Turkki

I did my clercship in Ankara, Turkey at July 2007. My department was orthopedical surgery in baskent university hospital. Hospital was very good filling every western standards. Doctors were especially nice and generally spoke good english. I think the hospital and health care system was quite similar to finnish one and its a good reason to choose Turkey for student exhange. Turkish hospitality and friendliness was allways present also in the hospital. Most of the time I spent with residents because they had more time to teach me than doctors had. Usually I followed every

I was doing my clerkship in Marmara University Hospital in Istanbul, Turkey. Marmara University Hospital is a fairly small hospital situated in the Asian side of Istanbul. But the fact that it was small offered me the chance to see other clinics as well, other than just General Surgery. There are many differences between Finnish and Turkish hospitals. First of all the hygiene level was really lower in this hospital. In addition the patient's relatives were always in the hospital taking care of the patient. The temperature inside the hospital could sometimes be very high since the only