It’s been a long break without new posts…
The homecoming went well and I’m returned to my day-to-day routines and hard studying… :)
Here’s some more of my thoughts about the intensive program in general.
After this program I’m a lot more experienced. I have learnt so many things of cultures and habits of different countries.
Along with this intensive program I can think many things about the exchange studying in different way. I believe that all the work we did during the intensive program is really useful in the future.
Though the last days of the intensive program were pretty hectic, I’m very happy what we accomplished as a group! After all we got only two weeks!
It was great to notice how well we worked as a group considering that we all have different cultural background. It have been great to been creating a part of this toolkit. I’m curiously waiting for the future and I’m willing to see how this project is getting on.

On Friday we were talking about an assessment in practice. When we were discussing in groups it appeared that there are different assessment practices in every country. However students' concerns about being assessed were very similar. There were fears regarding relationship between mentor and student, fear of failure and does mentor have enough time to teach.
We were also discussing ways to improve assessment. One of the things was continuous assessment which I think is very important because in that way it's possible improve.


Weekend in London was incredible. Lot of shopping, eating in restaurants and sight-seeing!! :)

I'm really happy because I'm finally able to write this blog. :)
This is my first visit in London and I noticed that people are very friendly in here.

I think that this Intensive programme is a very great opportunity to get to know nursing in different countries. It's nice to notice differences and similarities between different countries.
I'm also really excited to go shopping in London ;)
It's very nice to share my thoughts through this blog :)

First days in London

We arrived to London on Sunday afternoon. Our accommodation is in Archaway, I find it a nice place after a few difficulties..:) The weather in here has been pretty warm compared to Finland's weather. :)

On Monday we finally met all the people who are participating to this programme (from Malta, Italy, UK and Finland). It was nice to play some games that helped us to get to know each others.. :)
On Tuesday we watched introduction videos from all participating countries, which was very nice. I haven't ever visited Malta or Italy so I learned a lot of new things about those countries.
On Wednesday we had a great fish and chips night..I really liked it!! :) And the food was delicious! :) Our tour in Hunterian museum was very interesting, too.


On Thursday we discussed about different kind of learning theories. It made me think what kind of learning theories are useful in practice.
It was nice to work in groups where were one student from each participating country.

On Thursday night we went to see the musical Avenue Q. That was hilarious. :D


This week has been very unforgettable and I have learned so many things about different countries.
It's very nice to get to know all the new people and hear about their cultures.

I'm looking forward to get new experiences!! :)