Special Program in Implementation Research, UGM accepted 12 students from various countries as new students for the 2022/2023 academic year. Students come from Indonesia, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, and the Philippines.
Before the lectures begin, students received learning skills lectures. The topics covered Ethics, Professionalism and Portfolio; How to Become Active Learners; Learning Together and Team-based Learning; Professional and Academic Writing; Planning the Future and Time Management; and Social Survival Skills.
This learning skills was attended by 19 students from the Public Health Master Program, including IR students and International Health students. The lectures were delivered online over the course of two weeks. In addition, at the end of each session, each student was given an assignment. e-Learning: Open for Knowledge Sharing (ELOK), an online platform for academic activities, was used to collect assignments.