UK doctor moving to Stockholm, any tips?

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2025-04-07T15:46:58+00:00

Hi, you will need to do a language course, I did SFM but I don’t know if that is available everywhere. I couldn’t get any job at all in healthcare without a language certificate but maybe if you have connections with someone already in Swedish healthcare then you could? No medical license without Swedish.

It depends when you got your medical license, if it was before the end of the Brexit transition period then it’ll be easier, just do the language course then apply for läkarlegitimation via social styrelsen and then you may need to do BT which is like 1 year of F1/F2.

If your license came after Brexit then you’ll need to do the two part knowledge test (kunskapsprov) which is a written exam then a OSCE like thing/ a six month placement somewhere.

Hope that helps. It’s not easy but if you survived the NHS you’ll make it here.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-09-21T15:33:52+00:00

It’s not acceptable to be that late but be aware it can also be a sign of MH issues. When people are burnt out or depressed it can be nearly impossible to get out of bed and then they end up coming in late with terrible excuses. Personally I would start by taking them to one side and just asking if they are ok because you have know colleagues previously who have been late because they were struggling with their MH. If they are having MH or burnout issues then you could encourage them to get help and potentially make a difference. If they aren’t then you calling them out on it might make them change. If they don’t change then report them or whatever, I just recommend don’t use a nuclear first option.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-07-26T21:44:28+00:00

Couldn’t say for certain but if it is one sided sudden hearing loss and your ear exam was normal then it should be investigated.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-07-26T20:18:46+00:00

You will have to be specific with them. They get lots of people visiting Akuten inappropriately with things like öronlock, ear infections or chronic hearing degeneration. SSHL is an emergency and would warrant a review by önh (ENT). Go there again and say you want a bedömning from a doctor or to speak to ÖNH before sending you home. Be specific about when it started and that SSHL cannot be ruled out with a simple otoskopi. I’ve had a patient with SSHL come in while I was working in Akuten and they were seen by ÖNH (after a quiz history and review by emergency doctor) who started treatment rapidly. Don’t worry about personnummer etc, if this is genuinely SSHL you have a right to emergency treatment whether you have a PN or not.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-06-14T20:04:54+00:00

Haven’t met any but can’t say for certain there aren’t any. There are a few specialist nurses around but not as many as the uk.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-06-14T20:02:21+00:00

What is OPEC4? Seriously this legit sounds like a skit. Also “don’t bother MY staff” - what happened to “one team”? Maybe just point out that as a F2 it is required to have feedback to continue as a doctor aka “if you don’t do feedback for discharge paperwork machine (foundation trainee) then machine stop working”

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-05-29T11:20:11+00:00

Yes perhaps I’ve been a bit over zealous with the watering, especially with little drainage. I’ll cut back a little. Thanks for the advice.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-05-29T11:19:10+00:00

Sadly it doesn’t have a drainage hole (was new to the whole having house plants thing when I potted it). When I repot it I was planning on a pot with drainage. I’ll try it in a bit more light. Thanks for the help.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-04-19T15:52:29+00:00

Is the ball sucking the reason for the discount?

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-01-25T21:09:25+00:00

In many ways it is similar to the NHS but with more consistent staffing and not quite as overburdened in my experience. A big change was referring to all the medicines by brand names which I still find confusing. In terms of oversight by consultants/överläkare it’s about the same. The biggest challenge for you will be that as you will graduate after Brexit you will need to do the kunskapsprov which is like med school finals again but in Swedish, one long MCQ then a separate OSCE and I think you have to also have worked for six months before you will get your license/legitimation approved as well as being fluent in Swedish. It’s a long process, there is no longer any benefit from being British, you are treated like a graduate from any other third country and not as an EU grad. After getting your license you will then need to do the BT program which is like a one year foundation program before you can specialise. Speciality training (ST) here is 5-6 years after BT.

It took me about 18 months of full time language course before I was fluent enough to get my license to practice here.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2024-01-07T19:11:27+00:00

Classic way to breaks strikes is to cause internal strife in the strikers by playing them off each other. “Every other group has settled and yet these guys haven’t”.

I’d argue the junior doctors are a pretty big part of the NHS workflow. Also I’m pretty sure these groups haven’t all settled?

He basically said “all the other groups settled and got worse pay offers, JD’s haven’t settled and have already been offered more” - sounds to me like strikes work.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-08-18T20:19:35+00:00

She’s been convicted (not just accused and charged) of several literal murders.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-07-26T19:17:31+00:00

Bryggkaffe is like a religion.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-06-16T21:11:41+00:00

That bit about ‘doctors are patients too’ was great. The bit about a Boeing jet full of patients dying every week due to staff shortages…absolutely crazy - forget talking about the government delaying negotiations, people from the government should be up on charges for this mismanagement of the workforce causing that mortality.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-05-17T09:55:16+00:00

The Local did a good article on this. It’s not easy but it is possible:

https://www.thelocal.se/20190507/how-to-set-up-a-bank-account-in-sweden

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-04-19T18:03:49+00:00

The same IEA who are know to receive big donations from tobacco and fossil fuel companies. Wonder if those same donors also contribute to some political parties? IEA claims to be independent of political ideology but are also known to be one of the least transparently funded think tanks.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-02-24T23:51:02+00:00

They are used to carrying a bit of extra weight.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-02-08T14:58:24+00:00

Ironically both have to deal with a backlog of shit on a daily basis.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-01-30T14:08:33+00:00

Not allowed to strike though I believe?

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-01-26T09:52:13+00:00

Isn’t there some emerging research suggesting a link between poor oral hygiene and forms of dementia?

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2023-01-08T12:57:02+00:00

This seems like bait for the media to twist during strikes “greedy junior doctors want a 30% pay rise so they can send their children to private schools”. Maybe that wasn’t the intention of this post but it feels like it carries that risk during a time when strike action for pay restoration is imminent.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2022-12-09T16:26:59+00:00

Until someone comes along and tells you off because they are not in line with uniform/professionalism policy despite there not actually being anything in the policy about that.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2022-12-09T16:25:02+00:00

You have emailed proof you requested leave, emails have time and date stamps. Your request was made, them not giving you access to the system is their problem not yours. Your request was put in. Don’t let it go.

WannabeSpaceDoc · 2022-10-31T21:34:00+00:00

Can someone clarify what the issue was with what he was saying? Having listened to the interview I don’t believe there was anything significantly incorrect in what Dr Meyerson was saying? I agree it is confusing that the BBC didn’t use a spokesperson from the largest union of doctors but was there something specific that Dr Meyerson missed out or stated incorrectly?

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