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The Student Exchange Officer in Malta : Aaron Schembri
The name and abbreviation of the association : MPSA (Malta Pharmaceutical Students Association)
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : 10
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? : 		community The work involves practice in a community pharmacy during the mornings.
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : 1 month
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? : 		August - since the SEP committee would be able to dedicate more time to the students during that month and the pharmacists usually do not have local students practicing in August so more attention to the SEP students can be guranteed.
The type of accommodation?
- Student residence/ family/ hostel/ other?
- Paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others? If paid by the student how much is it approximately : 		University Residence paid by the Student at approximately 12 euro per night
Board, pocket money or other financial benefits/ remuneration?
- Board paid by: the student/ the host association/ employer/ others?
- Pocket money provided (Yes / No)?
- Other po : 		Board is paid by the student unfortunately pocket money cannot be provided
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : Social events include: A day trip to gozo, Day trip to comino, Maltese traditional evening, Maltese traditional town feasts, St.Julians - Maltas nightlife district
Language requirements : English
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? : 		minimum year of study 2nd year
Information on Work Permits and Visa : Students from within the EU do not require an Entrance visa. Work permits are not required by any students
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? : 		Choice of the Exchange student by the SEO
Special remarks : Hope to see many of you in Malta next summer;)
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This information has been updated the last time on 2007-08-29

answers from the evaluation of student that that went to Malta .

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated0 %0 %27 %40 %33 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No0 %0 %7 %27 %67 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %0 %27 %40 %33 %Very clear
How was the assistance provided by your SEO? Was it easy to get in contact with the SEO?Bad0 %0 %0 %0 %0 %very good!
Did those activities fulfil your expectations?No0 %0 %0 %20 %80 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult0 %7 %0 %7 %87 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all0 %0 %13 %33 %53 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %0 %13 %33 %53 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all0 %13 %40 %40 %7 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %7 %33 %33 %27 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all0 %0 %27 %13 %60 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all67 %27 %7 %0 %0 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all67 %20 %13 %0 %0 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %0 %0 %7 %93 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all0 %0 %7 %13 %80 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %0 %0 %0 %100 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Malta

  • 27/07/2006 - 25/08/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2006 - 31/08/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 09/08/2006 - 07/09/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 29/07/2007 - 21/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 26/07/2007 - 23/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 30/07/2007 - 29/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 02/08/2007 - 30/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 30/07/2007 - 01/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2007 - 02/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 27/07/2008 - 19/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2008 - 01/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2008 - 01/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2008 - 02/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 31/07/2008 - 02/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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