Global Health - an overview - Ping-Pong

KICK-OFF for your exchange studies
24 NOVEMBER 2011
Hall: Banting, Nobels väg 5, KI Campus Solna
17.00-17.05
Welcome
17.05-17.45
“To travel abroad as a KI student –
meeting other cultures and other
values”
Birgitta Rubenson, Department of Public Health
Sciences, Division of Global Health
17.45-18.00
The Student Health Centre
18.00-18.20
The International student coordinators
18.20-18.40
Fika
18.40-19.00
Student exchange stories
Hanne Hesseldahl Webjörn
Karin Johansson and Magdalena Palmqvist
Together with former exchange students. Hall: Banting
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19.00-20.00
Gustav Bolinder, Study programme in Medicine,
Monash University
Group discussions
Travelling abroad as a student from
Karolinska Institutet
by Birgitta Rubenson
Att resa ut som KI student
– mötet med andra
kulturer och
andra värderingar
Birgitta Rubenson
IHCAR 2011
Mötet med det annorlunda
• Vem är jag?
• Värderingar
• Kunskap
• Vilka möter jag?
• Patienter
• Hälsovårdspersonal
• Studentkollegor
• KI-medstudenter
• Samhället i stort
Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
Svenska värden som styr
vårt handlande
• Frihet – oberoende
• Självförverkligande
• Rationalitet
• Sekulära inomvärldsliga
Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
Värderingar som styr i stora
delar av värden
• Överlevnad –
beroende – solidaritet
med
familj/klan/nation
• Traditionella
• Familjestyrda
• Religösa (buddhism,
konfucianism, islam,
kristendom,)
Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
Kulturchock – mina reaktioner
• Nyfikenhet – eufori –
risktagande
• Stagnation/frustration
Språkproblem –
ensamhet - oförståelse
- tristess
• Anpassning
Realism - ökad
förståelse -inlärning
Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
Student – inte turist
Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
• Klädsel
• Lyssna utan att
fördöma
• Var nyfiken för att
förstå
• Läs på om land och
kultur
• Lär enkla fraser
Du är där
för att lära
inte för att
reformera!
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Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
Personlig utveckling
Kunskapmässigt
- Kulturellt know-how
Emotionellt
– Hur reagerar jag
Beteendemässigt
– Kommunicera i
andra kulturer
Birgitta Rubenson,
2011
Studenthälsan/Student Health Centre:
Health related matters before your
exchange study period
by Hanne Hesseldahl Webjörn
Before your exchange studies
• Some universities require vaccination and health
declarations.
• Does the country you are going to have any
requirements to get a visa?
• Prepare well ahead of time. For assistance, feel free
to contact the Student Health Centre.
http://ki.se/studenthalsan
In case of work related injury or wound carrying
a risk of blood-borne infection
You can contact the Student Health Centre during office hours:
Hanne Hesseldahl Webjörn, företagssköterska, +46 8 524 835 64,
[email protected]
Pernilla Nordkvist, företagssköterska, +46 8 524 835 66,
[email protected]
Reception, +46 8 524 835 60
To reach a physician on duty at the clinic for infectious diseases
at Karolinska University Hospital, please call:
Solna
+46 8 517 700 00
Huddinge +46 8 585 800 00
The International Student Coordinators:
Practical information before your
exchange study period (spring 2012)
by Karin Johansson
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Application and admission
Accommodation
Passport and visa
Insurance
Financing
During your exchange
After your exchange
More information
Application and admission
 Apply to host university
 Letter of Acceptance / signed Learning Agreement
 YIPPEEE!
 Apply for scholarship
 Book your travel
 Accommodation
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Accommodation
 Student accommodation
 Private accommodation
 Check with other students
(student exchange reports)
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Passport and visa
 Passport – valid for at least 6 months after
return
 Visa/residence permit – check with the
embassy
 Be in good time – these things can take time!
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Insurance
 ”Student UT” (Kammarkollegiet)
 Medical Insurance Card (MIC)
 2 weeks prior to and after the study period
 Only valid in host country
 Claim application
 European Health Insurance card
 Within Europe
 Valid before ”Student UT” if you need health care
 Order it from Försäkringskassan
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Financing
1) CSN (financial aid for students in Sweden)
 Within the EU
 Studiemedel för studier utomlands
 Outside the EU
 Shorter than 13 veckor – Studiemedel för studier i Sverige
 Longer than 13 veckor – Studiemedel för studier utomlands
 Additional loan/Merkostnadslån (e.g. travel, double
accommodation)
 http://www.csn.se/hogskola/utbytesstudier
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Financing
2) Grants
 Nordplus grant (200 €/week + 300-400 € for travel)
 Erasmus grant (10 000 SEK)
 Linnaeus grant (19 000 SEK/12 weeks)
 INK grant from Karolinska Institutet (7 500 SEK/12 weeks)
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During your exchange
 Address and phone number – if possible, leave with relatives
and student coordinator
 The Swedish Embassy
 Be a good KI ambassador USB memory stick from the coordinator
 If anything should happen, contact us
 Take care and have fun!
Experiencing American culture. Liselotte, Physiotherapy
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After your exchange
 Recognition of studies (tillgodoräknande)
 MRSA screening – Student Health Centre
 Exchange report – deadline 1 September 2012
 Global Friends www.globalfriends.se
 Information meetings
 Debriefing
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ki.se/studerautomlands
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ki.se/studyabroad
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Exchange experiences:
Presentation of my exchange study
period abroad during spring 2011
by Gustav Bolinder (Monash, AU)
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
MARCH – JULY 2011
GUSTAV BOLINDER
EXCHANGE MEDICINE
LAST SEMESTER
DISPOSITION
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Preparation
Arriving
Studying
Spare time
Tips
PAPERWORK
Application (KI)
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Nomination
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Application (Monash)
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Student visa (Medical exam, chest XR, vaccination)
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Ticket
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Finally there!
PREPARATION (money)
-Student visa
-Medical examination
-Chest X-ray
-Vaccines
-Ticket (return)
3500 SEK
1000 SEK
700 SEK
800 SEK
10000 SEK
→ 15000 SEK
PREAPARATION
• Coming back
To reality
Work? Internship applications/interviews?
• Courses
Many possibilities
Interests, distance… Research is good!
• Accommodation
No worries mate
Hostels, sharing, where to live?
• Travel plan
Huge country, a lot to see
Australia, Asia, NZ…
ARRIVING, late summer, March
• Accomodation
• Introduction week
• Discovering Melbs
Exchange club, outdoors club
(bush walking, river rafting)
Public transport…
Clayton, Caulfield, Frankston…
55000 students
Several faculties
10 Swedish students
CABRINI HOSPITAL (Neurology Dep)
Private hospital
Neurology ward, outpatient clinic
Tuting 3rd year students
FRANKSTON HOSPITAL
• Public hospital in a neglected suburb
”Frankanistan”
• Emergency specialists
• Independent work
• Trauma, Ods
• International staff
TRARALGON REGIONAL HOSPITAL
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Rural hospital 150 km outside Melbourne
Emergency department
Small hospital
Student accomodation at the hospital
Flying doctor?
MELBOURNE
VICTORIA
GREAT OCEAN ROAD
YARRA VALLEY
CAIRNS AND SURROUNDINGS
GREAT BARRIER REEF
MAGNETIC ISLAND
SOMEWHERE
CAPE TRIBULATION
BRISBANE
TIPS
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Be well prepared (applications, courses, coming home)
Accomodation (live with the locals)
Travel plan
Make contacts
Have fun!
Contact: [email protected]