I am an Associate Professor researching professional development and medical education. I teach communication skills to medical students and work as a hand surgeon.
I am an Associate Professor with a research profile in professional development, which serves as the foundation of my work. While a significant part of my research is rooted in medical education, I view professional development as a broader concept that extends beyond this field. I strongly believe in the power of collaboration and multidisciplinarity to deepen our understanding iof the phenomena we want to learn about. A key motivation in my work is ensuring that diverse voices are included in my research projects. Engaging those who ultimately use the research results—students and professionals—is essential to me, and I involve them at every stage, from planning to interpretation. I have built an extensive network of local, national, and international collaborators. With a background in both pre-clinical and clinical research, I have conducted studies using a wide range of quantitative and qualitative methods.
Currently, my projects span various aspects of medical education and professional development. In collaboration with the clinical training center at the medical faculty, I am investigating the experiences and effectiveness of peer tutors in simulation-based training. Another ongoing study explores the learning environment of the delivery ward, examining both possibilities and obstacles from multiple perspectives, including medical students, doctors, midwives, and midwifery students. My next project involves research on the implementation of the BT foundation year program for newly graduated doctors, studying how this transition into clinical practice is experienced and what structural factors influence the process. Gender and communication remain a central theme in my work, including an investigation into the experiences of residents regarding gender dynamics in clinical interactions, with coupling to gender influence on surgical outcomes, as well as a study focused specifically on male medical students and the challenges they face in developing their communication skills.
I primarily teach medical students in the professional development track. I am usually involved from semester 1 to 11, with a main focus on consultation training in semesters 7 and 9. Umeå university appointed me as a recognised teacher.