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The Student Exchange Officer in Taiwan : Po-Min Shu
The name and abbreviation of the association : Pharmaceutical Students’ Association of Taiwan (PSA-Taiwan)
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : 10-15
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? :
-Community pharmacy, hospital and research in the university are available. -Working time: 5 days a week, 5-7 hours per day.
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : 3-6 weeks
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? :
-Availabe months: latest May-beginning of September. -Availabe cities: Taipei, Taichung, Kaohsiung. -Full month is recommended, but not required.
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 :
Accommodation will be in a student residence or hostel, and the cost depends on the city you stay, usually no more than NT6000 per month. Students have to pay it by him/herself.
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 and transportation fee paid by the students. -Pocket money is not provided.
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : We prepare a variety of social events for you; for example, visit the university, participate in local students\\\' activities,go to the night market,the tour trip around Taiwan, even mandarin courses can be provide.
Language requirements : English. It would be great help if you know any Mandarin.
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? :
No minimum year required
Information on Work Permits and Visa : Students will need to obtain a visiting visa. Please check the website: http://www.boca.gov.tw/mp?mp=2
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? :
-Deadline of applying is unless 3 months before the exchange, earlier is better for us to arrange for the host and accommodation. -No experience of bilateral exchange up to now. -Choice of the exchange student were made by the SEO and LEOs last year
Special remarks : Taiwan is a beautiful and small island at the south of Japan and east of China in Asia, which is famous for the five-thousand-year Chinese culture, local traditional art, delicious Chinese food, popular night markets and the Taipei 101. We add many new courses for students this year,for example, we can arrange the pharmacy practice part (including pharmacy of Chinese medicine), cheap accommodation,go to night market, the tour trip around Taiwan, even mandarin courses can be provide. For more information about Taiwan, please visit this website: http://eng.taiwan.net.tw/lan/Cht/search/index.asp
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This information has been updated the last time on 2008-10-12

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

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated0 %0 %46 %31 %23 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No8 %31 %23 %8 %31 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear0 %0 %54 %38 %8 %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?No8 %0 %23 %38 %31 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult0 %8 %8 %38 %46 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all0 %0 %31 %31 %38 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %8 %8 %38 %46 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all8 %8 %8 %54 %23 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %8 %31 %38 %23 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all0 %23 %15 %23 %38 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all23 %23 %31 %8 %15 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all23 %15 %15 %38 %8 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %8 %31 %54 %8 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all8 %0 %8 %54 %31 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %0 %8 %23 %69 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Taiwan

  • 00/00/2005 - 00/00/2005 : very positive evaluation
  • 02/06/2005 - 29/06/2005 : very positive evaluation
  • 08/03/2006 - 08/05/2006 : very positive evaluation
  • 14/05/2007 - 01/06/2007 : very positive evaluation
  • 30/06/2007 - 28/07/2007 : positive evaluation
  • 30/06/2007 - 29/07/2007 : positive evaluation
  • 01/07/2007 - 30/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
  • 06/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
  • 20/08/2007 - 14/09/2007 : neutral evaluation
  • 06/07/2008 - 08/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 12/07/2008 - 09/08/2008 : positive evaluation
  • 20/07/2008 - 16/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
  • 01/07/2008 - 29/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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