Karl Rombo
MD, Resident Primary Care, Boo VC, Stockholm, Sweden.
PhD Student, LLiHC, Department of Learning,
Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME)
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Dates of Visit: November 10, 2025
Biography
Karl Rombo is a resident in Family Medicine in Stockholm and part time PhD candidate at Learning in and for Healthcare Contexts (LLiHC) at the Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Before obtaining his medical degree of Karolinska Institutet in 2023, Karl founded and chaired a patient organisation for preterm babies, Svenska Prematurförbundet.
His current PhD work focuses on professional development and medical students’ learning and interactions with patients in clinical learning environments and draws on phenomenography and sociocultural activity theory. Particular attention and interest are currently being given to patient-centered communication, development of cognitive empathy in hospital and inpatient contexts and how students interpret and integrates different patient experiences. Karl is also working as an educator, mainly focusing on integration of basic science and physiology within the medical program but also facilitates workshops on supervisory strategies for mentoring medical students during clinical placements.
Purpose of Visit
During a short visit to CHES, Karl Rombo will be meeting with individual members of CHES community and wishes to discuss research ideas and methodological challenges in studying patient–student interaction as well as enhancing theoretical grounding and transferability across educational settings. He will also engage with clinical and educational contexts to broaden understanding of clinical education practices and patient interaction in an international perspective.