Swedish journey of a Pakistani doctor > UK

There have been a few countable events of me meeting an old KUL student, all of them at the clinical examination practice. I have also met some immigrant doctors who have taken TULE. Today was the first time I met someone from first KUL batch ever (2009-2010). It was a female doctor working as ST at the clinic that I work for. It was a nice feeling and felt different from meeting people who have done TULE. In my opinion those who have gone the KUL way are more down to earth while those who have cleared TULE are very proud of that fact and it shows. Anyway, I might be wrong but who cares. She said it has been a great experience working in Sweden, and that the hardest part is getting into the system, the rest is just like other doctors. I couldn't agree less. It does feel like a load has lightened once you complete your degree. 

I cleared KUL ( kompletterande utbildning för utländska läkare ) in June this year and will soon be starting work as vikarierande underläkare (substitute junior doctor, for the lack of better words) at a vårdcentral (GP/ clinic). This is usually the first job after clearing medical degree in Sweden as we apply and wait for AT (the internship/ house job). I'm thrilled to begin working as this will be my first job ever. After KUL, I took some much needed down time and started applying for jobs first in August. For that, I updated my CV, personlig brev, listed out my references and made a list of places I wanted to apply to. For that I went to the region's website and looked up which vårdcentral were nearby or commutable (thank you Google maps!), plus the departments at the hospitals I could think of working at. I sent a simple email to each of the places, to their vårdenhetschef, asking if there was any need for underläkare . Most places replied that they did not have any pl...