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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?
FiPSA sent me an e-mail about exchange.

How was the application procedure?
Too complicated

Easy and clear

comments: It wasn't so nice to play with computer and timelimits are quite stupid.

Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?
No

yes

comments: You know never too much.

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

Very clear

comments: I haven't been on that site much.

- 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: I didn't contact them much.

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: You know never too much..

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: It was summertime..

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:

Did you have to pay for the accommodation?
Yes
comments: 100e, it wasn't much at all.

Did you get free or student price meals?
No

What did you do during your traineeship?
I put things on their places and checked expiring dates.

Was your employer interested in teaching you?
Not at all

Very interested

comments: It was a bit hard to communicate.

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

Very interesting

comments: I could have done and learn more.

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 get that much information.

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

Yes , many

comments: Language

Which language did you use?
A bit spanish, english.

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

How many hours a day?
4 hours a day. 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 would be nice to get information a bit earlier and it would be nice if you find places where they can speak conversational english.

- Preparation -
How did you prepare for your traineeship?
Did you arrange a travel and/or malpractice insurance before your exchange?
Yes, i had insurances.

- Arrival and reception -
Write something about getting there , about meeting the local students and finding the working place and the place where you stayed.
It was nice that there were people to pick me up from the airport. We had some difficulties to find my pharmacy beacause we had only name of the pharmacist and phonenumber.

- The place -
What was your accommodation like?
I stayed in student residence. I shared my room with 4 other guys but it was nice that you didn't have to be alone. And the rent wasn't much at all. I fridge could have been nice and some place that you could have locked in your room, but i managed without. Overall i really liked the place beacause you got to know people all over the world and not just pharmacystudents.

- The work -
Explain in detail what you did? What was the work like?
I mainly just put things on their places. I also checked expiring dates.

- What did you learn? -
What did you learn?
A bit about pharmacy system in Spain but it would have been nice to learn some more.

- 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 went to see many sights and some places around Barcelona, for example Llanca and Tarragona. Some of the trips were organised by the SEP, but we didn't have to pay anything for SEP.

- Recommendations/final conclusion -
Do you have any recommendations for other students? What is your final conclusion?
I really liked my stay in Barcelona. There were so many beautiful places and nice sights in there and the people were really nice and were always ready to help you=) I think the best part was to got