, soil, and vegetation conditions.

Although it is a natural phenomena, human

activities and human interventions into the

processes of nature have considerably

changed the situation in whole river basins.

In the same time, exposition to risk and

vulnerability in flood-prone area have been

growing constantly. so how to prevent?

Firstly, rise the awareness to keep your

environment clean. It is the personal

responsibility of anyone who lives and

works by or on the river, and broader in the

potential flooded area. So, every one must

know the risk and take it into account

appropriately when acting.

The Second is, try to make a flood hazard

maps. point out areas at risk and are

necessary for planning. Maps must be

easily readable and show the different

hazard levels. They are a planning tool and

ascertain that all actors have the same

information on spatial extend of a certain

hazard. risk maps should include the worst-

case scenario as well, it is like a disaster

simulation with the people in your

neighbourhood, so they will know what to

do and where to go when the flood happen

based on that flood hazard maps.

The third thing is, Family plan. Decide

where to meet your family. Choose a

meeting place outside your home or in a

flood-safe place outside your

neighborhood. Find alternative routes away

from any flood prone roads. Make a copy

for each family member to keep.

Important Family and Emergency Phone

numbers List to get help and numbers to

contact your family.

DURING A FLOOD

When the water begins to rise, being calm

will help to save your property and your

family. Remember that the most important

thing is to keep your family safe; however, if

you have time to protect your belongings,

take these flood protection steps:

• Turn off utilities at the main power

switch.

• Move outside items, such as a grill,

inside.

• Move valuables such as important

papers, jewelry and clothing to upper

floors − or, if you only have one floor, put

items on the top of shelves, tables or

countertops.

• Sanitize your bathtub and sinks and fill

them with fresh, clean water in case the

water supply becomes contaminated.

As the floodwaters continue to rise,

remember that the water is much stronger

than you think:

• Don't drive through a flood. If you're

unfortunate enough to be in your car

when a flood occurs, abandon it and

move to higher ground. Six inches of

water can cause loss of control and

possible stalling.

• Don't walk through flood areas. Just 6

inches of water can sweep you away.

• Stay away from downed power lines.

• Evacuate or move to upper floors if

waters rise inside your home, and take

your emergency kit with you.

AFTER FLOOD

After officials have given the sign that you

can return home, follow these tips:

• Before entering a building, check for

structural damage.

• Don't use matches or a lighter when

entering buildings.

• Listen for reports to see when drinking

water is safe again.

• Keep power off until an electrician has

inspected your system.

• Report your claim to your insurance

agent or company as soon as possible.

• Cleanup should begin as soon as waters

recede. Separate damaged from

undamaged items, begin making a list of

damaged property, and clean and

disinfect everything that got wet.

• Personal Hygiene and Handwashing

After a Disaster or Emergency are critical

to help prevent the spread of illness and

disease. Clean, safe running water is

essential for proper hygiene and

handwashing.

• Wound Care. Keeping wounds clean

and covered is crucial during an

emergency. If you have open cuts or

sores, keep them as clean as possible by

washing well with soap and clean, safe

water to control infection. If a wound

develops redness, swelling, or drainage,

seek immediate medical attention.

This flood safety information is meant to

help you make decisions that may reduce

your risk. Be safe and stay alert everyone!

TECHNOLOGYT

Z10After all rumours about bankruptcy of Research in

Motion (RIM) last year, RIM has finally proven it

wrong. This January 2013, Research in Motion has

launched new smartphone and OS; Blackberry Z10

and OS Blackberry 10. the Z10's current competitors

take the shape of the iPhone 5, Samsung Galaxy

S3, HTC One X and Nokia Lumia 920. But has it got

what it takes to be the best smartphone around?

byAhmad Aulia Rizaly

Z10 uses the latest Blackberry 10 mobile

operating system which is based on

concept of direct manipulation. Interaction

with the Z10 includes gestures such as

swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of

which have specific definitions within the

context of the BB10 operating system and

its multi-touch interface.

The Z10 comes pre-loaded with: Blackberry

Hub, Contacts, Blackberry Remember,

Docs To Go, Pictures, Music, Video, Story

Maker, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn,

Foursquare, Blackberry Maps, Games,

YouTube, Voice Control, Weather, Clock,

Calculator, Compass, File Manager, Box,

Blackberry Connect for Dropbox, Print To

Go, Smart Tags, Settings, Adobe Reader,

Phone, Camera / Video Camera / Time

Shift, Setup, Help, SIM Toolkit, Search.

The phone has a

mobile hotspot functionality, which

supports up to 8 devices, sharing its internet

connection. It accesses the BlackBerry

World, that allows users to browse and

download applications, games, music,

videos from the BlackBerry World store.

The new touchscreen BlackBerry keyboard

provides an effortless typing experience. It

learns the user's writing style and suggests

words to help the user type faster, more

accurately and with the least amount of

effort.

"The BlackBerry Z10 has an 8 megapixel

camera on the back with autofocus and

LED flash capable of shooting 1080p video,

while there's a 2 megapixel camera on the

front that shoots video at 720p". A unique

feature in the Z10's camera app is

TimeShift. "BlackBerry has been showing it

off for a while, and it lets users dial back the

time on certain pictures so that people

aren't making less-than-ideal faces in it (like

blinking mid-shot)"

The Z10 has Voice Control, that allows the

user to operate the phone by spoken

commands. Voice Control recognizes

natural speech patterns, so that the user can

talk naturally and always be understood. It

can be used to send messages, compose

emails, dictate documents, search the

phone just by speaking to the app.

To help appease the business users,

BlackBerry Balance has been created,

essentially splitting your Z10 into two

halves. It lets you switch between work and

personal with the two being completely cut

off from the other, avoiding any potentially

disastrous situations involving your holiday

snaps and a business presentation.

Is this the phone to save BlackBerry? Some

would argue that it has to be and in many

ways, it is. By creating BlackBerry Balance,

the maker has shown that it can still be the

smartphone of choice for businesses. For

the rest of us all the features that make it

such a capable work phone are then

focused on making it a social phone.

MUSICM

1 Harlem ShakeBaauer

2 Thrift Shop (feat. Wanz)Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

3 When I Was Your ManBruno Mars

4 Stay (feat. Mikky Ekko)Rihanna

5 Scream & Shout (feat Britney Spears)will.i.am

iTunesTOP 5

PnP Team Imam Arief WinartaIvonne Sonia PhidrianAndrew LukmanChristian PrijanaJacob BunyaminChrisandi Yusuf RizqiansyahAhmad Aulia RIzalyNurul Alif Exanisah