Exchange report - teacher at KI
Home university: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences
Study programme: Public Health Nutrition
Exchange programme: Erasmus
Semester: Spring semester 2012/2013
Duration: 10
Name: Usama Al-Ansari
Email address: usama.al-ansari@ki.se

Accommendation

The accommodation was very good of high standard, cost av living little less compered to Sweden

Language and Culture

All lectures were in English

Leisure time

Guided tour in the city

Evening long walks

Farewell dinner with the students and staff

Miscellaneous

One would think of more exchaneg experience in the Baltic countries

Other activities

Study visit to the farmacy and medicine theater in kaunas

Joint dinner with the hosting university staff

Preliminary planning for future exchange of teachers and students  

Preparation

I knew about the teacher exchange  Agneta Yngve the former head of the unit of public Health Nutrition in karolinska Institutet as she has worked with some of the teaching staff in the hosting University.

The exchange was arranged through the international unit in KI

No special preperation needed apart from boking a hotel which was recommended by the hosting university.

Reflections

I can say that kuana is a beutiful  city in Lithuania that has great history and remarkable fast development both economically and in tecknology. An exemple it is one of the best cities in Europe when it comes to WiFi intenet fre access when you can find that in most of public places.

Teaching

Most av the teaching is assissting and facilitataing for the group work with some lectures. I noticed that in KI we have courses but in Lithuania they count semsters. The hosting university participated actively in teaching  

Teaching hours

45/ week