KUL interview

I have been asked multiple times about the interview for getting into komplerande utbildning för utländska läkare, so I have decided to post whatever I remember at one place.
I have studied this course at Sahlgrenska institute, Gothenburg university. The applications are accepted from March to mid-April. I applied in 2014 and recieved the call for interview within a week or two. The interview was at the end of May and the final selection was informed in mid-June. As far as I remember, the interview wasn't a big deal. I read the 'fall' or case the night before and googled a little about it. Good sources to read would be www.internetmedicin.se , läkemedelsboken (found online) , lisa labbes kompendier (google it) and even course books (for enthusiasts hehehe).

I had my interview at 11a.m. an  there were two people present. The course administrator and the incharge of medicine for the course. First they asked me to tell something about myself, I started carefully, not too much details unless they asked for it. My interview wasn't so formal or tense I felt, they even asked me how old my baby was etc. (And told me about the possibility to reserve my place till next year after I get selected since the baby is younger than one year).

Then the teacher asked me if I had read the case they sent me. We discussed it systematically. I was not super smart but tried to answer the key things.

Many people have asked me what are the meriting factors for selection. I've always replied that I haven't been able to find any common factor among my course mates at this degree. We are 16 students, some have taken TULE multiple times and some have never taken it, some speak with native Swedish accent and some have a hard time with it, some were born or raised in Sweden and some have been here 2 or 3 years, some are single and some have two or three kids, some were not asked a lot about the case during interview, some had undergone another sort of degree i  Sweden.... in short, I haven't been able to find any deciding or meriting factor.

As of this year 70 applied to Gothenburg university, 35 got interview call and 16 will be selected. The applying number is larger in Stockholm.

My suggestion for the interview is to keep calm, be yourself, show genuine interest in medicine and the course, answer the case in a clinical manner keeping in mind the circumstances ( at akuten, vårdcentral etc.).
Good luck!