16 year old looking to become a Neurologist, would love any advice.

[Gray Scadden]

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I am a 16 year-old junior in high school/pre-req interested in becoming a neurologist. I am currently pursuing an Associates of Psychological Sciences on top of my high school degree (I'll graduate with both). I am especially interested in neuropsychology. I am a US citizen looking to move to Europe and I am currently looking into schools for my bachelor's degree. My top choice at the moment is Karolinska Institutet, and I am deeply interested in their Bachelor's of Biomedicine. It's an international program taught in English, and quite honestly is incredibly intriguing to me. Is this a good option/feasible? Are there other programs that would be more beneficial/logical? Also, don't worry y'all I am thoroughly enjoying my life outside of school!
Neurologists or doctors in general living in non-US countries, what is it like there? Specifically New Zealand, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and The Netherlands?
I would greatly appreciate any advice related to what I mentioned in this post, and just in general as well! 🙂

 

[s5260205]

You won't get too many replies here as this forum is heavily US-oriented. It might be easier to use other platforms that have more international representations. I would encourage you to look into the possibility of staying in Sweden or other countries for that matter as a non-citizen to practise as a physician. There could be several hurdles to cross in additional to education. As an example, you are very unlikely to secure a spot in Canadian medical school as most spots are reserved for Canadians and some to the in-province students only. Also, you cannot obtain a residency position in Canada if you are not a citizen or permanent resident. If you are trained outside of most countries except Canada, you will also need to repeat residency training if you ever want to return to US to practise.

 

[Mickquik1]

My mother worked in rural New Zealand in the mid-2000s as a family medicine physician. The administrative load was minimal compared to the U.S., but being on call every other weekend was grueling. It involved making home visits to towns/villages 2 hours apart from each other,. The pay was good, at 120k NZD/year back in 2007. She did this for 3 years before calling it quits. This was also before the U.S. federal government began taxing foreign income up to 20% (I think that started in 2014).
The reality for most European doctors under age 40 is pretty bad. Many are considering moving to the U.S. for higher pay or heading to wealthy Gulf countries for lower taxes and greater autonomy. The only group of doctors hell-bent on working in Europe are ones from 3rd world countries (I don't blame them) not doctors who are already trained in the west.