KIPRIME Podcast
Episodes
Finding Your Voice and Your Why: Dr Patricia Tempski on Purpose, People, and Medical Education
04 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Patricia Tempski is Associate Professor at the University of São Paulo and a senior researcher at the Centre for the Development of Medical Educat...
Do You See What I See? Dr Renée Stalmeijer on Learning, Collaboration, and Healthcare Teams
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Renée Stalmeijer is Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Development and Research and the School of Health Professions Education a...
Supporting How Students Learn: Professor Roghayeh Gandomkar on Regulation, Evaluation, and Quality Assurance
28 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Roghayeh Gandomkar is a medical doctor by training, an Associate Professor and Director of the Department of Medical Education at Tehran University of...
Becoming a Doctor: Dr Yu-Che Chang on Professional Identity and Culture
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
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 o...
Digging Where You Stand: Matilda Liljedahl on Learning in the Clinical Workplace
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Matilda Liljedahl is an Associate Professor of Health Professions Education at Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden and a Cli...
What Shapes a Doctor? Professor Hiroshi Nishigori on Culture and Professionalism
04 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Hiroshi Nishigori is Professor of Medical Education at Nagoya University’s Graduate School of Medicine and the current President of the Ja...
Adapting Education Across Cultures: Dr Halah Ibrahim on Professionalism, Context and Global Medical Training
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Halah Ibrahim is the Vice President for International Outreach at the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). She is a gradua...
Inside the Simulation: Rune Dall Jensen on Building Skills and Confidence in Surgery
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Rune Dall Jensen is Associate Professor at the Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University and Head of Simulation at MidtSim, Centre for Contin...
Why Practice Deviates: Dr Andrea Gingerich on Counter-Normative Behaviour in Medical Education
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Andrea Gingerich is an Associate Professor in the Division of Medical Sciences with the University of Northern British Columbia in Prince George, B...
Innovation and Wellbeing in Medical Education - an interview with Dr Mildred Lopez
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Mildred López is Head of the Division of Education & Innovation at the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS), the country’s largest pu...
Virtual Patients and Deeper Learning: Samuel Edelbring on Education for Clinical Reasoning
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Samuel Edelbring is a full professor of higher education at Mälardalen University in Sweden. He holds a degree in education, a PhD in medical educati...
Seeing Differently: Dr Zareen Zaidi on Using Critical Lenses in Medical Education Research
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Zareen Zaidi, MD, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine at George Washington School of Medicine. She practices general internal medicine at the academic ...
Challenging Ableism: Neera Jain on Disability, Inclusion, and Reimagining Medical Education
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neera Jain is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, School of Medicine, at Waipapa Taumata Rau – The University...
Rethinking Feedback: Connecting Learners and Educators Through Simulation - An Interview with Dr Julián Varas Cohen
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re back with a new season of the KIPRIME Podcast, exploring the ideas shaping the future of medical education.In this first episode, host Alina J...
The importance of feedback and reflection in medical education – an interview with Professor Diantha Soemantri
19 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Diantha Soemantri is a Professor and Vice Director of medical education at the Indonesian Medical Education and Research Institute (IMERI), Faculty of...
Transforming feedback and promoting inclusion in education - an interview with Dr Joanna Tai
27 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Joanna Tai is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University in Victoria, Aus...
From learning environments to learning in environments – an interview with Per J. Palmgren
14 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Per J. Palmgren is an associate professor in medical education and assistant senior lecturer at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management, a...
The importance of standardised patients units to maintain patient safety - an interview with Professor Mandana Shirazi
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mandana Shirazi is a Professor of Medical Sciences at Tehran University (TUMS) and an Affiliated Professor at Karolinska Institute. She started her me...
From clinical reasoning to faculty development and sociocultural factors in medical education – an interview with Ardi Findyartini
17 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Ardi Findyartini is a medical doctor and a Professor in Medical Education, from the Faculty of Medicine Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta. She is current...
21 years of improving medical education – an interview with Söeren Huwendiek
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Söeren Huwendiek graduated from medical school at Heidelberg University in Germany, where he worked for 10 years as a physician and as a medical educ...
Why research is the critical component for providing practical solutions to real-world problems – an interview with Satid Thammasitboon
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Satid Thammasitboon is Associate Professor in Pediatrics, division of Critical Care Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas where he se...
Using arts and humanities to innovate pedagogy - an interview with Professor Gabrielle Finn
04 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gabrielle Finn is Associate Vice President for Teaching, Learning, and Students at the University of Manchester, where she was previously Professor of...
Breaking down assumptions in how we look at clinical reasoning – an interview with Dr Sandra Monteiro
19 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Sandra Monteiro is a scientist in the McMaster University, faculty of health sciences program for education, research, innovation, and theory (know...
