KIPRIME Podcast
KIPRIME Podcast
Alina Jenkins
The Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education is a major international award and was created to recognise and stimulate high-quality research in the field and to honour scientists who have made a significant contribution to medical and healthcare education. In this podcast series we’ll explore the origins of the KIPRIME and discover the passion and commitment of the people who made it happen; we’ll also hear from previous winners and discover how their research has helped to blaze a trail in this emerging field. Inspiring and supporting the next generation of researchers is at the heart of the prize and a major initiative in 2019 was to establish a fellowship programme. This exciting project has brought together some of the brightest minds who are at the cutting edge of research in medical education. From examining the neuroscientific correlates of clinical reasoning to exploring the dominance of the global north, we’ll hear from 13 inspiring scientists, doctors, psychologists and researchers.Your host for the series is Alina Jenkins; a BBC presenter and journalist since 2001 with an extensive background in communicating science. She also works in the pharmaceutical, finance and engineering sectors as a communications coach.
Finding Your Voice and Your Why: Dr Patricia Tempski on Purpose, People, and Medical Education
Dr Patricia Tempski is Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo and a senior researcher at the Centre for the Development of Medical Education. With more than twenty years of experience in medical education, Patricia’s work spans quality of life, faculty development, and accreditation. In this episode of the KIPRIME podcast, Patricia reflects on her professional journey and how the KIPRIME experience has helped her step back and consider where she wants to focus her energy next. She...
Mar 4
17 min
Do You See What I See? Dr Renée Stalmeijer on Learning, Collaboration, and Healthcare Teams
Dr Renée Stalmeijer is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Development and Research and the School of Health Professions Education at the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences of Maastricht University in the Netherlands. An educational scientist by training, Renée has been active in health professions education since 2005, combining the roles of researcher, educational quality manager, and teacher of research methodology. As of September 2025, she is the Programme Dir...
Feb 9
16 min
Supporting How Students Learn: Professor Roghayeh Gandomkar on Regulation, Evaluation, and Quality Assurance
Roghayeh Gandomkar is a medical doctor by training, an Associate Professor and Director of the Department of Medical Education at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). She earned her Master’s degree in Medical Education in 2010 and her PhD in the same field in 2016, both from TUMS. Since 2009, she has built her career in medical education. She served as Head of the Evaluation Unit at TUMS for 15 years, contributing significantly to the development of evaluation and quality assurance s...
Jan 28
17 min
Becoming a Doctor: Dr Yu-Che Chang on Professional Identity and Culture
Dr Yu-Che Chang is Deputy Director of Taiwan’s Chang Gung Medical Education Research Centre, where his work focuses on how doctors develop a sense of professional identity, particularly in high-pressure environments such as emergency medicine. His research explores how clinicians understand their roles, how culture and context shape professionalism, and how medical students and doctors navigate workplace expectations at different stages of their careers. In this episode of the KIPRIME Podcast...
Jan 21
20 min
Digging Where You Stand: Matilda Liljedahl on Learning in the Clinical Workplace
Matilda Liljedahl is an Associate Professor of Health Professions Education at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and a Clinical Research Fellow and Resident in Clinical Oncology at Sahlgrenska University Hospital. She graduated as a medical doctor in 2014 and earned a PhD in Medical Education from Karolinska Institutet in 2016. Matilda's main research interest is workplace learning, and she now leads a research group focusing on workplace learning among medical doc...
Jan 12
14 min
What Shapes a Doctor? Professor Hiroshi Nishigori on Culture and Professionalism
Professor Hiroshi Nishigori is Professor of Medical Education at Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Medicine and the current President of the Japan Society for Medical Education. He earned his Master’s in Medical Education from the University of Dundee, and later completed his PhD in Health Professions Education at Maastricht University. Originally trained as an internist, he became deeply interested in how people learn and grow during his early years of medical practice - not only as cl...
Jan 4
17 min
Adapting Education Across Cultures: Dr Halah Ibrahim on Professionalism, Context and Global Medical Training
Dr Halah Ibrahim is the Vice President for International Outreach at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). She is a graduate of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City and completed an internal medicine residency at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center. She also holds a Master’s in Health Professions Education from Johns Hopkins University. Halah has lived and worked in the Middle East for the past 17 years, where she has led efforts to adapt ...
Dec 30, 2025
18 min
Inside the Simulation: Rune Dall Jensen on Building Skills and Confidence in Surgery
Rune Dall Jensen is Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Head of Simulation at MidtSim, Centre for Continuing Professional Development in Central Denmark Region. His academic work explores how motor skills interact with intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies, with a particular focus on simulation-based surgical education. Rune emphasises a holistic approach to surgical performance, aiming to support skill development in surgical residents and...
Dec 23, 2025
20 min
Why Practice Deviates: Dr Andrea Gingerich on Counter-Normative Behaviour in Medical Education
Dr Andrea Gingerich is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Sciences with the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, where she teaches for the University of British Columbia’s Northern Medical Program. She has a PhD in Health Professions Education from Maastricht University, a Master of Medical Education degree from the University of Dundee and before all of that, she practised as a naturopathic doctor in rural Ontario. In this e...
Dec 14, 2025
11 min
Innovation and Wellbeing in Medical Education - an interview with Dr Mildred Lopez
Dr Mildred López is Head of the Division of Education & Innovation at the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), the country’s largest public healthcare institution, where she leads national faculty development, curriculum transformation, and educational research initiatives impacting thousands of healthcare professionals across Mexico. Previously Associate Dean at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences at Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mildred continues her academic engagement as a...
Dec 6, 2025
24 min
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