The Design of Decision Support System for Students Candidate in Choosing Midwifery Departement and Midwifery Academy of Stikes

Abstract

Student candidates have difficulty in choosing Midwifery Department and Midwifery Academy of STIKES. Students that had already graduated from senior high school which eager to pursue to Midwifery Department  of  STIKES  face  uneasy  problems  because  there  are  some  considerations  that  should  be  taken into  account  such  as  tuition  fee  during  education  process,  job  opportunity,  collaboration  between  campus and  related  institutions,  length  of  study,  facilities  received  by  students  and  whether  accreditation  of Midwifery Department of STIKES is good or not.  The  objective  in  designing  decision  support  system  is  to help students candidate in choosing data related to higher education of health. Results from validation test on decision support system for students candidate in selecting Midwifery Department of STIKES 1 were in form of ranking with quality value of 0.99 and D4 level with quality value of 1 that were most interested by students candidate.  Prototype design of decision support system had produced recommendation for students candidate to choose Midwifery Department of STIKES. 

Keywords: Decision support system, Midwifery Academy