Complex health care needs in developing countries are stimulating development and implementation of interprofessional education (IPE). To better understand IPE, it is necessary to develop and evaluate an educational program that focuses on interprofessional learning (IPL) in Indonesia. However, no instrument in the Indonesian language has been developed to measure attitudes toward IPL. The aim of this study is to describe the process of a cross-cultural adaptation of the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) in an Indonesian version including determining its reliability and validity. The study was conducted among students enrolled in medical, nursing, pharmacy and public health courses at the State Islamic University, Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2012. The completed responses to RIPLS were collected from 755 students. The psychometric properties were analyzed by both exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). EFA on 18-items revealed three factors accounting for 59.9% of the total variance. CFA resulted in a three-factor model over 16 items with satisfactory reliability (alpha coefficients >0.7), construct validity and acceptable indices of goodness of fit. We conclude that this Indonesian version of RIPLS with a three-factor model over 16 items is a valid tool to measure students’ attitudes toward IPL.

This study aimed to investigate the intragroup conflict in a community-based interprofessional education program. After completing three weeks' program, items of group atmosphere (Trust, Respect, and Openness) and intragroup conflict (Relationship, Task, and Process) were compared between students who stayed at villages during the program (stay-community IPE program, n = 237) and students who commuted to villages (commute-community IPE program, n = 184). We found relationship and task conflict in students with the stay-community IPE program, but respect and process conflict in students with the commute-community IPE program. Whereas overall relationships between atmosphere and conflict were correlated negatively, trust was positively correlated with process conflict. This new knowledge may improve our understanding of interprofessional interaction in the community-based interprofessional education.

Ulama are figures who are present in the community as guides and enlighteners in practicing aspects of religious teachings that Allah SWT and His Messenger have ordered. Ta'awun Ulama is authorized to provide services and regulate community activities with existing rules and laws, both independently and in collaboration, in all areas of service, which is the main forerunner of integrated professional groups into society. Management of mental health services through CMHN (Community Mental Health Nursing) for people with mental disorders (ODGJ) to intervene with clients in collaborative interpersonal relationships in the community. The findings of this study are in line with [1]Ulama Agency for Social Change: Muslim Scholars Speak for Mother's Rights (Pakistan Initiative for Mothers and Newborn/PAIMAN), where the active involvement of Ulama jointly discusses health services. Moreover, from this study, it was found [2], there was a lack of smooth communication when carrying out inter-professional collaboration in providing collaborative services to ODGJ.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia has impacted patients with non-communicable diseases such as Diabetes Mellitus (DM). The impacts include health services, treatment management, and patients' health-seeking behavior. This study aims to determine the DM patients' health-seeking behavior in the Salem sub-district, Brebes district, Central Java.Methods: This research was a qualitative descriptive study conducted cross-sectionally using a survey. The purposive sampling technique was employed to obtain the data with a total sample of 106 respondents.Results: Most DM patients still visited health facilities during the pandemic (73%). Some efforts to control DM were regularly taking medication (27.7%) and maintaining a healthy diet (34%). However, most respondents stated that they have uncontrolled blood glucose levels (54.7%). During the pandemic, respondents communicated with health workers (75.5%), via telephone (64.2%), and through messaging applications (45.3%). In addition, they search information, especially when they felt symptoms (90.6%), and tried to find information about complications due to the coronavirus (68.9%) with the source from health workers (94.3%). Most respondents had good access (99.1%).Conclusion: The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted changes in DM patients' health-seeking behavior through all aspects. This study shows that most respondents visited health facilities, made efforts to control DM by taking the medication regularly and maintaining a healthy diet, and had high adherence to medication. In addition, respondents had an easy access to health information and communicate with health workers via telephone and messaging applications. The majority of respondents sought information about diabetes and its relationship with COVID-19 during the pandemic.

Clerkship on primary care and family medicine is multi-elemental and very challenging in amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Some medical students have postponed their graduation because the clerkship at the health center cannot be carried out in a pandemic situation. This article aims to describe the community medicine clerkship (CMC) module and how the implementation amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. This module was delivered by online and offline activities from 10th August to 13th September 2020. A total of forty students, twelve faculty mentors, and fifteen PHC preceptors from ten PHCs in Tangerang District, Indonesia were involved. Students could carry out activities and fulfill assignments given in the midst of a pandemic with a re-designing of the CMC module. One-sample t-tests were run to determine whether scores of students participating in CMC module during the COVID-19 pandemic differed from normal and showed that individual and group scores were significantly different from normal. The findings of the study clearly indicate that all clinical clerkship modules must be redesigned to suit the current conditions. Modifications and variations of various learning methods, guidance techniques, monitoring and coordination are factors that should be considered in its implementing.