Pelatihan Soft Skills Sumber Daya Manusia Kesehatan di SMK Bhakti Medika Wiyata Kristen Magelang
Authors: Salafas Eti , Afriyani Luvi Dian , Purwanto Adi 
Published: March 2022

Soft skills are terms related to emotional intelligence, personality traits, social skills, communication, language, personal habits, friendliness and optimism that characterize a person's ability to relate to others. These soft skills contribute 80% of a person's success compared to hard skills. An exploratory study of 130 industries in 16 provinces in Indonesia, shows that the biggest gap between the competencies needed by the business and industrial world and the competencies of health vocational high school (SMK) graduates is in aspects of soft skills such as: honesty, discipline, communication, initiative and teamwork. Soft skills should be built as early as possible, to prepare health human resources with character. SMK Bhakti Medika Wiyata Kristen Magelang organizes vocational nursing and pharmacy with a total of 60 students. These students are prospective health workers. There is a tendency for class XII students to be more daring to cheat (dishonestly) during exams than students of X and XI. Students often delay doing schoolwork and there is still a lot of free time that has not been used optimally so that schoolwork is done less than optimally. This condition if left unchecked will affect the character development of health human resources. The world of work does not only choose prospective workers who are proficient in academic abilities, but pays great attention to skill values including the values of honesty, responsibility, courtesy, discipline, commitment, self-confidence, ethics, cooperation, creativity, communication, and leadership. soft skills). Through this Community Service, students are given soft skills training including time management, effective communication and preparing action plans. Evaluation is carried out during the process and followed for 1 month. Process evaluation is carried out qualitatively, there is a change in knowledge and positive attitudes towards the character of the work that is built.ABSTRAKSoft skills adalah istilah berkaitan dengan kecerdasan emosional, sifat kepribadian, ketrampilan sosial, komunikasi, berbahasa, kebiasaan pribadi, keramahan dan optimisme yang mencirikan kemampuan seseorang dalam berhubungan dengan orang lain. Soft skills ini memberikan kontribusi 80% keberhasilan seseorang dibandingkan dengan hard skills. Penelitian eksploratif 130 industri di 16 provinsi di Indonesia, menunjukkan kesenjangan terbesar antara kompetensi yang dibutuhkan oleh dunia usaha dan industri dengan kompetensi lulusan SMK adalah pada aspek soft skills seperti : kejujuran, kedisiplinan, komunikasi, inisiatif dan kerjasama tim. Soft skills hendaknya dibangun sedini mungkin, untuk mempersiapkan sumber daya manusia kesehatan yang berkarakter. SMK Bhakti Medika Wiyata Kristen Magelang menyelenggarakan kejuruan keperawatan dan farmasi dengan jumlah seluruh siswa 60. Para peserta didik ini merupakan calon tenaga kesehatan. Ada kecenderungan siswa kelas XII lebih berani menyontek (tidak jujur) ketika ujian dibandingkan siswa X dan XI. Siswa sering menunda mengerjakan tugas sekolah dan masih banyak waktu luang yang belum digunakan dengan optimal sehingga tugas sekolah dikerjakan kurang maksimal. Kondisi ini apabila dibiarkan akan berpengaruh terhadap pembangunan karakter sumberdaya manusia kesehatan. Dunia kerja tidak hanya memilih calon pekerja yang cakap dalam kemampuan akademik saja, tetapi sangat memperhatikan nilai-nilai kecakapan diantaranya nilai kejujuran, tanggung jawab, sopan santun, disiplin, komitmen, rasa percaya diri, etika, kerjasama, kreativitas, komunikasi, dan kepemimpinan (soft skills). Melalui Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat ini siswa-siswi diberikan pelatihan soft skills meliputi manajemen waktu, komunikasi efektif dan menyusun rencana aksi. Evaluasi dilaksanakan saat proses dan diikuti selama 1 bulan. Evaluasi proses dilaksanakan secara kualitatif, ada perubahan pengetahuan dan sikap positif terhadap karakter kerja yang dibangun.