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Twenty-five young managers from
Indonesia's veterinary services have just completed the pilot Indonesia
Veterinary Leadership (IVL) course. This leadership course has been a fantastic
success at many levels.
The collaboration between the University of Sydney and the lead
Indonesian veterinary schools of Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) and Gadjah
Mada Univeristy (UGM) has delivered a well-balanced postgraduate course that is
helping the national veterinary service address the key issues of leadership,
management and governance in Indonesia. This concept of equipping veterinarians
with non-technical skills to increase the level of impact they achieve is based
on the success of the USyd Masters in Veterinary Public Health Management, the
USyd Faculty of Veterinary Science coursework Masters that has underpinned the
collaboration with the two Indonesian veterinary schools.
The IVL course is being delivered under
the Australian Indonesia Partnership for Emerging Infectious Diseases, a
development program for the national veterinary services of Indonesia being
delivered by Australia's federal Department of Agriculture in partnership with
Indonesia's Ministry of Agriculture.
Indonesian veterinary academics have
developed the IVL course material with the facilitation and mentoring of
University of Sydney staff. The academics, 'the sensational six', have gone on
to give the course with great commitment, flair and professionalism.
Pilot course participants have been selected
from central government and a number of provinces. The selection criteria
required that the participants should be 'up-and-coming' middle managers with
experience of program and staff management. The participants were universally
highly motivated, bright and enthusiastic. These young managers are a
wonderfully talented resource and will form the core of veterinary leaders in
the near future.
The IVL introduces a transforming
perspective on leadership showing how leadership can be at all levels. Sigit Nurtanto,
a participant that is Head of Epidemiology and Economics for the national
animal health service reflects that, "IVL Training completely changed my
perspective of leadership, although I may not be in the position of a leader
right now, but still I can be a good leader". For Nurcahyo Nugroho, a
veterinarian in national quarantine service with responsibility for exports,
the program "began understanding of the whole concept of leadership, made
me motivated to apply this knowledge and gave me a new horizon for leadership
in my work".
The IVL course is designed for
postgraduates, that is, veterinarians with work experience at middle management
level. It consists of a five day residential, a four month work place
assignment and a concluding three day residential. The combination of
experiential learning with a work place assignment has been very effective. The
first pilot IVL course was completed in June 2014 with outstanding endorsement
from course participants, course mentors and line managers.
This postgraduate course addresses the
three core aspects of leadership - personal leadership, leading others and
organisational leadership - and is made up of a series of modules including
individual differences, ethics, career management, stress and time management,
motivation, team building, communications, coaching and feedback, work design
and change management.
The delivery approach implemented for
the IVL course is highly innovative given the traditional rote learning
approach mainly used in Indonesian veterinary schools. The learning philosophy
of the IVL course limited the use of one dimensional, lecture based learning
and engaged the dynamism, enthusiasm and problem solving capabilities of the
participants with extensive group and plenary discussions, experiential
learning and role plays.
The Indonesian veterinary professional
body, the Indonesian Veterinary Medical Association (IVMA), has endorsed the
concept of leadership training for veterinarians and an accreditation process
for the postgraduate IVL course is being explored.
The timing for introduction of
leadership as a component of veterinary education is ideal. The OIE Guidelines
for Veterinary Education Core Curriculum released in 2013 includes leadership
competencies and until now veterinary school in Indonesia have had little
emphasis on these in veterinary training. Further, ASEAN is being guided by the
OIE in an initiative to standardize veterinary competencies to support progress
toward future free trade for livestock and livestock products in the region.
Australia, through the University of
Sydney and the AIP-EID, is supporting development of vital training in
collaboration with the Indonesian Veterinary Schools, the IVMA and the
Government of Indonesia. Drh Krisnandana Head of the Subdirectorate Veterinary
Institutions states that the "mental revolution" initiated by IVL
will contribute to building the institutional culture needed to strengthen
delivery of veterinary services in Indonesia.
Source: Faculty of Veterinary
Science, The University of Sydney
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