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Elin Karlsson

Postdoc

I am a working life researcher, and teacher, who is particularly interested in questions related to the sickness insurance system.

Presentation

Work environment, sickness insurance, and assessments of work ability

The research that I conduct is about the work environment in healthcare and assessments of work ability within sickness insurance system. I am also studying pedagogical questions regarding the curriculum of interprofessional learning at the Medical Faculty.
My thesis was about how work ability assessments and official decisions within the sickness insurance system were experienced and understood by clients on sick leave. The importance of good communication with comprehensible and sufficient information, as well as the cooperation between stakeholders, were central components.
Since then, my focus has broadened and also includes the work environment for healthcare professionals. For example, exploring what characterizes healthcare units that are considered having a good psychosocial work environment where the professionals are satisfied and want to stay.

Instrument development

I am also working on instrument development for an assessment instrument assessing work ability; the Assessment of Work Performance (AWP-FK).

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CV

  • Master's degree in Occupational Therapy 2014
  • Doctor in Medical Science 2022

Teaching

My teaching assignments include PBL-group supervision, seminars, examinations, lectures, and theme group responsibility.

I teach in several programs (the occupational therapy program, the medical program and the master's program in medical science). I also supervise several doctoral students as an assistant supervisor.

Publications

2024

Hanna Fernemark, Maria Hardstedt, Janna Skagerström, Ida Seing, Elin Karlsson, Per Nilsen, Kristina Gorel Ingegerd Schildmeijer (2024) Primary healthcare in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative interview study in Sweden BMJ Open, Vol. 14 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Elin A. Karlsson, Susanne Kvarnström, Maria Kvarnström (2024) Exploring a revised interprofessional learning curriculum in undergraduate health education programs at Linköping University BMC Medical Education, Vol. 24, Article 466 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Nina Thorny Stefansdottir, Jeanette Wassar Kirk, Line Vestergaard, Dicte Bjarup Thogersen, Ida Seing, Karsten Vrangbaek, Ove Andersen, Per Nilsen, Tine Tjornhoj-Thomsen, Elin Karlsson (2024) Young adults' perceptions of information on social distancing measures and everyday life during the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark and Sweden: an interview study International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, Vol. 29, Article 2312860 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Elin Karlsson, Mattias Hellgren, Jan Sandqvist, Ida Seing, Christian Ståhl (2024) Social Insurance Literacy Among the Sick-listed-A Study of Clients' Comprehension and Self-Rated System Comprehensibility of the Sickness Insurance System Journal of occupational rehabilitation (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2023

Thomas Kallemose, Jeanette Wassar Kirk, Elin Karlsson, Ida Seing, Nina Thórný Stefánsdóttir, Karsten Vrangbæk, Ove Andersen, Per Nilsen (2023) Political trust in the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic: a survey in Denmark and Sweden BMC Global and Public Health, Vol. 1 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

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