On Friday, January 3, 2025, the Doctoral Program in Public Health at the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) of the Universitas Indonesia (UI) held an open doctoral promotion session for Dewi Apriyantini. The session was chaired by Prof. Dr. drs. Sutanto Priyo Hastono, M.Kes., with Prof. dr. Amal Chalik Sjaaf, S.K.M., Dr.PH., as the promoter, and Prof. Dr. drg. Mardiati Nadjib, M.S., and Prof. Dr. drg. Wahyu Sulistiadi, M.A.R.S., as co-promoters. The examination committee included Dr. dr. Harimat Hendarwan M.Kes.; Dr. Zainal Adhim, Sp. THT-KL (K), M.A.R.S.; Dr. Nurfadhilah, S.K.M., M.K.M.; and Dr. Abdul Aziz, B.E., S.E., S.K.M., M.M., M.A.R.S. Dewi defended her dissertation titled “Comprehensive Evaluation Analysis of Blood Service Training for Medical Laboratory Technicians (ATLM) at the Ministry of Health’s UPT.”
Blood services are crucial in healthcare, and in some cases, they are the only means of saving lives or improving a patient’s condition. Indonesia’s population, which was 278.8 million in 2023, requires approximately 5.6 million blood bags (Central Statistics Agency, 2023; WHO, 2010).
The number of blood service workers (TPD) in blood management units (UPD) and blood banks is quite limited, and most are still untrained to provide blood services (Apriyantini and Sjaaf, 2023). Moreover, the number of TPD in the blood management units, particularly in the Sumatera, Kalimantan, and Eastern Indonesia regions, is still limited (Ministry of Health, 2024). According to the Ministry of Health data (2024), there are 2,089 TPDs in Indonesia. The UPD standards require TPDs that are adequately staffed according to workload (Ministry of Health, 2024). The Ministry of Health Regulation No. 14/2021 states that Medical Laboratory Technicians (ATLM) and nurses are given limited authority to work in blood transfusion units (UTD) and blood banks. As a result, many blood management units employ ATLMs and nurses in these units to produce high-quality blood.
This research is an explanatory sequential study. The research sample consisted of ATLMs who participated in blood service training in 2022-2023. Data collection was conducted through questionnaires, focus group discussions (FGD), and in-depth interviews. The data analysis technique used was the independent t-test. The results of the study showed significant differences in the average scores of reaction evaluations and behavior evaluations (supervisors) between the groups that met the standards and those that did not meet the standards. Based on the research findings, the Ministry of Health’s UPT is advised to develop training methods that align with the participants’ needs. Additionally, the Ministry of Health should propose to the Health Polytechnics to open study programs in ATLM and TPD, especially for Central and Eastern Indonesia regions, to meet the demand for ATLM and TPD personnel.
Based on the results of her dissertation, Dewi was officially awarded a Doctorate in Public Health with the distinction of Cum Laude. Dewi is the second graduate of the 2025 cohort in the Public Health Doctoral Program, the 341st graduate of the Public Health Doctoral Program, and the 439th doctoral graduate from FPH UI. (Promovendus)