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Evaluation of a student coming from Switzerland

This is the information about the place of the Student Exchange Programme:

Alexandra Hospital www.alexhosp.com.sg

The Student Exchange Programme took place :
From 2006-00-00 to 2006-00-00

 - Application Procedure -
How did you find out about the exchange program?
By friends and by the Switzerland's Seo (Melanie Chevre).

How was the application procedure?
Too complicated Easy and clear

comments:

Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?
No yes

comments:

What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?
Very unclear Very clear

comments: My english is not perfect, sometimes it's hard to understand everything.

 - Student Exchange Officer (SEO) -
How was the assistance provided by your SEO? Was it easy to get in contact with the SEO?
not filled in
comments: Fortunately she was here !!!

Did you get an official invitation from the host SEO?
Yes
comments:

Did you get enough information about your exchange, visa requirements, vaccinations, etc?
Yes
comments: The Seo from Singapore (Maggie Chan) gave us all informations necessary, it was perfect.

Did someone pick you up when you arrived in the country?
Yes

Did the SEP committee organise touristy excursions during your stay?
Yes

Did the SEP committee organise museum visits during your stay?
Yes

Did the SEP committee organise university visits during your stay?
Yes

Did the SEP committee organise excursions to other pharmacies or pharmaceutical companies during your stay?
No

Did the SEP committee take you to local student activities during your stay?
Yes
comments: I didn't excpected them to take care of us like that, it was incredible !

Did those activities fulfil your expectations?
No Very much


 - Accomodation and board -
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?
No , very difficult Yes , no transport problems


Did you stay in a student residence, in a hotel or with a family during your traineeship?
In a family.

Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?
Not at all Very much

comments: Just sometimes hard to live with two people (two other exchange students) you don't know.

Did you have to pay for the accommodation?
Yes
comments:

Did you get free or student price meals?
No

What did you do during your traineeship?
Lot of visits (different places in Singapore (Chinatown, Little India..) and in Malaysia), the zoo, bird park and things like that. We went to see the university and different things with the local students. And a lot of other things, too long to write everything !!!

Was your employer interested in teaching you?
Not at all Very interested

comments: They really take care of us.

Do you think the work you did was interesting?
Not at all Very interesting

comments: Not everything, of course, we are not able to do the real work now.

Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?
Not at all Yes I do

comments:

Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?
Not at all Yes

comments: I didn't really know what we'll have to do.

Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?
Not at all Yes , many

comments: Sometimes it's hard to understand when you don't speak the language fluently and you don't understand good the accent.

Which language did you use?
english

How many days a week did you work?
5 days a week

How many hours a day?
7.30 houres a day

Was this too much?
Not at all Yes far too much


Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?
Not at all Yes more than enough


Did you get a wage?
No

Did the wage correspond to the information you received before the traineeship?
Yes
comments:

 - Final Evaluation -
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?
Not at all Yes I am very


Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?
Not at all Yes definitely


Do you have any suggestions how this association's SEP could be improved?
It was really perfect !

 - Preparation -
How did you prepare for your traineeship?
Did you arrange a travel and/or malpractice insurance before your exchange?

I took an insurance for traveler.

 - Arrival and reception -
Write something about getting there , about meeting the local students and finding the working place and the place where you stayed.
The local students took care of us, they lose a lot of time to show us the country. They show us a lot of things about their lives and university too. The working place was easy to find and the place was really nice. The staff was very kind with us. The family where we stayed was really nice with us and we went in Malaysia with them.

 - The place -
What was your accommodation like?
Don't really understand, sorry..

 - The work -
Explain in detail what you did? What was the work like?
We learned about purchasing and drug information. We worked in an output pharmacy, a satelite pharmacy and the retail pharmacy.

 - What did you learn? -
What did you learn?
How was going the job of a pharmacist in a hospital.

 - Other visits or activities -
What else did you do during your stay? Which places did you visit?
Was it organised by the SEP committee or did you do it on your own?
Did you have to pay for these to the SEP committee? How much? Where there some other unexpected costs?

Lot of things ! With students, the family, with some people I met there and by my own. In Singapore and Malaysia..

 - Recommendations/final conclusion -
Do you have any recommendations for other students? What is your final conclusion?
Just don't take too much clothes, because Singapore is perfect for shopping ! Let place in your luggage. This accomodation was perfect, nothing else to write !