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# Information about the programme

Evaluation of a student coming from Slovakia

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

Shoppers Drug Mart http://www.shoppersdrugmart.ca

The Student Exchange Programme took place :
From 2005-07-18 to 2005-08-19

# evaluation form

- Application Procedure -

How did you find out about the exchange program?
I report at my school.

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:

- 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:

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: I met other people in the city. I organised the programm by myself after the work.

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?
I stood 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: I paid for accomodation,for the bus tickets, for the food and for activities, I wanted to do.

Did you get free or student price meals?
No

What did you do during your traineeship?
I worked in a pharmacy. I helped there and got a lot of experiences. I wanted to see a new country and recognize the culture. I tried to go outside and meet new people after my work.

Was your employer interested in teaching you?
Not at all

Very interested

comments:

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

Very interesting

comments:

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:

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

Yes , many

comments:

Which language did you use?
English

How many days a week did you work?
5 ( no during the weekend) days a week

How many hours a day?
4 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 expected it,because exchange programm is not 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?
I felt so happy during my stay in foreign country. It was perfecet. I was content with my stay.

- Preparation -
How did you prepare for your traineeship?
Did you arrange a travel and/or malpractice insurance before your exchange?
I tried to get some information about the country. I learned about our pharmaceutical system in Slovakia, because I wanted to have a knowledges, which could I compare. I arranged travel insurance by myself.

- Arrival and reception -
Write something about getting there , about meeting the local students and finding the working place and the place where you stayed.
One Pharmaceutical student picked me up from the airport and helped me to find my residence in the downtown.I spent some nice days with her in the city, she showed me nice places where to go. I started to work on the other day, after I arrived.I found the pharmacy by myself with the map. I took a bus. I learned all the time in the pharmacy. There were a lot of nice people around me and helped me with everything. They explained me a lot about how to work there.

- The place -
What was your accommodation like?
I lived in the residence, in a room for one person. I had one bed, table and wardrobe. There was a kitchen with a fridge on my floor. I used toilets for girls for one floor. There was a sitting room for everyone with TV on the other floor.

- The work -
Explain in detail what you did? What was the work like?
I worked about 4 hours a day. My host in pharmacy explained me everything about the work. I prepared drugs from prescriptions, I learned how to work with computer programm, I prepared creams. I prepared new goods. I learned about the drugs from Compendium of Pharmaceuticals and specialties. I asked about Pharmaceutical system in Canada. I learned how to cach.Sometimes I answered the phone,but I was affraid because of my english.

- What did you learn? -
What did you learn?
I learned about pharmaceutical work and got a lot of knowledges from pharmaceutical system in Canada. I was in contact with patients and the pharmacist. My host helped me with everything and I tried to leard as much as I was possible.

- 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 visited museums and monuments in Ottawa. I rollerbladed near the Ottawa river. I swam in the river. I was hikihn in the mountains. I did it all by myself. I needed to pay for everything. The museums cot about 3 (canadian)dollars for students, I travelled with bus, it was about 2 dollars for 1 hour by bus.

- Recommendations/final conclusion -
Do you have any recommendations for other students? What is your final conclusion?
I spent nice time in Canada. I was so surpriced because I met a lot of nice friends. I liked the city. I liked my work very much. It is so nice experience. I would like to spent my holiday in foreign country next year,too. I advice everyone to try, because it is unforgotten experience.