Indonesia Medical Education
The pathway to enter medical school in Indonesia.
- 6 years elementary school
- 3 years junior high school
- 3 years high school
- Take Higher Education National Entrance Examination ( Seleksi Nasional Masuk Perguruan Tinggi Negeri / SNMPTN )
- Applying to the medical school
- 3,5 years bachelor in medicine ( Sarjana Kedokteran / S.Ked )
- 1,5 years clerkship ( Dokter / dr. ) = M.D. / MB.BS
- Take Indonesia Medical Competence Exam ( Ujian Kompetensi Dokter Indonesia / U.K.D.I )
- Get Temporary Medical Doctor Registration Number ( Surat Tanda Registrasi Sementara / S.T.R. )
- 1 year internship program
- Get Permanent Medical Doctor Registration ( Surat Tanda Registrasi / S.T.R. )
After those steps above now you can legaly practicing medicine in Indonesia, congratulations!
"Residency training a.k.a Program Pendidikan Dokter Spesialis ( P.P.D.S. )"
In Indonesia residency specialties training are university based and not hospital based. You do not get salary, you pay for the tuition and most required payment also for the program development.
In Indonesia some field group as "surgical" and "non surgical". The period for each training and the degree behind the name are average below;
Surgical Clinic:
- General Surgery ( Spesialis Bedah / Sp.B ) = 5 years
- Orthopedic ( Spesialis Ortopedi dan Traumatologi / Sp.OT ) = 4,5 years
- Neurosurgery ( Spesialis Bedah Saraf / Sp.BS ) = 5,5 years
- Urology ( Spesialis Urologi / Sp.U ) = 5 years
- Plastic Surgery ( Spesialis Bedah Plastik Rekonstruksi dan Estetika / Sp.BP- RE ) = 5 years
- Cardiotoracic Surgery ( Spesialis Bedah Torak-Kardiovaskuler / Sp.BTKV ) = 5 years
- Obstetric Gynecology ( Spesialis Kandungan dan Kebidanan / Sp.OG ) = 4,5 years
- Opthalmology ( Spesialis Mata / Sp.M ) = 4 years
- Ear, Nose and Throat ( Spesialis Telinga, Hidung dan Tenggorokan / Sp.THT ) = 4 years
Non Surgical Clinic:
- Internal Medicine ( Spesialis Penyakit Dalam / Sp.PD ) = 5 years
- Pediatric ( Spesialis Anak / Sp.A ) = 5 years
- Neurology ( Spesialis Saraf / Sp.S ) = 4 years
- Radiology ( Spesialis Radiology / Sp.Rad ) = 4 years
- Anastesiology ( Spesialis Anastesi dan Reanimasi / Sp.An ) = 4 years
- Psychiatri ( Spesialis Kedokteran Jiwa / Sp.KJ ) = 4 years
- Pulmonology ( Spesialis Paru / Sp.P ) = 4 years
- Forensic Medicine ( Spesialis Forensik dan Medikolegal / Sp.F ) = 4 years
- Physical Rehabilitation ( Spesialis Rehabilitasi Medik / Sp.RM ) = 4 years
- Clinical Pathology ( Spesialis Patology Klinik / Sp.PK ) = 3,5 years
- Pathology Anatomy ( Spesialis Patologi Anatomi / Sp.PA ) = 3,5 years
- Clinical Microbiology ( Spesialis Mikrobiologi Kedokteran / Sp.MK ) = 3,5 years
- Clinical Parasitology ( Spesialis Parasitology Kedokteran / Sp.Park ) = 3,5 years
- Clinical Pharmacology ( Spesialis Farmakologi Klinik / Sp.FK ) = 3,5 years
- Radiation Oncology ( Spesialis Onkology Radiasi / Sp.Onk-Rad ) = 3,5 years
- Clinical Nutrition ( Spesialis Gizi Klinik / Sp.GK ) = 3 years
- Clinical Acupunture ( Spesialis Akupuntur Klinik / Sp.AK ) = 3 years
For most of the program, taking the government temporary contract program through Ministry of Health known as "Dokter Pegawai Tidak Tetap "or Dokter P.T.T will increase your opportunity to residency although it is not always ensure your position. This contract is sign for 2 years in the remote area where there are shortage of doctor at the community health center. At the end of the contract you will get a letter called "Surat Masa Bakti" or S.M.B. sign by the government explained that you already did the community service.
But this is not an obligation because some of the training center only required one year working experience and not only from government previous contract "P.T.T."
The tuition fee are at range from Rp. 7.000.000.- to Rp. 10.000.000.- depends on each center regulation.
Some of this website will help you;
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http://fk.ui.ac.id/?page=content.view&alias=specialist (University of Indonesia)
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http://ppds.fk.ugm.ac.id (University of Gajah Mada)
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http://ppmb.unair.ac.id/id/site/ppds.html (University of Airlangga)
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http://fk.usu.ac.id/content/index/4/id_cnt_spesialis (University of Sumatera Utara)
- smup.unpad.ac.id/persyaratan-spesialis-ppds (University of Padjajaran)
Hope this can help.
MollucasBrain.