The assessment thing was interesting. Finnish, Maltese, Italian and British people have it all differently. Maltese, Italian and British (yeah, everyone but us) have a special list for things to do in a placement, depending on what placement you are doing. This is, in my opinion, a good thing, because when you graduate, there's a certain proof that you are actually able to do the things that are required in the field when you go working there as a graduated nurse. In Finland, they leave the responsibility of learning to the student. The only thing we have to achieve while we're doing our placement is the list of our own goals that we make during the first week of our placement. Of course, there's indicative guides of what we should do in our placement, that are usually the things that we've studied during our semester. The list of goals is then read and signed by the teacher and the mentor, and they have the veto right to it, they can ask you to change or re-do them.
Our system appeals to us, students, to be the ones that WANT to learn, and therefore they just offer the suitable ground and environment for it. If you're not willing to learn, the mentors and other staff in the placement will surely see it and not let you pass - they see you as a possible future co-worker, and the assessment is done through that. Do they want to work with me in the future? If not, they'll see you aren't motivated enough to do the job.
Even though our style of assessment is very easy, I always do my best to get a good assessment. But, of course, this is not always the case. Still, having seen and heard the systems that they have here in UK and in Malta and Italy, I'd like to have something concrete to proof my field skills with. I do not do well in exams whilst studying in school (I love reading, but gosh, when I have to study for school, I suddenly feel the urge to clean, go to the gym, jogging...) , but I feel I do better in the field. Thus, I wouldn't mind if I had something real to show my skills against my failures in school.
Yeah, people really are never happy as they are. If something changed in our system, I would probably do the fuck-the-system -whining again. This is not a thing that I've learned specially this week, but unfortunately, applies to it somehow also. 8)
:) thank you for last week, and I'm really looking forward to this one!
maanantai 8. helmikuuta 2010
perjantai 5. helmikuuta 2010
the sun is shining and i'm inside... blog of 1.2.10
Ha! Today it finally started.
We gathered in the Furnival (?) building monday morning and Caroline helped us all to get the Oyster cards. The undergound is a real maze. For us, at least, who have the ultimately complicated tube in our capital city - a straight line. The London tube is fun - and fast - IF you know what you're doing. I've all but followed Johanna blindly, she's the professional Londoner of us. But today, instead of the tube, we went by bus. Which I actually prefer for now 'cause you can watch the little houses and their little back- and frontyards go by and it helps me put my perspective with the distances right.
When we reached the Hendon campus, we all had a little time for coffee and made the applications (and photoshoots, ugh!) for our student cards. Then was the playtime for us. Or was the digital tour first? Jaw-stretching...
The Romantic & The Beautiful taught us a few games that helped us to get to know each other, and helped us to understand that despite we're all coming from different cultures and countries, we can co-operate and understand each other. I though the first game, the one with our names and adjectives, would be impossible and disasterous, but it turned out to be very funny and effective! If I now can't remember someone's name, it's because I didn't have my eyeglasses on (read: temporarily lost) and thus couldn't possibly connect the name and the face... My bad and apologies! :)
After the name-adjective-thingy we separated into three groups and tied a human knot, where we were supposed to be quiet and co-operate, but heh, at least we stayed warm! And it helped us from the arctic circle to get over our fear of close proximity. Wouldn't it be easier to stay warm in our homeland if we would stick closer to each other? -20 c wouldn't be so bad if we had friends around us all the time.
Thirdly, they (B&R) brought a cup of colourful candy in front of each group. I was immediately suspicious. Then Bernard showed us the questions and told how we should reveal something about ourselves to others, based on the colour of the candy we've chosen. Lucky enough, I had the ones which meant I had to tell my favorite food and movie. But to correct myself now afterwards, I wouldn't say my favorite movie is the LOTR series. It's the Boat that ROCKED! But we got to know a few interesting things, however... (code blue candy)
All in all, Cathy, Caroline, Bernard and Rodianne had made us a very nice and funny day, thank you all very much for that!
I have spoken...
Not-Very-Reflective-But-Still-Sunny -Sanni
We gathered in the Furnival (?) building monday morning and Caroline helped us all to get the Oyster cards. The undergound is a real maze. For us, at least, who have the ultimately complicated tube in our capital city - a straight line. The London tube is fun - and fast - IF you know what you're doing. I've all but followed Johanna blindly, she's the professional Londoner of us. But today, instead of the tube, we went by bus. Which I actually prefer for now 'cause you can watch the little houses and their little back- and frontyards go by and it helps me put my perspective with the distances right.
When we reached the Hendon campus, we all had a little time for coffee and made the applications (and photoshoots, ugh!) for our student cards. Then was the playtime for us. Or was the digital tour first? Jaw-stretching...
The Romantic & The Beautiful taught us a few games that helped us to get to know each other, and helped us to understand that despite we're all coming from different cultures and countries, we can co-operate and understand each other. I though the first game, the one with our names and adjectives, would be impossible and disasterous, but it turned out to be very funny and effective! If I now can't remember someone's name, it's because I didn't have my eyeglasses on (read: temporarily lost) and thus couldn't possibly connect the name and the face... My bad and apologies! :)
After the name-adjective-thingy we separated into three groups and tied a human knot, where we were supposed to be quiet and co-operate, but heh, at least we stayed warm! And it helped us from the arctic circle to get over our fear of close proximity. Wouldn't it be easier to stay warm in our homeland if we would stick closer to each other? -20 c wouldn't be so bad if we had friends around us all the time.
Thirdly, they (B&R) brought a cup of colourful candy in front of each group. I was immediately suspicious. Then Bernard showed us the questions and told how we should reveal something about ourselves to others, based on the colour of the candy we've chosen. Lucky enough, I had the ones which meant I had to tell my favorite food and movie. But to correct myself now afterwards, I wouldn't say my favorite movie is the LOTR series. It's the Boat that ROCKED! But we got to know a few interesting things, however... (code blue candy)
All in all, Cathy, Caroline, Bernard and Rodianne had made us a very nice and funny day, thank you all very much for that!
I have spoken...
Not-Very-Reflective-But-Still-Sunny -Sanni
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