Research School by Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm in family medicine and primary care 2024 - 2026

Call for applications

Sixteen positions with financial reimbursement to the participant’s clinic are open for applications from clinical active persons with an employment within Region Stockholm. An additional 5 positions, without financial reimbursement, are open for applications from clinical active persons with an employment in Region Stockholm or other regions.

The announcement for positions in the research school starting in autumn 2024 is now open for supplementary intake. The announcement closes on May 29th at 2:00 PM. Notifications regarding who will be offered a position will be provided by mid-June at the latest.

Target group

The research school in family medicine and primary care 2024-26 is open for applications from doctoral students who are clinically active , regardless of profession, where the project has relevance for primary care. We welcome clinical doctoral students from all areas of the healthcare system to apply. 

Admitted doctoral students should not have completed their half-time review. Applicants should be clinically affiliated through a permanent position, a research residency block or other position that lasts the duration of the research school period.

If the applicant has not yet been admitted to doctoral education at KI at the time of application, the relevant department at KI should be contacted as soon as possible so that the intended supervisor can apply for a doctoral student position to be established. The applicant must be admitted to doctoral education at latest three weeks before the course starts. Read more about admission to doctoral education.

Eligibility

The positions with financial reimbursement are open for applications from persons who:

• are clinically active, working for Region Stockholm
• are doctoral students at KI, or who will be registered as doctoral students at the latest three weeks before start of the research school
• have not yet completed their half-time review and have conducted less than the equivalent of two years of full-time doctoral studies

If you have questions regarding eligibility, please contact Christina Sandlund (contact information below).

Assessment of applications

The application will be assessed from two perspectives:

• The project – scientific quality, feasibility, and relevance for primary care
• The applicant – experience and motivation

Financial reimbursement

The research school reimburses 16 participant’s clinics a sum of SEK 57,181 per semester (4 course weeks) on the condition that the clinical manager testifies that the participant will be granted paid leave for all course weeks (16 weeks in total). The amount includes employer's contribution (social fees). During the course periods there will be no time or opportunity for any parallel clinical work.

Courses

The course program is in total 16 weeks (24 ECTS) over a period of two years, with two 2-week course blocks per semester. 

The course program includes courses on scientific methods and adheres to the general syllabus for doctoral education at Karolinska Institutet (KI). It thereto includes courses on biostatistics, clinical interventions, epidemiology, and qualitative research methods. The courses require understanding of both Swedish and English. The majority of the teaching is in Swedish, but some teaching is in English.

The research school uses an interactive learning with individual tasks, group assignments, seminars, lectures, and workshops. The learning is based on the students’ own research projects and draws upon the students’ clinical experience and knowledge. 

Course periods for the research school starting 2022

Course periods for the research school starting 2024

More information

For more information contact:

Steering group for the research school