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The Faculty of Medicine (FK) of Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) successfully hosted the National Radiology Competency Examination held by the Radiology Collegium. This exam lasted for 2 days, on December 13-14, 2024, at the FK UNS auditorium and the FK UNS Computer Based Test (CBT) Laboratory.

The series of activities for the National Radiology Competency Examination were preceded by a scientific competition between candidates on December 3, 2024. The selected candidates from each of these educational centers sent their best research results to be presented and competed.

Participants or candidates must undergo two stages of the exam, namely an exam using a computer (Computer Based Test) on the first day and on the second day participants undergo an oral exam directly facing the examiner.

The Head of the National Radiology Competency Examination Commission, dr. Damayanti Sekarsari, Sp.Rad (K) in her report said that this exam was attended by 82 candidates from 10 universities with the most candidates from Universitas Gadjah Mada as many as 15 candidates. In this national exam, the average score was 83.8 with a passing rate of 100%.

The ten universities that sent candidates for this national exam were Universitas Airlangga, Universitas of Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Universitas Padjajaran, Universitas Diponegoro, Universitas Hasanudin, Universitas Brawijaya, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Universitas Udayana, Universitas Sumatera Utara.

The Head of the Radiology Collegium, Prof. Dr. Rosy Setiawan, dr., Sp.Rad (K) said that the Radiology Collegium is determined to continue to improve the competence of radiologists in Indonesia, so that these radiologists will always be scientifically updated through fellowship programs both domestically and abroad as well as holding ongoing scientific meetings and opening sub-specialist radiology study programs.

"Of course we hope that from this national exam we can produce radiologists who are competent, superior and competitive and are able to serve the community from the peripheral to advanced services so that we can work together in synergy with government programs to realize complete national health," she said.

Prof. Rosy also reminded the candidates that the challenges as a radiologist in the future are not easy so that these candidates are expected to be ready for the challenges and fulfillment of government programs.

"We must be prepared to accept the challenges ahead, as we know the current government program is very aggressive and massive to be able to fulfill health services that have so far been felt to be lacking, one of which is the equalization of health services and the uneven distribution of specialist doctors in Indonesia. I hope that these candidates will later be able to fill the gap in the uneven distribution of specialist doctors and not only gather in one big city," she concluded.

Public Relation of FK UNS