Planning:

1. Activity: Translator work
2. Date: August 2011
3. C/A/S: A/S
4. Aim(s): to improve my English, to get some knowledge about the hospital work (especially about the doctor profession), to meet new people and to establish good relationships with foreign medical students
5. Description: I’m going to be a translator helping foreign medical students from Croatia and Italy with understanding of the processes of operations, giving births, medical examinations, etc. Also I want to know about the doctors work from the inside
6. Duration + Hours spent: 20
7. Regime: individual/group work
8. Skills & Qualities developed: Inquirer,Knowledgeable, Communicator, Open-minded, Caring, Risk-taker, Balanced, Reflective
9. Learning Outcomes: awareness of the areas for growth in English, undertaken new challenges like observing operations, engaged with issues of global importance, considered the ethical implications of actions

 Reflection:

1. Activity:Translator work
2. Date: August 2011
3. C/A/S: A/S
4. Aim(s): Iimproved my English, made new foreign friends
5. Description: So I got the whole picture about the doctor profession and the work in hospital, it engaged me and I eventually decided to be a doctor. Also I took part in the medical care and helped with bandaging up and some other simple work
6. Duration + Hours spent: 20
7. Regime: individual/group work
8. Skills & Qualities developed: Inquirer,Knowledgeable, Communicator, Open-minded, Caring, Risk-taker, Balanced, Reflective
9. Learning Outcomes: awareness of the areas for growth in English, undertaken new challenges like observing operations, engaged with issues of global importance, considered the ethical implications of actions

All in all I got a huge experience during this short period of time! I was looking on the patients from the position of doctor what was highly unusual, nevertheless soon it became normal for me. Also I knew a lot about medicine in Croatia and Italy and even in Russia. Then I improved my communicative skills, and what was really great all the communication was in English, so I also enhanced my speaking English. Then I became aware about some traditions in Croatia and Italy, also I tried traditional cuisine prepared by girls. We spend all the evenings preparing some traditional food of one country (Russia, Croatia and Italy) and playing different games (for example UNO, table tennis, cards, pool, etc.) so we had nice time all together. And finally I decided to be a doctor, I had so much doubt about this, but after the August I was 100% sure in my decision.