UNAIR NEWS — Three students from the Faculty of Dental Medicine (FKG) Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR) have achieved another noteworthy accomplishment. With their concept titled HolistiCare, the team earned Second Place in the Public Poster category of the International Multidisciplinary Student Competition (IMSC) 2025. The prestigious international event, organized by the Faculty of Dental Medicine Universitas Brawijaya (UB), reached its peak on Saturday (Nov 1, 2025).
The team, Aisya Nadia Fazilatunnisa as team leader, along with Hanif Azzikri Hidayatullah and Muhammad Azka Rizkil Muna, worked under the mentorship of Dewina Marsha Larasati, drg., Sp.Perio. Their project addressed a common issue faced by many patients: fragmented health-care systems that leave individuals uncertain about where to go and whom to consult. Many end up moving from one provider to another with little coordination, slowing and complicating the healing process.
Capturing patient needs
Hidayatullah explained that this recurring problem prompted the team to explore literature on interprofessional collaboration, community support systems, and the role of digital tools in unifying patient care pathways. From this review emerged HolistiCare, a conceptual application designed to bring together a patient’s diverse needs in one integrated platform.
“Patients often bounce between doctors, and the information doesn’t connect. It’s exhausting for them. With HolistiCare, we wanted to create a more guided and patient-centered flow,” he said.
The team envisioned HolistiCare as a platform that enables users to access multidisciplinary consultations, health education, community-based assistance, and data-driven health monitoring. “We integrated doctors, nutritionists, psychologists, and support communities into one app concept so the care process becomes faster, more connected, and less confusing for users,” he added.
Aligning with the competition’s theme
The HolistiCare concept aligned well with the central theme of IMSC 2025: Inspiring Change Through Creativity, Empowering Innovation Through Multidisciplinary Collaboration. Through their project, the UNAIR team emphasized that coordinated and user-friendly care becomes possible when health professionals, educators, and support groups collaborate across disciplines.
To communicate their idea effectively to the public, the team presented it through a concise poster with a simple and intuitive visual layout. Hidayatullah explained that they wanted readers to quickly understand the core problem and grasp the solution HolistiCare offers without wading through lengthy explanations. “We wanted to make a complex idea easy to follow and relatable. That’s why we structured the poster so carefully,” he said.
Though still a concept, the team hopes HolistiCare will eventually evolve into a real application that helps people obtain more coordinated and accessible health care. “We hope HolistiCare doesn’t end with the poster. We’d like to see it developed into a functional app that people can actually use,” he concluded.
Author: Fania Tiara Berliana M
Editor: Yulia Rohmawati
