KIPRIME Podcast

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.

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Global North-South engagement in medical education research and teaching - an interview with Dr Thirusha Naidu.

Dr Thirusha Naidu a clinical psychologist and head of unit at King Dinuzulu Hospital Complex and a lecturer in the department of Behavioural Medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban, South Africa. She is drawn to how the established positivist, epistemological landscape of ‘modern’ science and medicine reproduce dominant methodologies and research narratives. Implicit in this tension is a bias which excludes sufficient Global South perspectives and is perpetuated in medical educatio...

Dec 15, 2020•22 min

The synergies between simulation and workplace learning using talk and team interactions - an interview with Walter Eppich.

Until recently, Dr Walter Eppich was professor of pediatrics and medical education at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. Since November 1, 2020 he is professor of simulation education and research at the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, a medical and health sciences university in Dublin. His research initially started in the area of healthcare simulation with a particular focus on debriefing or the types of learning conversations that people would have after a s...

Dec 08, 2020•19 min•Season 1Ep. 7

The role of basic science knowledge in clinical reasoning and the development of medical expertise - an interview with Nicole N. Woods.

Dr Nicole Woods is a scientist & Associate Director of Operations at the University Health Network in Toronto and was recently appointed as a director at the Institute for Education Research. As a cognitive psychologist she is interested in the mental representation of diagnostic categories, how different forms of knowledge are used in problem-solving, and how education supports the cognitive architecture necessary for practice. Her work examines the role of basic science knowledge in clinic...

Dec 01, 2020•26 min•Season 1Ep. 6

Conceptualizing methodology and its relationship to theory - an interview with Dr. Glenn Regehr, KIPRIME winner 2020.

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 for Health Education Scholarship (CHES) and Professor (Department of Surgery). He also holds a cross-appointment with the UBC Faculty of Education. Glenn's main research impact has been in conceptualizing methodology and its relationship to theory, a groundwork for significant research activity. He has introduced a variety of methodological innova...

Nov 24, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 5

The properties of excellent clinical teaching: being a context expert is not enough - an interview with Professor David Irby

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 dean for education at UCSF. Along with Professor Richard Reznick, he was the winner of the Karolinska Institutet Prize for Research in Medical Education in 2010. The three cornerstones of his work have been to advance understanding of clinical teaching, share best practices through faculty development and publications, and continuously improve medic...

Nov 18, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 4

The role of language on healthcare teams – an interview with Professor Lorelei Lingard

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 Medicine at the University of Western Ontario and the inaugural Director for the Centre of Education Research & Innovation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. She is a leading researcher in the study of communication and collaboration in healthcare teams and, in this interview, we discuss the role of language, what makes good comm...

Oct 01, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Competence, compassion and the future of healthcare - an interview with Professor Brian Hodges

Winner of the KIPRIME in 2016, Brian Hodges is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and Executive-Vice President, Education and Chief Medical Officer at the University Health Network in Toronto. He is a practicing psychiatrist and teacher and a member of the KIPRIME prize committee. In this interview we discuss his research on assessment, competence, compassion and the future of the health profession.

Oct 01, 2020•22 min•Season 1Ep. 2

KIPRIME - a brief history

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 it happen. We’ll hear about the founders, Gunnar Höglund and Anna-Stina Malmborg, their love of art and philanthropy as well as interviews with the chair of their foundation, members of the prize committee and a previous winner. The journey takes us from the 1950’s Stockholm art scene through to the most recent and cutting-edge developments in rese...

Sep 25, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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