Medical Students' Knowledge of COVID-19 and Their Engagement with Current Government Policy Responses in the Case Study of Gadjah Mada University

JASMINE AMALIA S, Dr. dr. Mubasysyir Hasanbasri, MA ; Dr. dr. Denny Agustiningsih, M.Kes., AIFM. ; dr. Prattama Santoso Utomo, MHPEd

2022 | Skripsi | S1 KEDOKTERAN

LATAR BELAKANG: Pada tahun 2020, pandemi COVID-19 telah mendapat perhatian luar biasa di seluruh dunia. Dalam menghadapi setiap pandemi, selalu ada perbedaan cara pandang orang sebagai konstruk pemikiran untuk memahami situasi saat ini. Penilaian pengetahuan dan perilaku mahasiswa selama krisis, khususnya mahasiswa kedokteran, sangat penting dalam upaya keseluruhan untuk membuat profesional medis dalam pelatihan memiliki kesempatan belajar kontekstual tentang penyakit dan tanggapan klinis dan kesehatan masyarakat. Hidup di tengah pandemi COVID-19 memberikan lingkungan belajar yang sesungguhnya bagi mahasiswa kedokteran tentang penyakit. Pro dan kontra dalam menerapkan kontrol dan debat sekitar merupakan sumber yang baik untuk pengembangan perspektif kritis di kalangan siswa. Selain itu, banyak kesalahpahaman dan informasi palsu yang beredar di media sosial mengenai penularan penyakit, cara penularan, faktor risiko, dan upaya pencegahan. Memang, wabah COVID-19 adalah nyata dan seharusnya menjadi bagian dari proses pembelajaran kontekstual yang dilakukan oleh siswa karena mereka memiliki peran penting di tengah pandemi. TUJUAN: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengetahuan, sikap, dan keterlibatan mahasiswa dengan praktik dan debat terkini COVID-19 terkait pengendalian penyakit oleh pemerintah serta tindakan pencegahan mahasiswa kedokteran Indonesia terhadap COVID-19 sebagai bagian dari proses pembelajaran mahasiswa evaluasi tentang pandemi di Indonesia. METODE: Penelitian ini akan menggunakan desain penelitian deskriptif cross-sectional, memanfaatkan kuesioner online (self-reported kuesioner) yang dibuat di Google Forms dan disiarkan atau diposting di beberapa platform online yang dapat diakses oleh mahasiswa kedokteran di semua tingkatan Universitas Gadjah Mada, Fakultas Kedokteran, Kesehatan Masyarakat, dan Keperawatan. Pengambilan data akan dilakukan selama satu bulan lamanya. Kuesioner online terdiri dari lima divisi utama, sosio-demografi, pengetahuan, sikap, tindakan atau praktik kehati-hatian, dan sumber informasi termasuk pertanyaan untuk menguji pengetahuan kesehatan masyarakat siswa dalam konteks pandemi COVID-19.

BACKGROUND: In 2020, a COVID-19 pandemic has received tremendous attention worldwide. In the face of every pandemic, there are always different perspectives of people as a construct of thinking to understand the current situation. The assessment of students' knowledge and behavior during the crisis, particularly medical students, are critical in the overall efforts to make medical professionals in training have contextual learning opportunities about the disease and its clinical and public health responses. Living in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic provides a true learning environment for medical students about the diseases. Pros and cons in applying control and surrounding debates are good sources for the development of critical perspective among the students. Besides that, many misunderstandings and false information are circulating on social media regarding the transmission of the disease, methods of acquisition, risk factors, and precautions efforts. Indeed, the COVID-19 outbreak is real and supposed to be a part of contextual learning processes engaged by students as they have a critical role in the midst of the pandemic. AIM: The study aims to determine the knowledge, attitude, and student engagement with COVID-19 current practices and debates related to government control of the disease as well as precautionary measures of Indonesian medical students towards COVID-19 as a part of students' learning process evaluation concerning the pandemic in Indonesia. METHOD: A descriptive cross-sectional study design will be used for the research, utilizing an online questionnaire (self-reported questionnaire) created on Google Forms and broadcasted or posted on several online platforms accessible by medical students at all levels of Gadjah Mada University, Faculty of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing. Data collection will be conducted for one month duration time. The online questionnaire consists of five main divisions, socio-demographic, knowledge, attitude, precautionary measures or practice, and information sources including questions to test students' public health knowledge in context with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kata Kunci : COVID-19; Indonesia; knowledge; attitude; precautionary measures; medical education; medical students; perspective; practices; public health; learning process; government policy; pandemic.