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Per Palmgren is an Associate Professor (Docent) in Medical Education and Assistant Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet's Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME). Affiliated since 2011, he has served as Director of Doctoral Studies at LIME since January 2022 and is a member of Karolinska Institutet's Pedagogical Academy. He also holds appointments as Senior Lecturer in Higher Education at the Scandinavian College of Naprapathic Manual Medicine and maintains licensure as a Chiropractor.
His educational credentials include:
- Docent (Associate Professor) in Medical Education, Karolinska Institutet (2020)
- PhD in Medical Science (Medical Education), Karolinska Institutet (2016)
- Masters in Medical Education (MMedEd), University of Dundee (2010)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Medical Education (DipMedEd), University of Dundee (2009)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Medical Education (CertMedEd), University of Dundee (2008)
- Swedish State Registered Chiropractor (2006)
- Undergraduate Chiropractic Degree, Scandinavian College of Chiropractic (2003)
Palmgren's research centers on educational environments in healthcare professional training, investigating how stakeholders perceive learning contexts and developing sustainable high-quality environments through mixed-methods approaches. His work spans medical, chiropractic, and physiotherapy education with secondary focus on musculoskeletal health research. Recent publications (2021-2025) reveal strong emphasis on clinical learning environment measurement, evidence-based practice implementation, and qualitative exploration of student experiences across health professions. He actively contributes to educational methodology through workshops like the 2025 statistics series for doctoral students.
As Editorial Board member for the Journal of Chiropractic Education and peer reviewer for journals including Academic Medicine and Medical Education, Palmgren demonstrates scholarly engagement though no specific awards are documented. His leadership as Director of Doctoral Studies involves overseeing PhD education at LIME while his research group affiliation with Lifelong Learning in Health Care Contexts (LLiHCC) under Professor Terese Stenfors facilitates cross-professional educational studies. Current projects include instrument development for maintenance care selection and clinical environment assessment.
