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The Student Exchange Officer in Germany : Diana Koch
The name and abbreviation of the association : Bundesverband der Pharmaziestudierenden in Deutschland e. V. (BPhD e.V.)
Total number of places per year? (approximately) : last year we placed 12 students, this year 11. Should be about the same number for 2008.
Area possibilities?
- Community/ hospital/ industry/ research in a university/ other?
- Can you describe the work in more detail? : 		- community and hospital pharmacy, no research places so far in Germany - student gets an insight in the German way of running a pharmacy, often can drive drugs to patients, do dispensing, receipt of drugs...
Length of training periods? (usually 1-3 months) : usually one month, but 3 months are also possible
Available months and cities ?
- Specify whether or not full month is required
- Comments? : 		- usually during summer vacation ( June till August) but depending on the pharmacists other months are also possible - start and ending of the exchange program can be arranged according to students preferences and to pharmacists acceptance - plac
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 : 		- most of the time students live with the pharmacists - if pharmacist cannot accommodate student, he/she will live in a students-hostel which has to be paid by the student (costs vary from 200 till 400 Euro)
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 : 		- if student lives with pharmacists they usually don't have to pay for board - in students- hostel student lives on their own expense - some pharmacists give pocket-money, depending on the effort the student gives to his/her work
Social events? Possible presence of other exchange student at the same time in the same city (students of pharmacy or other fields)? : - often students are being taken around by pharmacists - since SEP is spread all over Germany, SEO cannot promise to be present in the same city as Exchange- student is
Language requirements : - many pharmacists would like to have students with German-skills - English is required in almost every pharmacy if student cannot speak German
Other requirements for the student?
- Minimum year of study?
- Graduated? : 		- students that are in their 3rd or 4th year have better chances to be placed since some experiences in pharmacy are often the main criteria to be chosen
Information on Work Permits and Visa : - students from the European Union do not need a visa, most of all the other countries do
Selection Procedures?
- Deadline to apply?
- % Bilateral exchanges usually done?
- Choice of the Exchange Student by: the SEO / the host (employer)? : 		- placing starts around February and is done in the beginning of June - last couple years we had no bilateral exchanges - choice of Exchange Student is being done by the pharmacist
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This information has been updated the last time on 2007-08-31

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

Question Score from 1 to 5 of the answers
How was the application procedure?Too complicated4 %16 %8 %32 %40 %Easy and clear
Did you get enough information about the Exchange conditions?No0 %8 %12 %36 %44 %yes
What do you think of the IPSF Web Site?Very unclear4 %0 %24 %44 %28 %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?No28 %4 %24 %20 %24 %Very much
Was it easy to reach the place where you stayed?No , very difficult4 %4 %8 %16 %68 %Yes , no transport problems
Did you feel at home at the place where you stayed?Not at all0 %12 %4 %16 %68 %Very much
Was your employer interested in teaching you?Not at all0 %0 %8 %16 %76 %Very interested
Do you think the work you did was interesting?Not at all0 %0 %8 %16 %76 %Very interesting
Do you think you learned enough during your traineeship?Not at all0 %0 %4 %32 %64 %Yes I do
Did the work correspond to the information that you received before the traineeship?Not at all0 %0 %4 %24 %72 %Yes
Did you experience any communication problems during your traineeship?Not at all36 %28 %28 %4 %4 %Yes , many
Was this too much?Not at all44 %24 %20 %8 %4 %Yes far too much
Did you get the opportunity to visit the country?Not at all0 %4 %32 %24 %40 %Yes more than enough
Were the traineeship and visit as you expected?Not at all0 %0 %12 %20 %68 %Yes I am very
Would you advise other students to apply for this association's SEP?Not at all0 %4 %4 %12 %80 %Yes definitely

Evaluations of students that went to Germany

  • 04/07/2005 - 15/07/2005 : negative evaluation
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  • 01/07/2005 - 25/07/2005 : negative evaluation
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  • 11/07/2005 - 05/08/2005 : positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2005 - 26/08/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2005 - 31/08/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 20/07/2005 - 20/09/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/09/2005 - 30/09/2005 : neutral evaluation
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  • 12/09/2005 - 08/10/2005 : very positive evaluation
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  • 28/02/2006 - 31/03/2006 : SI/05/00023: very positive evaluation
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  • 03/05/2006 - 31/05/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 26/06/2006 - 23/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 15/07/2006 - 31/07/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2006 - 01/08/2006 : very positive evaluation
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  • 07/07/2006 - 07/08/2006 : positive evaluation
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  • 04/06/2007 - 01/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2007 - 31/07/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2007 - 31/08/2007 : very positive evaluation
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  • 16/06/2008 - 11/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 26/06/2008 - 23/07/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/07/2008 - 31/07/2008 : positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/08/2008 - 31/08/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 10/08/2008 - 05/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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  • 01/09/2008 - 30/09/2008 : very positive evaluation
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