Anna Pettersson

I am a committed and experienced teacher and researcher in medical science and physiotherapy, with a background in both education and research. Through my assignments and with a PhD in Medical Science and an MSc in Medical Education, I have a broad competence profile that includes physiotherapy in the health of the elderly, leadership and improvement work, international collaboration, education and learning.

Education and training

- The Future Education Leaders Course, Karolinska Institutet, 2017

- MSc Medical Education, Karolinska Institutet, 2013

PhD Medical Science, Karolinska Institutet, 2005

Leadership and commission of trust

- Program Director for the Physiotherapy Program (2018-2025)

- Board member of the Swedish National Organization for Distance Education 2025

- Chairman of the working group for pedagogy under the education committee at NVS (2017-2025)

- Country coordinator for Sweden in the European Network in Physiotherapy, ENPHE (2017-2025)

- Member of the prize committee for the KLOK Prize since 2023

- Chairman of the assessment group for the supervision of the Scandinavian School of Chiropractic AB and the Scandinavian School of Chiropractic Foundation 2023-2024

Expert at the National Board of Health and Welfare for the assessment of educational documents for physiotherapists. 2024

Honors and awards

- Appointed KI Prime Fellows 2022

- Ingrid Odén Prize for Research in Physiotherapy 2021

I am an active member of the research group MINT, led by Karl Karlgren at the department LIME, Karolinska Institutet. My research interests are professional development, learning and education and include student learning and the use of digital resources in anatomy, as well as sustainable development and sustainable healthcare in physiotherapy education.

I have worked as a lecturer, teacher and course leader mainly in physiotherapy but also in an interprofessional context. The focus has mainly been geriatrics and professional development and learning. I have developed distance-based master's programs and online courses for an international context, and supervised master's theses in physiotherapy and medical education. Editor and co-author of the book Att lära och utvecklas i sin profession, (2015) Lund: Studentlitteratur. Member of the Academy of Education at KI since 2016.