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My road to getting AT-läkare position. A timeline.

2011 - Moved to Sweden in August - SFI done.
2012 - Sjukvårdsvenska at Folkuniversitet. Did Swedish A & B national tests. Done in August with high school level Swedish/European scale C1.
2013 - Prepared and attempted TULE twice. Cleared clinical on first attempt.
2014 - Attempted TULE third time. Last 2 attempts during pregnancy. Had a baby in April. Got admission in KUL and started August.
2015 - Done with KUL, Decision from Socialstyrelsen to continue with AT in order to get license. Applied AT. Started job as vikarierande underläkare. Still in fairyland in hopes of getting AT soon.
2016 - Worked one year at vårdcentral. Applied AT. Baby no. 2 November. (13 months experience at this point)
2017 - Parental leave. Applied AT.
2018 - Became job seeker in August. Worked a few months at hospital at beroendekliniken. Applied AT.
2019 - Baby no. 3 March. Parental leave. Applied AT.
           (Applied AT every Spring and Autumn from 2015 to 2019 in VGR and Halland.)
2020 - January - Became member of SYLF and Läkarförbundet.
2020 - February - Applied for AT in every possible place in all regions. Eager to move to any city along with family.
2020 - June - Registered as a job seeker at arbetsförmedlingen.
2020 - September - (17 months experience at this point) Applied AT in all regions of Sweden. Got interview in Västernorrland. Became more and more apparent it is preferred to be known at the same hospital before. Called in different regions and got a response more or less: we can't ignore the junior doctors already working here.
2021 - January - Started working at vårdcentral outside main city. Hoping for a miracle. Been contacted back by some employers that I reached out to last year. But no other employment.
2021 - February - (19 months experience at this point) Applied for AT carefully in my region and a bit less carefully in the rest of Sweden. Called some places.
2021 - March - Got called for interview from 4 hospitals. All interviews went well. Got 2 offers for AT. Going to choose the one nearest and easiest for current lifestyle. Will start in August and it is 18 months. 


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