Klas Karlgren
Principal Researcher | Docent
E-mail: klas.karlgren@ki.se
Telephone: +46852482386
Visiting address: Tomtebodavägen 18A, 17177 Stockholm
Postal address: C7 Lärande, Informatik, Management och Etik, C7 LIME Hälsoinformatik Koch Karlgren, 171 77 Stockholm
About me
I'm a researcher in medical education and much of my work is about simulation-training. All kinds! Including physical, manikin-based, team training, virtual patients and post-simulation debriefing. Often the simulations focus on emergency medicine and trauma management. In focus is always the question how technology can be used to support and analyze learning? My background is in human-machine interaction and interaction design and as a design science researcher, I am particularly fond of methods which focus on capturing the details of learning activities, such as video analysis or using mobile devices for experience-sampling in context as such methods provide insights that cannot be obtained using more conventional methods.
Articles
- Journal article: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CHANGES IN EDUCATION. 2026;3(3):255-267Dratsiou I; Varella A; Gkrimoura A; Tsoupouroglou I; Konstantinidis S; Stathakarou N; Karlgren K; Harjani MG; Segura MS; Salcedo VT; Bamidis PD
- Article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL ETHICS. 2026;52(8):552-559Swain C; Rickard R; Karlgren K; Helgesson G
- Journal article: TRAUMA SURGERY & ACUTE CARE OPEN. 2026;11(2):e002274Swain CS; Harjani MG; Helgesson G; Rickard RF; Karlgren K
- Article: INJURY-INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE CARE OF THE INJURED. 2026;57(5):113020Stathakarou N; Kononowicz AA; Harjani M; Reshetukha D; Mattsson E; Karlgren K
- Article: JMIR HUMAN FACTORS. 2026;13:e78903Jafari J; Karlgren K; Moonaghi HK; Habibi MRM; Eslami S; Masiello I; Bonacina S
- Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2025;25(1):1744Olsen MV; Leonardsen A-CL; Nortvedt MW; Nilsen RM; Karlgren K
- Article: SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF PRIMARY HEALTH CARE. 2025;43(4):821-838Rothlind E; Salminen H; Rolfhamre K; Karlgren K; Toth-Pal E
- Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2025;25(1):1248Swain C; Cohen H; Routh J; Helgesson G; Rickard R; Karlgren K
- Article: JMIR MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2025;11:e63882Lim HM; Teo CH; Lee YK; Lee PY; Krishnan K; Hassan ZFA; Yong PVC; Yap WH; Sellappans R; Ayub E; Hassan N; Ghazali SS; Nasharuddin NA; Kassim PSJ; Idris F; Karlgren K; Stathakarou N; Mordt P; Konstantinidis S; Taylor M; Poussa C; Wharrad H; Ng CJ
- Article: PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2025;14(1):181-193Swain C; Silen C; Karlgren K
- Article: ASSESSMENT & EVALUATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 2025;50(1):159-171Silen C; Kilstrom D; Karlgren K
- Article: JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 2024;26(6):984-997Harjani MG; Stathakarou N; Konstantinidis ST; Dratsiou I; Varella A; Salcedo VT; Segura MS; Tsoupouroglou I; Bamidis PD; Karlgren K
- Article: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION. 2024;81(12):103295Swain CS; Cohen HML; Helgesson G; Rickard RF; Karlgren K
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2024;19(11):e0313476Dalum J; Paulsson L; Christidis N; Franko MA; Karlgren K; Leanderson C; Sandborgh-Englund G
- Article: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF DENTAL EDUCATION. 2024;28(4):880-888Dalum J; Christidis N; Habel H; Karlgren K; Leanderson C; Englund GS
- Article: JMIR SERIOUS GAMES. 2024;12:e63390Stathakarou N; Kononowicz AA; Mattsson E; Karlgren K
- Journal article: JOURNAL OF MEDICAL IMAGING AND RADIATION SCIENCES. 2024;55(3):101655Vestbøstad M; Karlgren K; Olsen NR
