I think the
Swedish government allocates more money to education than in Denmark.
We had our “own”
ward where we were responsible for taking care of the patients in cooperation
with nurse students, physiotherapist students and occupational students. Of
course we discussed everything with a supervisor but we took care of the
patients. That would never ever happen in Denmark. There was a huge focus on
good working relationship between the different professions. I think that is
different from my home country. Of course we have focus on that too but not as
much as here where we practice it.
I think there was
less hierarchy in the hospital. It was expressed in the way that everybody wore
the same clothes, no matter if you were a doctor, nurse or assistant nurse.
That differs from Denmark. Here the doctors wear blue clothes and a white coat,
the nurses wear white dresses or white pants + t-shirt and the assistant nurses
wear white pants + t-shirts.
The relationship
between the teachers and the students is closer. You have the same teachers
during the semester and when you have seminars in groups of 6, it’s much more
informal than having lectures with a whole semester of 250 students.
Another difference
is that their examinations are graded with passed/failed. In my home country
almost every examination is graded with grades. There is a more relaxed atmosphere
about the examinations.