This KKN program was participated by students at the 6^th semester in Medicine Education Program FK UNS. Unlike other KKN programs that focus on the rural area, this KKN was integrated into the Serbuan Vaksinasi Covid-19 UNS program that started on 1 July 2021. This KKN was implemented for two months under careful consideration.

The consideration for this program was the time period for the KKN. According to the Vice-Rector for Academic and Student Affairs, KKN program is included in the Merdeka Belajar Kampus Merdeka (MBKM) program, which shifted the credit semesters from 2 credits into 20 credits or equal to a six months KKN program. However, this policy is considered unsuitable for Medicine Education Program students who are programmed to complete their study in 7 semesters instead of eight semesters like other programs. To cover this gap, the Vice-Dean and Vice-Rector had a discussion that found this middle ground through this KKN program.

Paramasari Dirgahayu, dr., Ph.D., stated that this KKN was categorized into two groups, online and offline groups. The offline group was tasked to assist in implementing Serbuan Vaksinasi Covid-19 UNS held in FK UNS Hall every day from 1 July—20 August 2021. The online team is tasked to accompany Covid-19 suspects who go through self-quarantine. Although these suspects cannot be assisted physically, they need supervision over their health condition. The online team consisted of 13 students out of 262 students that participated in this KKN program. The online team consists of students who live far away from UNS or those with health conditions that hindered them from participating in offline programs.

Completed Proudly

Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FK UNS appreciated this program and stated that the offline and online teams were agile in implementing their program and evaluating their daily activities. They also have the great initiative in providing a suggestion for the vaccination program. The Vice-Dean also added that she taught her students to plan all activities, and once they agreed to implement the vaccination for an increasing number of people, she asked them to prepare a cost analysis. “Try, home many numbers of vaccine tables, how many for screening, vaccination speed, and other things. I asked them to count. I asked them to present. Alhamdulillah, they could do it,” dr. Sari, her short name, explained.

dr. Sari is also happy with this KKN program because even though students were stationed in one place, but they have different roles each day. The offline team has several roles: registration team, screening team, vaccinator team, observer team, and educator team, who all implemented their roles well. Each student has role exchange every day so that they could experience all roles in the program. This system is vital to improve their ability and competency.

“I always reminded them that ‘you are an agent of change’ and what you got here will be rich with competencies. Here (UNS), (you) get medical knowledge, you get communication knowledge, your get entrepreneurship knowledge, and sincerity from a religious perspective, because (they are) in contact with the community with diverse characters,” dr. Sari said.

With these competencies, the participants are expected to be ready when they were asked to take action in the community. This is a certainty because they will be directly implementing it in the community around them after receiving their doctor qualification. This KKN program is expected to equip them to be ready for that time. Humas UNS

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Serbuan vaksinasi Covid-19 was implemented in two months, started from 1 July 2021, and ended on Friday (20/8/2021). Until the closing, the program has successfully injected 30,000 Covid-19 vaccines. These dosages consist of the first dosage injected in July and the second dosage in August, which means there are at least 15,000 people vaccinated through the program.

The Chief of Committee Serbuan Vaksinasi Covid-19 UNS, Paramasari dirgahayu, dr., Ph.D. stated that this vaccination program was initiated by parents and students of the Faculty of Medical Science (FK) UNS who waited for an offline session. Offline learning is vital for medical science students, especially those in the 6^th semester, because they need to develop clinical skills that require lab practices that will not be optimal under an online learning program.

After a year of online learning, students and parents complained that clinical skills education needs to be conducted offline. “During online learning, they only use replacement objects, for example, heart assessment using a pillow, injecting using foam, and other materials. Then we initiated an offline session. But before it is implemented, parents requested that FK UNS helped with their child’s vaccination to improve safety,” dr. Sari, her short name, stated.

FK UNS was initially bewildered because UNS is not a vaccine holder, but after going through consideration and efforts, UNS decided to collaborate with Denkesyah 04.04.04 to implement the vaccination program. Denkesyah 04.04.04 also has a similar program aimed at the community, thus, supporting the new collaboration with UNS.

At the first stage, the vaccination was limited to 500 people and aimed only at FK UNS students who will have a clinical skills education. However, considering the program’s success, Denkesyah 04.04.04, with the commander’s permission, continued the collaboration until 30,000 vaccines.

“Alhamdulillah, the first stage vaccination was appreciated. The commander stated that here (UNS), (the vaccination) is standardized, the social distancing is good, the queue is good, the system is good, and the speed is good. In the afternoon, the commander reported that the serbuan vaksinasi UNS was reported to the central command, and the commander wanted to continue the program in FK UNS,” dr. Sari, the Vice-Dean for Academic, Research, and Student Affairs FK UNS explained.

Expanded Vaccination Target

With the additional dosages provided by Denkesyah 04.04.04, the target of serbuan vaksinasi UNS, which initially focuses on FK UNS students, is expanded in the following stages to all UNS academic members, including regular students, international students, UNS faculty members, academic staff, employees, and surrounding community. The families of UNS academic members who live in one house also become the target of vaccination.

In line with the government policy that allows 12 years old children to be vaccinated, UNS also included its vaccination targets to its faculty members, academic staff, employees, and even students’ younger siblings. UNS new students who have not been vaccinated also could get a vaccination in this program.

Continuous Evaluation

At the end of each vaccination session, the managing committee always conducted an evaluation. The managing committee that consisted of FK UNS Thematic Student Community Service Program (KKN Tematik) of Humanities integrated with Program Serbuan Vaksinasi Covid-19, young doctors, and UNS graduated doctors always work faster to improve the system. Improvements are performed on the IT system, vaccination speech, and providing vaccination facilities.

The vaccination speed increased from 500—1,000 to 2,000 people, and in the last day, 2,800 people received their shot in one day.

The Chief of the UNS Vaccination Team admitted that she is grateful to be able to serve the community. Currently, the program has ended, but there is always an opportunity that similar program will be opened in the future. This plan depends on the vaccine availability provided by vaccine authorization. Humas UNS

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