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AT-läkare... finally

The first few weeks have gone towards getting used to being called, and introducing myself as AT-läkare. I still smile a little and am grateful every day to finally be able to move forward. It has been so good for me to be taken care of, to have someone keep an eye on me and my schedule, to have some variation from one week to another. I'm not very quick at complaining anyway, but having helpful and kind people around can make it a lot easier.  It's so exciting to be able to see the other side of vårdcentral (primary health care). What happens to the patient exactly when I send them to a hospital. What is the doctor with the name on the referral thinking when they are sitting in their chair at the hospital. Today I met my handledare and was called "ambitious". It reminded me of my early years in Sweden when people told me to calm down, that I was too ambitious for the Swedish system. It felt good in a way to be called that again. And that considering that I am not rea...

Superman

Before even meeting my next patient, I am anxious. Why? Because I just read he has decided by himself he will not continue with any medicines prescribed for his complex condition, doesn't want contact with specialist clinic & wants to go to his local primary care center for continuity. Continuity that I can't promise, being a junior doctor. He speaks multiple languages, has done many different jobs, gone through highs and lows in life, has been relatively healthy as a whole. But now that he is sick, he won't take those medicines. No sir, not the 15 tablets they want me to take. It's absurd. It's chaos. What if I get side effects. I take one and I'm here so you can write a second one. Just one more. I try and resonate with him. Go over the list to choose which one it will be. Discuss with available specialist. I keep battling in my head whether my success today is getting him on board to take care of his health or is it just being done with this whole meeting...

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...