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Evaluation of a student coming from Finland

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

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The Student Exchange Programme took place :
From 2005-08-01 to 2005-08-31

# evaluation form

- Application Procedure -

How did you find out about the exchange program?
we were told about it at school by a student exchange officer

How was the application procedure?
Too complicated

Easy and clear

comments:

Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?
No

yes

comments: it took time to get information but i knew all i had to in time.

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

Very clear

comments:

- 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

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

Did you get enough information about your exchange, visa requirements, vaccinations, etc?
Yes
comments:

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?
No

Did the SEP committee organise university visits during your stay?
No

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?
No
comments: but i think there weren't any student activities during my stay. but they organised other stuff with them like taking us out.

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 student residence

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

Very much

comments: i enjoyed being with other students

Did you have to pay for the accommodation?
Yes
comments: it was only 100 euros so i didn't mind it.

Did you get free or student price meals?
No

What did you do during your traineeship?
i was helping in a pharmacy but because i didn't know the local language i was just able to put drugs to the shelves. and then i was told about the pharmaceutical system in spain

Was your employer interested in teaching you?
Not at all

Very interested

comments: but there were pharmacists in our pharmacy who taught us

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

Very interesting

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

Yes I do

comments: actually i only heard of spanish pharmaceutical system

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

Yes

comments: i didn't got any information about my work expect working hours and the name of my pharmacy beforehand.

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

Yes , many

comments: we managed although i didn't speak spanish and there were only two pharmacists able to speak english.

Which language did you use?
english

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

How many hours a day?
less than 3 hours 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: i knew i wouldn't be paid.

- 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?
not anything special. after all everything was working and i had a great time in barcelona.

- Preparation -
How did you prepare for your traineeship?
Did you arrange a travel and/or malpractice insurance before your exchange?
i have the annual travel insurance to cover my all trips.

- Arrival and reception -
Write something about getting there , about meeting the local students and finding the working place and the place where you stayed.
when i got to the aeroport there was a student to pick me up and take me to the student residence. the next day she took me to my pharmacy. so i didn't have any problems to find those places.

- The place -
What was your accommodation like?
it was a student residence. i shared my room with another exchange student. i liked it although we didn't have a kitchen. it was easy to get to know other students.

- The work -
Explain in detail what you did? What was the work like?
i was helping in a pharmacy but because i didn't know the local language i was just able to put drugs to the shelves. and then i was told about the pharmaceutical system in spain. so it wasn't very challenging.

- What did you learn? -
What did you learn?
i only learned about how it's like in pharmacy in spain.

- 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?
i was hanging out with other studets. i was at beach, clubbing and shopping. i also visited museums and sioghts of barcelona. then i visited some places around barcelona and andorra. those trips outside barcelona, i did with other students from our residence. our SEP comitee organised us something to do in barcelona. and we didn't have to pay from it to SEP.

- Recommendations/final conclusion -
Do you have any recommendations for other students? What is your final conclusion?
i enjoyed my time in barcelona. it was a great experience. you really get to know a foreign country better this way than only during a holiday.