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The Student Exchange Officer in Singapore : Jennifer Ng Kim Yoke
The name and abbreviation of the association : National University of Singapore Pharmaceutical Society (NUSPS) www.nusps.org
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : Approximately 10
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? : 		• Community/Retail - Guardian Pharmacy, National Healthcare Group Pharmacy. • Hospital - Alexandra Hospital, Singapore General Hospital, National University Hospital, KK Women's and Children's Hospital
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : Usually 1-3 months. We accept shorter training periods too.
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? : 		May - latest Sept
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 : 		You'll most likely be staying in the house of local pharmacy students; otherwise, hostel stay can be arranged. Accommodation may or may not be free, but if it is not, the cost will be kept to the minimum, about SGD 300.
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 : 		Financial remuneration depends on the respective retail,community or hospital pharmacies. Pocket money is not provided. We'll try our best to subsidise transportation fees. Approximately S$150/month.
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : We have in mind a variety of social activities for you, including bringing you around the island of Singapore, visit our university, and possibly to nearby Malaysia. You will also get to interact with our local students, the pharmacists or any ot
Language requirements : English
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? : 		Year 3
Information on Work Permits and Visa : Most countries' citizens do not need a visa to come to Singapore. For the most up-to-date information on visas, please visit this website: http://www.ica.gov.sg. For more information about Singapore, please visit this website: http://www.visits
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? : 		At least 3 months prior to the commencement of the exchange, but the earlier the better to facilitate arrangement of attachment places and accommodation Choice of exchange student usually done by the SEO to allow more effective and efficient place
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This information has been updated the last time on 2007-10-11

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

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated0 %5 %32 %21 %42 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No0 %16 %16 %37 %32 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %21 %32 %32 %16 %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?No5 %5 %0 %21 %68 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult0 %0 %5 %16 %79 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all5 %0 %0 %26 %68 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %0 %16 %26 %58 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all0 %0 %26 %32 %42 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %0 %16 %37 %47 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all0 %5 %26 %26 %42 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all16 %42 %11 %21 %11 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all16 %32 %26 %16 %11 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %11 %5 %53 %32 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all5 %0 %11 %32 %53 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %0 %11 %16 %74 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Singapore

  • 08/08/2005 - 23/08/2005 : GB/05/00011: very positive evaluation
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  • 29/08/2005 - 28/09/2005 : ID/05/00003: very positive evaluation
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  • 00/00/2006 - 00/00/2006 : CH/06/00015: very positive evaluation
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  • 03/07/2006 - 28/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 17/07/2006 - 04/08/2006 : GB/06/00031: positive evaluation
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  • 26/07/2006 - 18/08/2006 : RO/05/00046: very positive evaluation
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  • 26/07/2006 - 18/08/2006 : NL/06/00019: positive evaluation
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  • 28/08/2006 - 29/09/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 04/09/2006 - 29/09/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2006 - 30/09/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 12/11/2006 - 02/12/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 02/07/2007 - 27/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 02/07/2007 - 27/07/2007 : positive evaluation
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  • 02/07/2007 - 03/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 20/08/2007 - 14/09/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 23/06/2008 - 18/07/2008 : neutral evaluation
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  • 25/06/2008 - 24/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 14/07/2008 - 15/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 25/08/2008 - 17/09/2008 : neutral evaluation
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