LEM FK UII Holds GFKM

Kaliurang (UII News-29/06) – GFKM is the Faculty of Medicine Teaching Movement, which is driven by the Student Executive Body (LEM) of the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam Indonesia. This activity is a student effort Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam Indonesia (UII) to develop health education for the younger generation is manifested in socialization activities aimed at class X SMA Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta.

This was conveyed by Wildan, FK UII 2014 who conveyed the information to the Dean's Secretariat on Monday, 29 June 2015 in the Dean Room of the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Islam Indonesia, Yogyakarta.

Wildan further explained, this activity took place on Monday, 01 June 2015 / 14 Sya'ban 1436 H at Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta High School, with a series of events attended by forty participants. This lasted for two hours, filled with two presenters, one presenter hypertension and one smoking cigarette. According to him, this event was greeted enthusiastically by students who wanted to know more about the dangers of several diseases.

    Meanwhile Elita Nur Hidayati (Committee) added that "it is not only an introduction to the disease, but also how students respond to myths/facts about the disease", said Elita

    As the speaker, Alfu Rafdi, said that there have been many myths about a disease that are not necessarily true circulating in society. “The first impression that comes to people's minds about hypertension is that the cause is usually obesity and consumption of mutton satay. And here we want to clarify that statement is not true. There are many causes of hypertension," said Alfu.
    After that, the students were grouped with two guides for every ten students. Each group was taught medical skills to check health vital signs, such as blood pressure, and given a scenario about the dangers of smoking. The response from the students was quite enthusiastic, this can be seen from the ideas they submitted to respond to the scenario about smoking during the guiding session.
    One of the highlights of this socialization is that there are tests before and after the event to test students' understanding of the material that has been presented. With this socialization, it is hoped that more and more students from Muhammadiyah 1 Yogyakarta High School will know the effects and causes of several diseases that are familiar to the community. What's more, after explaining the diseases and causes of several diseases through this younger generation, eventually education about dangerous diseases can spread and over time people can understand the myths and facts of familiar diseases, such as hypertension. Overall, this event took place in an orderly and smooth manner, said Wilda explaining the event. Wibowo/Tri