Student Mobility Program Discussion Meeting Between the Undergraduate Public Health Study Program and Universiti Teknologi Mara Malaysia

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: Devi Puspita Sari, S.Komp
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FIKES UPNVJ - On Thursday, November 2 2023 at 13.00 WIB/14.00 Malaysia Time, a Student Mobility Program or Inbound-Outbound Student Program Discussion Meeting was held between the Public Health Study Program of the UPN "Veteran" Jakarta Undergraduate Program (PSKMPS) and the Bachelor of Environmental Health and Safety ( Honors) Program Universiti Teknologi Mara Malaysia (UiTM). Meetings are held interactively via Google Meet. UiTM was represented by Dr. Siti Norashikin bint Mohamad Shaifuddin, while PSKMPS was represented by Mr. Arga Buntara, S.K.M., M.P.H., Mrs. Dr. Fajaria Nurcandra, S.K.M., M.Epid., and Mrs. Nayla Kamilia Fithri, S.K.M., M.P.H. This meeting was held as a follow-up to the previous meeting which was held on Friday, 18 August 2023.

Specifically, this meeting brought together teachers of Food Hygiene and Sanitation or Food Safety courses at PSKMPS and UiTM. After considering the academic timeline between PSKMPS and UiTM, it was agreed that an Inbound-Outbound Student Program would be carried out between the two institutions in teaching these courses. PSKMPS students are planned to attend lectures at UiTM on November 30 2023 online. Then, this program will continue with UiTM students taking part in lectures at PSKMPS also online in December 2023. The topics that will be covered in this activity are Good Manufacturing Practice and Food Poisoning Outbreak Investigation. At the end of the meeting, UiTM expressed interest in supervising international student theses which will be discussed on the next occasion.

It is hoped that the collaboration between the Public Health Study Program of the UPN "Veteran" Jakarta Undergraduate Program (PSKMPS) and the Bachelor of Environmental Health and Safety (Honours) Program at Universiti Teknologi Mara Malaysia (UiTM) can run well and sustainably. (AB)