Understanding and improving clinical learning - approaching medical education research from problematic elements. An interview with Anders Sondén
04 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Anders Sondén trained and is still active as a surgeon in Stockholm, yet for many years, he has devoted most of his time to medical education, being ...
Addressing power dynamics and hierarchy in clinical training environments - an interview with Veena Singaram
15 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Veena Singaram is Associate Professor in HPE and has recently been appointed as the Head of the Inaugural Health Professions Education (HPE) Unit at t...
Studying patient-focused approaches to physician performance assessment – an interview with Dr Dan Schumacher
30 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Dan Schumacher is a tenured professor in the Division of Emergency Medicine at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, where he also serve...
The Impact of Validity Research on Innovative Assessments - An Interview with Yoon Soo Park
15 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Yoon Soo Park is an Educational Data Scientist and currently serves as Department Head and Professor in the Department of Medical Education at the Uni...
The Impacts of Globalisation on Medical Education – An Interview with Professor Ahmed Rashid
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ahmed Rashid is Professor of Medical Education at University College London, where he is Vice Dean for the UCL Faculty of Medical Sciences, and he lea...
How to support training and practice for resilient teaming in healthcare – an interview with Dr Sayra Christancho
18 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Sayra Cristancho is an Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and a Scientist at the Centre for Education Research & Innovation (CER...
Spanning the Lifespan of the Health Professional - An Interview with 2022 KIPRIME Winner Professor Kevin Eva
12 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Kevin Eva is Associate Director and Senior Scientist in the Centre for Health Education Scholarship and Professor and Director of Educationa...
Social, relational, and cultural influences on learning to promote student success – an interview with Professor Rola Ajjawi
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Rola Ajjawi is Professor of Educational Research at the Centre for Research in Assessment and Digital Learning (CRADLE) at Deakin University, Australi...
A unique approach to cultural contextualisation - an interview with Professor Samar Abdelazim Ahmed
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Samar Abdelazim Ahmed is Vice-Dean for Education at Dubai Medical School for Girls, having previously been full professor in forensic medici...
Improving the clinical reasoning process – an interview with Dr Laura Zwaan
30 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Laura Zwaan, PhD is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Medical Education Research Rotterdam (iMERR) of the Erasmus MC. She has a cognitive ...
Understanding and Improving Workplace Learning – An Interview with Dr. Bridget O’Brien
16 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Bridget O’Brien, PhD, is a Professor of Medicine and an education scientist in the Center for Faculty Educators at the University of California, San...
From dentistry to pedagogical research – an interview with Nikolaos Christidis
01 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Nikolaos worked as a dentist for seven years before becoming a senior consultant in orofacial pain in 2011. That year he was awarded nationally and in...
The difficulties of coaching doctors and why feedback can often go wrong – an interview with Christopher John Watling
17 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Watling is a medical education researcher at Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry in London, Canada. Trained as a ne...
An alternative approach to tackling issues of validity – an interview with Professor Christina St Onge
04 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christina St-Onge is professor in the Department of Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec. She co...
The impact of culture on professionalism in health professions - an interview with Professor Madawa Chandratilake
19 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Madawa Chandratilake is a Professor Of Medical Education, the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Â He has publish...
Failure in health professions education & scholarship and finding your voice as a medical education researcher – an interview with Dr Lara Varpio
05 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lara Varpio completed her PhD in 2007 at the University of Waterloo, Canada in collaboration with the Wilson Centre for Research in Education at t...
Learning Anatomy: Understanding anatomical structures presented as 3D visualizations – an interview with Anna Pettersson
15 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anna Pettersson is Assistant Professor and Programme Director at Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm. She received her Ph.D. in physiotherapy in 2005 a...
Predicting educational outcomes from individual differences – an interview with Professor Paul Tiffin
01 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Paul Tiffin is Professor of Health Services and Workforce Research at the University of York and Hull York Medical School and an Honorary Co...
Understanding how health professionals in training learn to self-regulate – an interview with Professor Anique de Bruin
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Anique de Bruin is Professor of Self-regulation in Higher Education and Vice-director of the School of Health Professions Education at Maastricht Univ...
How utilising assessment big data can optimize future programmes for learners, teachers, and clinical care – an interview with Dr Mahan Kulasegaram
04 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Kulamakan (Mahan) Kulasegaram is a Scientist at the Wilson Centre and Temerty Faculty of Medicine, where is the Temerty Chair in Learner Assessment...
Influencing change and improving the learning and work environment within medical education – an interview with Dr Liselotte Dyrbye.
20 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the KIPRIME podcast 2022, Dr Liselotte Dyrbye talks to Alina Jenkins about her key research areas, including human-centred de...
A world-wide influencer of medical education - an interview with the inaugural winner of the prize, Professor Henk Schmidt
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Henk Schmidt was the first winner of the Karolinska Prize for Research in Medical Education in 2004. He is a professor of psychology at Era...
From endocrinology to pioneering the OSCE – an interview with world leader in medical education, Professor Ronald Harden.
