For one week from 21 to 25 November 2022, students of the Bachelor of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Study Program, Faculty of Public Health (FPH) Universitas Indonesia (UI) carried out Field Learning Practice (PBL) activities at the Warung Jambu Health Center in Bogor City. A total of 9 (nine) students of S-1 OHS FPH UI are under the guidance of Dr. Robiana Modjo, one of the Lecturers in the OHS Department of FPH UI who is also the Head of the Public Health Undergraduate Study Program.
As a workplace, the Puskesmas has unique characteristics, namely multiprofessions and multiple risk factors. These two characteristics describe the diversity of hazards and risks contained in each work process. To maintain the safety and health of workers at the Puskesmas, an Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) program is deemed important to create and develop. The Puskesmas must be a safe and healthy environment, so that workers – in this case consisting of various health professionals and non-medical workers – can remain productive and provide excellent service to the community.
The PBL activity from the FPH UI S-1 OHS student team became a form of community service activity which began with direct observation to compile a Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment (IBPR) which became the basis for creating and developing the next OSH program. “IBPR is an important document that health care facilities need to have. Aside from being a determinant of the OHS program, IBPR is also needed for accreditation purposes,” said Dr. Robiana Modjo.
The culmination of this community service activity was the implementation of a workshop entitled “Implementation of OHS in Health Service Facilities (Fasyankes)”. This activity was formulated to help the Warung Jambu Health Center develop OHS policies and programs to protect all its workers. “This activity is to refresh our knowledge about OHS,” said dr. Megawati Sihombing, Head of Warung Jambu Health Center.
Doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, analysts, sanitarians, and other professionals also attended the event. Enthusiasm was evident from a series of questions related to working conditions that might potentially cause safety or health risks. The workshop materials will be used as a pocketbook which can later be used by other health facilities to develop OSH policies and programs in their respective locations.
“We will continue to improve and develop this pocketbook, so that later it can be useful as a reference or initial reference for Health Facilities to create a safe and healthy work environment,” said Emanita Parameswari, a student from the FPH UI S-1 OHS PBL team.