- Article: PLOS ONE. 2024;19(5):e0302866Karlgren K; Andersson Franko M; Kilstrom D
- Article: ADVANCES IN SIMULATION. 2024;9(1):7Swain C; Stathakarou N; Alzuguren P; Lemarteleur V; Moffatt R; Karlgren K
- Article: BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION. 2024;24(1):45Pettersson A; Karlgren K; Hjelmqvist H; Meister B; Silen C
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All other publications
- Review: JMIR SERIOUS GAMES. 2026;14:e79163Stathakarou N; Kononowicz AA; Harjani MG; Swain C; Karlgren K
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2025Jafari J; Karlgren K; Karimi Moonaghi H; Mazaheri Habibi MR; Eslami S; Masiello I; Bonacina S
- Conference publication: COMPUTER-SUPPORTED COLLABORATIVE LEARNING CONFERENCE, CSCL. 2025;:516-524Damşa C; Echeverria V; Popov V; Chernikova O; Karlgren K; Milesi M; Jin A; Zhao L; Alfredo R; Yan L; Gasevic D; Martinez-Maldonado R; Li Y; Huang K; Sample A; Harmer B; Cooke J; Cole M; Zhang X; Fischer F; Akoyak-Yildiz M; Sanchez D; Esterhazy R; von Arnim HA; Heyn LG; Johansen EA; Olesen S; Larsen EW; Louwerens C; Eide H
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2024Stathakarou N; Kononowicz AA; Mattsson E; Karlgren K
- Conference publication: INTED PROCEEDINGS. 2024;1:4273-4280Valero-Ramon Z; Segura M; Karlgren K; Stathakarou N; Harjani M; Dratsiou I; Varella A; Bamidis P; Konstantinidis S; Traver V
- Review: JOURNAL OF SURGICAL EDUCATION. 2023;80(9):1320-1339Swain CS; Cohen HML; Helgesson G; Rickard RF; Karlgren K
- Other: ANNALS OF SURGERY OPEN. 2023;4(3):e305Swain CS; Karlgren K
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2023Pettersson A; Karlgren K; Hjelmqvist H; Meister B; Silén C
- Conference publication: EDULEARN PROCEEDINGS. 2023;1:3131Konstantinidis S; Pears M; Reppou S; Stathakarou N; Schiza E; Gkougkoudi E; Karlgren K; Pattichis C; Bamidis P; Wharrad H
- Preprint: JMIR PREPRINTS. 2023Stathakarou N; Kononowicz AA; Swain C; Karlgren K
- Book chapter: COMPUTER SUPPORT FOR COLLABORATIVE LEARNING. 2023;p. 533-534Tholander J; Karlgren K
- Book chapter: CHARACTER BUILDING AND COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT IN MEDICAL AND HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION: SPRINGER PROCEEDINGS IN HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 2023;p. 165-173Sumunar DSEW; Stathakarou N; Kononowicz AA; Karlgren K
- Conference publication: 2022;00:1-2Henderson J; Pears M; Bamidis PD; Tsoupouroglou I; Schiza E; Pattichis CS; Stathakarou N; Karlgren K; Konstantinidis ST
- Dataset: KI DATA REPOSITORY. 2022Wannheden C; Roczniewska M; Hasson H; Karlgren K; von Thiele Schwarz U
- Conference publication: 2022;00:000037-000042Nome K; Olsen MV; Soleim H; Geitung A; Johnsgaard T; Karlgren K
- Conference publication: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2022 IEEE GLOBAL ENGINEERING EDUCATION CONFERENCE (EDUCON 2022). 2022;:2013-2021Pears M; Henderson J; Tsoupouroglou I; Bamidis PD; Schiza E; Pattichis CS; Stathakarou N; Karlgren K; Konstantinidis ST
- Conference publication: INTED PROCEEDINGS. 2021;1:7808-7815Pears M; Henderson J; Bamidis PD; Pattichis CS; Karlgren K; Wharrad H; Konstantinidis ST
- Review: SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS. 2020;9(1):263Vestbostad M; Karlgren K; Olsen NR
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020Vestbøstad M; Karlgren K; Olsen NR
- Preprint: RESEARCH SQUARE. 2020Vestbøstad M; Karlgren K; Olsen NR
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Grants
- Swedish Research Council for Health Working Life and Welfare1 January 2018 - 31 December 2023
- Swedish Research Council1 January 2010 - 31 December 2012
Employments
- Principal Researcher, Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics, Karolinska Institutet, 2022-
Degrees and Education
- Docent, Karolinska Institutet, 2020