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Living the "lagom" life

2018 is here! I need to post something despite the fact that medicine is not my main focus right now. But I guess it's all part of my Swedish journey and I'm still a doctor.
I have 2 kids now, and have been mammaledig/jobless with the little one for 15 months now. And I'm not sure if I want to go back just yet. After all, what's the use of settling in Sweden if I don't enjoy the perks. If I wanted a hectic life and 2 months of maternity leave, I would be in Pakistan or U.S. 
Anyway, so basically I do the household chores and craft, bake etc. I've even taken part in a weekly Quran class while being on parental leave and it has helped a lot. I am a Swedish national now so I plan to visit non-Schengen countries as well. And have a driver's license too, so I can roam around here. Now if I could just learn to ride a bike and swim too!
Moving cities has been good in terms of facilities for us (a.k.a Shan masala and halal meat) and in terms of job opportunities for my husband. 
My little one is home with me, while the older one goes to förskola/dagis/nursery. As someone from Asia who spent ALL my life studying, (and that too medicine) it's a control issue when we hear that kids can't start proper school before they turn 6. But I think we will settle on middle grounds by teaching a bit at home.
So that is that... professionally, I didn't apply AT last time but will do again from now on. It is really hard to get it in a big city like this one. I have applied 4 or 5 times now, so 2 years. Having worked at vårdcentral/GP for a year, now I need vikarie job in hospital setting as it's meriting to practice in the same hospital where you wish to get AT. Just started looking for that too. Hope to start working soon. 
I am not always in touch with language or medical completion procedures but after coming in contact with some people, I read about the new licensing rules. Sad news about non-EU specialists, specially those from Pakistan that I have known myself. Some foreign specialists working here have such bad work ethic/way of treating that I can really understand why they did that. This is from my experience as a patient by the way. No offense intended to any specific country, some people just treat the disease not the patient, and some are used to the hierarchial dominance of 'the doctor' in the clinic/ward. These things are hard to 'unschool'. 
But whatsoever the case may be, it would have been much better with indvidual assesments for specialists and may be a personality test of some sort, as many other jobs offer. Just using the same measure for everyone seems unjust.

So that was a bit of update from my side. To everyone out there reading, good luck and peace! 😊

Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 22, 2018 at 2:30 AM

    hi mam..
    after reading your blog now i have a confidence to pursue my dream of post gaduation in sweden..i am from india..i am just starting to learn swedish language..can you give names of medical swedish medical books that you used..so that along with learning language i can improve my swedish medical language also..
    1) names of swedish language medical books that you used
    2)books for tule and kul (i have been searching a lot, but cant find anything..
    i have been searching a lot for swedish medical books and books for tule and kul..so pls give whatever books you know or you used..
    30 is there an age limit for doing residency in sweden..i graduated in 2009..and was working day and night duties to make our own home for family , get sisters married..now after settling everything i am thinking of following my dreams..so is there any age limit in sweden..

    i know its a long list of questions..but pls help me ..i tried a lot in google and cant find much..

    thank you mam..

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  2. dr nasreenApril 18, 2018 at 6:48 PM

    Dear Dr nosheen AOA. Iam a medical graduate from pakistan I applied for MPH dtudy in umea University and Alhamdu lillah selected.I want to know about job opportunities for mph in sweden and in othet EU countries. Youbr reply in this regard will be highly appreciated.Regards dr Maria

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  3. UnknownSeptember 29, 2018 at 2:25 PM

    Hi. I'm Aqeel and currently an undergraduate in Nishtar Medical University, Multan, Pakistan. I am looking for full infromation and guidance on how to get Swedish medical licence because I want to practice medicine in Sweden. It will be of great help if you tell me all the related information.
    Thanks

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