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Ronald Harden is a world leader in medical education. He is committed to developing new approaches to curriculum planning, assessment and to...
Surgeon, leading medical educator and a pioneer of the OSCE - an interview with Dr Richard Reznick
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
 Dr Richard Reznick is Professor of Surgery and Dean Emeritus at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario.  He received his undergraduate universi...
From nuclear physics to reforming medical curricula - an interview with the 2008 prize winner Geoff Norman
17 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Geoff Norman is Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University, Ontario. He received a B.Sc. in physics from the Unive...
A pioneer in medical education and KIPRIME winner in 2014 – an interview with Dr John Norcini
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Norcini spent 25 years with the American Board of Internal Medicine serving as Director of Psychometrics, Executive Vice President for Evaluation a...
Evaluation and assessment in medical education - an interview with 2012 KIPRIME winner Dr Cees van der Vleuten
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Cees van der Vleuten, PhD, has been at the University of Maastricht since 1982. In 1996 he was appointed Professor of Education and chair of the De...
The assessment of learners in health professions education – an interview with Dr Shiphra Ginsburg
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Shiphra Ginsburg is a professor of medicine at the Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, a staff physician at Mount Sinai Hospital an...
How problems get solved in Health Professions Education – an interview with Dr Meredith Young
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Meredith Young is an Associate Professor in the Institute of Health Sciences Education at McGill University in Montreal. She earned her PhD in cogn...
Motivation and self-determination theory; developing students for life – an interview with Dr Rashmi Kusurka.
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Rashmi Kusurkar was born and raised in India where she qualified as a medical doctor with specialization in physiology before moving to the Netherl...
Workplace learning in healthcare – an interview with Dr Pim Teunissen
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Pim Teunissen is Scientific Director of SHE, the School of Health Professions Education at Maastricht University in The Netherlands.  His backgro...
Lifelong learning for health care professionals - an interview with Terese Stenfors
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Terese Stenfors is an associate professor in Medical Education at Karolinska Institutet and is the director of the Evaluation Unit. Her background is ...
Medical professionalism across cultures – an interview with Dr Ming Jung-Ho
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A native of Taiwan, Dr Ming Jung-Ho received an undergraduate degree in Biological Anthropology at Harvard, a medical degree at the University of Penn...
How feedback literacy is enacted in the health workplace – an interview with Dr Liz Molloy
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Liz Molloy is Professor in Work Integrated Learning in the Department of Medical Education at Melbourne Medical School and Academic Director of Int...
The exploration of power dynamics and equity in the context of global health educational partnerships – an interview with Dr Dawit Wondimagegn.
06 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Dawit Wondimagegn is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Addis Abba University School of Medicine and Chief Executive Director of Tikur Anbessa Ho...
Medical education as a design discipline: developing interventions and tools which create conditions for learning activities - an interview with Klas Karlgren
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
With a background in human-machine interaction and interaction design, Klas Karlgren brings a design science research methodology and a ’designerly’...
Examining the neuroscientific correlates of clinical reasoning – an interview with Jerome Rotgans
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Originally from the Netherlands where he obtained his PhD in Educational Psychology from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Jerome Rotgans is Assistant Pro...
Global North-South engagement in medical education research and teaching - an interview with Dr Thirusha Naidu.
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Thirusha Naidu a clinical psychologist and head of unit at King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex and a lecturer in the department of Behavioural Medicine ...
The synergies between simulation and workplace learning using talk and team interactions - an interview with Walter Eppich.
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Until recently, Dr Walter Eppich was professor of pediatrics and medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. ...
The role of basic science knowledge in clinical reasoning and the development of medical expertise - an interview with Nicole N. Woods.
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Nicole Woods is a scientist & Associate Director of Operations at the University Health Network in Toronto and was recently appointed as a dire...
Conceptualizing methodology and its relationship to theory - an interview with Dr. Glenn Regehr, KIPRIME winner 2020.
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since 2009, Dr Glenn Regehr has been at the University of British Columbia (UBC) as Senior Scientist and Associate Director of Research at the Centre ...
The properties of excellent clinical teaching: being a context expert is not enough - an interview with Professor David Irby
18 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David M. Irby, PhD is a professor of medicine, member of the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators and Center for Faculty Educators, and the former vice d...
The role of language on healthcare teams – an interview with Professor Lorelei Lingard
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Lorelei Lingard received the KIPRIME in 2018 and was the first female recipient of the award. Lorelei is a Professor in the Department of M...
Competence, compassion and the future of healthcare - an interview with Professor Brian Hodges
01 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Winner of the KIPRIME in 2016, Brian Hodges is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Executive-Vice President, Education and Chief Medical Officer ...
KIPRIME - a brief history
25 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this first episode of the KIPRIME podcast, host Alina Jenkins guides us through the origins of the prize and the passion and commitment which made ...