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# Information about the programme
Evaluation of a student coming from Netherlands

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

University of Saskatchewan http://www.usask.ca

The Student Exchange Programme took place :
From 2005-08-02 to 2005-08-30

# evaluation form
 - Application Procedure -
How did you find out about the exchange program?
well organised

How was the application procedure?
Too complicated Easy and clear

comments: it took me some time to fill in my CV, because the login expires to fast

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

comments: the information was very short but enough

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

comments: sometimes a little confusing, it is hard to find where to log in as a student

 - 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:

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: it was not a lot information I got but enough

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

Did the SEP committee organise touristy excursions during your stay?
No

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: during the summer, vacation period, nobody of the SEP was there

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?
student residence

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

comments: I lived in a basement suite and my landlords upstairs showed me around a lot

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?
During my intrenship I worked on two projects. The first one was about Interprofessional Education and me and a other girl in the lab wrote a proposel for a National grant. The second project was my own project and I wrote an article together with Dr Dobson about the Saskatchewan methadone maintenance program. The article will be published soon.

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

comments: Dr Dobson was a good teacher. He gave me help when I needed it.

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

comments: especially the methadone project was very interesting and challenging

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 have no idea. I did not get any information about the work in advance.

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

comments: everybody was very nice and my English turned out not to be any problem at all

Which language did you use?
English

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

How many hours a day?
8 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?
No
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?
No, I think everything was organised very very well. However, I missed a little more background information about the city Saskatoon and the University of Sasktchewan.

 - Preparation -
How did you prepare for your traineeship?
Did you arrange a travel and/or malpractice insurance before your exchange?
Yes, I did. I have traveled before and therefore I have a premanent travel insurance. For traveling from the Netherlands to Canada you need to be insuranced extra, because of the higher medical costs in Canada.

 - Arrival and reception -
Write something about getting there , about meeting the local students and finding the working place and the place where you stayed.
After a one day stay in Toronto, because of the plane crash with Air France, I finally arrived in Saskatoon. Andrea, a local pharmacy student as well, picked me up at the airport. She drove me to my residence and showed me around at University. She also introduced me to my supervisor. The following week I met Erin, another local pharmacy student, in my lab. In the lab I met more locals as well. I was also invited to stay at a lace by Catherine, the girl who rented out here apartment to me. That is where I got in contact with more locals.

 - The place -
What was your accommodation like?
My accomodation was a bachelor basement suite. The apartment was very clean and bedsheets and towels were included. Catherine had even left some food for me before she left. I also was allowed to use the washingmachine and the dryer. In total the accomodation was perfect and it was very close to University too, only ten minutes walk.

 - The work -
Explain in detail what you did? What was the work like?
I basicly spent a lot of time reading and writing. I got a lot of articles about the two projects and read those and after that I started writing. For the methadone project I did some more literature search as well.

 - What did you learn? -
What did you learn?
I learned that there exists an Interprofessional Education program. Since I am aware about that now there might be a possibility to implement it at my home univeristy. I also learned more about the methadone program and how that is organized. I compared it to the program in the Netherlands, because I did not know much about that as well. Overall my English improved, so I think I reached one of my main goals.

 - 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?
During my stay I visited Emma Lake, near Prince Albert. I got invited there by Catherine and her family. There were no extra costs during the stay for me. I went to the camping site in Rosthern. My landlords took me there and there were no extra costs for me again. The SEP committee hasn´t got organised anything during my stay, so there have not been any additional costs for me.

 - Recommendations/final conclusion -
Do you have any recommendations for other students? What is your final conclusion?
Altogether,my stay in Saskatoon was awesome. If I got the oppotunity again to travel there I would go there again. Everybody is so nice and friendly there and they gave me a unforgetable time. Thank you so much. Else