My accommodation was arranged through the International coordinator's office and my apartment was booked through Karolinska Institutet Housing AB. I signed and sent the rental agreement via an e-mail. The standard of the apartment is good.

Dinner had been arranged for me in two different occasions by Prof Lars Smedman (he covered the expenses him self personally) and I was also invited for lunch by Dr Magnus Nilsson (the first day I arrived at the Hospital and I was introduced to his colleagues in the department during the lunch time). I also had Lunch with Anna Dahlerus (International coordinator, Faculty Office and International Relations, and Karin Forslund (International Coordinator, Educational Support Office) and that created a chance to discuss on various interesting ideas.

I had also the opportunity to visit the city with my friends and family from Ethiopia and with Prof Lars Smedman.

The Teacher Exchange program was a great opportunity to look in to our similarities and differences in our teaching approaches. It also gave me the opportunity to look in to the Technological advances employed in improving the operating techniques. It also gave me the opportunity to meet up with experts in various fields of surgery and in creating communication between us which could potentially grow in to further cooperation and collaboration in teaching, research and other relevant projects.

After a discussion with colleagues from the Upper GI surgery unit here in KI, we are considering a possibility of conducting a trial at Black Lion Hospital in patients who will be operated for Esophageal Cancer.

The teaching learning activity in KI is student friendly and the teacher-student relation ship is exemplary. Students freely communicate with their teachers and this intimacy is vital for the teaching activity. I would like to work hard with my colleagues to improve teacher-student relationship in our department. I would like to incorporate patient oriented seminars in our teaching activities as well. We should also further strengthen both the faculty and student exchange program in the years ahead. 

The teaching activities at KI are good, specially the small number of students in a group gives an opportunity to closely follow students and understand their weaknesses and strengths. The teacher- student relationship is excellent. There are similarities and differences in our teaching methodologies.

It is difficult for me to comment on this issues, specially it is difficult for me to indicate the number of hours spent in the different activities. However,  I have managed to participate in three different seminars which were based on case discussions. These includes seminar on gall bladder diseases, dysphagia and Urologic seminars. The seminars were conducted in small Groups (group of 3 students except for the urology seminar in which larger number of the class participated). I have also participated in one round at the ward during which only one medical student was present. During two of the Fridays, I attended the lectures given (the whole day) and one week there was Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) presentation by the students. I had also participated two lectures at the department of radiology given for two different group of students which was case oriented. I had also participated at the outpatient clinic where we assisted 4 medical students to remove a nevus from three patients, and that was done in the morning. In addition we had also conducted a revision at the skills center so as the students would be ready for their practical examination. The skills revision was conducted for one day.

I have also been participating in different operations at Karolinska University Hospital Huddinge, particularly on Esophageal (with minimally invasive technique), Gastric, Hepatic and Pancreatic Surgeries. In addition, I gave two different lectures during my stay.