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| 2 | 2008
Klinisk Biokemi i Norden
the working process. Specific problems in the mate-
rial were discussed and misunderstandings cleared.
The mean duration time of the structured lectures
was 24 minutes and 28 seconds. Most of the topics
were found to be relevant judged by the fact that most
of the participants stayed awake –and some even asked
questions! This could be biased by the fact that there
was plenty of coffee. As we are writing now the result
of the evaluation is not known, but may possibly be
mentioned in a secondary publication.
A total of 370 minutes were reserved for planned
social activities. “Rallarmuseet” was a railway muse-
um showing that building a mountain railway can be
even more challenging than writing a scientific paper.
The dog sledge tour took place on a frozen lake. The
participants had to ride the dog sledge themselves,
which means stepping on the brakes because the
dogs just keep running even if the sledge in front of
you stops. Some of the participants had close con-
tact with the ice. Afterwards the participants were
rewarded with the famous Norwegian Linie Aquavit
and highly seasoned minced meat from an elk (or
reindeer?) stuffed in casings (also known as sausage).
The authors find that the goal of team building was
fulfilled by the structured social activities.
Regarding the not structured social activities some of
the participants from the southern part of Scandinavian
(two of the authors) went on cross country ski for the
first time with the experienced mountain guide Sverre
Sandberg. According to the climate in other parts of
Scandinavia it was a snowstorm. It was impossible to
see more than a few meters ahead but according to the
guide the weather was fine. Still he had to use the GPS
quite often. Some of the participants now wonder what
bad weather is like in Norway!
In the evening there was mainly focus on network-
ing. After dinner the participants continued with
supplies from the bar or coffee machine. Some par-
ticipants revealed a musical talent and the songbooks
were frequently used accompanied by guitar and
piano. New colleagues were introduced to the strong
singing tradition in the field of clinical biochemistry in
Scandinavia. When the songbook ran out of songs the
participant’s continued with cultural exchange includ-
ing a Finnish lullaby presented a capella (with English
translation) and the Danish poet Benny Andersen was
recited claming that the Danes originally are Swedish
and therefore shouldn’t be sorry when they are beaten
by themselves in football! Finally some found the old
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