CURRICULUM VITAE
Anna Ingegerd Katarina Kiessling, Born 26th May 1957
Karolinska Institutet, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd Hospital, 182 88
Stockholm. Contact: +46 704846231; anna.kiessling@ki.se
Courses: In pedagogy: 12 weeks at KI and 4 weeks at the International Medical
Educator Exchange programme (IMEX). Teaching English at KI 2 weeks, (TEAK III). In research supervision: Introductory Doctoral supervisor course 1 week. In
development and leadership: 20 weeks.
Degrees: National Cardiology Diploma as a specialist in Cardiology 1993.
National Medicine Diploma as a specialist in Internal Medicine 1991.
Medical licensure, Sweden 1986. Degree of Master of Science in Medicine
[Läkarexamen] 1982.
Doctoral Degree: PhD at KI 2005. “Quality of care and quality of life in coronary
artery disease” Supervisor Peter Henriksson.
Postdoc Appointment: Informal Postdoc training in Medical Education 2010-2012,
Guest Professor, Håkan Hult, CLINTEC, KI.
Docent-Level Competence: 2015 at KI.
Current Position: Senior Lecturer at the Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd
Hospital, KI (KI DS) since 2011. Teacher representative on the Board of Higher
Education at KI since 2012 and Chair of the working group Quality System for
Higher Education at KI [BG Kvalitetssystem]. Appointed by the Swedish Society of
Medicine as senior project leader for a national project on behalf of The National
Board of Health and Welfare [Socialstyrelsen] to lead physicians’ work with
prevention and life style change in chronic diseases. Since 2002 Senior Consultant,
Department of Cardiology, Danderyd Hospital.
Prior Positions: 2007-2012 Director, Centre of Clinical Education North East
[CKU]. 2007-2012 Deputy Program Director respectively member of the Program
Management Board of the medical programme [Programnämnden].
2002 -2007 Head of the Centre of Clinical Education at Danderyd Hospital [KKC]
and member of the strategic executive group at hospital level. 1999-2002 Senior
Consultant at the Department of Cardiology at Huddinge University Hospital with a
position as Head of the outpatient clinic in Cardiology and Clinical Physiology at
Liljeholmen. 1993-1999 Consultant and Senior Consultant at the Department of
internal medicine at Södertälje Hospital. 1982-1993 House officer and residency
training at Södertälje Hospital and Huddinge University Hospital.
Selected Academic Distinctions And Other Merits: Senior Fellow of the Pedagogy
Academy at KI. Chair of the Pedagogy Review Group of the Recruitment Committee
at KI grading applicants’ merits concerning teaching qualifications
[Rekryteringsutskottets pedagogiska bedömargrupp].
Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology (FESC). National Cardiovascular
Prevention Coordinator, Sweden (NCPC Sweden) in the European Association for
Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR), the European Society of
Cardiology (ESC). Chair of the national working group for cardiovascular prevention
and life style, appointed by the Swedish Society of Cardiology
Supervision Of Graduate Students
Main supervisor for PhD candidates who have defended their thesis
Karin Hallin defended her thesis December 12, 2014
Carolin Nymark defended her thesis April 10, 2015
Ongoing main supervision of PhD candidates:
Susanne Groot-Jensen, half-time seminar May 27, 2015. Planned disputation 2017
Ann Hägg-Martinell, half-time seminar Jan 2014. Planned dissertation June 10 2016.
Maria Ingemansson, half-time seminar 2013. Planned dissertation Mars 18 2016.
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Nymark C, Saboonchi F, Mattiasson AC, Henriksson P, Kiessling A. Development and validation
of an instrument to assess patients’ appraisal, emotions and action tendencies preceding careseeking in acute myocardial infarction - The PA-AMI questionnaire (preliminary accepted
European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing)
Hallin K, Kiessling A. A safe place with space for learning enables students to go from chaos to
clarity – experiences from an interprofessional training ward (in press Journal of Interprofessional
Care)
Hägg-Martinell A, Hult H, Henriksson P, Kiessling A. Community of practice and student
interaction at an acute medical ward: an ethnographic study (in press Medical Teacher)
Kiessling A, Hambraeus K, Held C, Norhammar A, Perk J. EACPR country of the month
initiative: Sweden The structure of health care in Sweden. European Heart Journal, 2015,
Vol.36(16), p.951-952 doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehv047
Kalén S, Ponzer S, Seeberger A, Kiessling A, Silén C. Longitudinal mentorship to support the
development of medical students' future professional role: a qualitative study. In press in BMC
Medical Education. 2015 Jun 3;15(1):97. doi: 10.1186/s12909-015-0383-5. PMID: 26037407
Groot-Jensen S, Kiessling A, Zethraeus N, Björnstedt-Bennermo M, Henriksson P. Long-term
cost effectiveness of case-based training for primary care physicians in secondary prevention of
patients at high risk of coronary death. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology [E-published
ahead of print] April 20 2015; April, 20;0(00) 1–8. PMID: 25896863
Ingemansson M, Bastholm-Rahmner P, Kiessling A. Practice guidelines in the context of primary
care, learning and usability in the physicians' decision-making process - a qualitative study. BMC
Family Practice. 2014 Aug 20;15(1):141. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-15-141. PMID: 25143046
Hägg-Martinell A, Hult H, Henriksson P, Kiessling A. Students perceive healthcare as a valuable
learning environment when accepted as a part of the workplace community. Education for Health
2014;27:15-23. PMID: 24934938
Nordenstrom J, Kiessling A, Nordquist J. Building for change: university hospital design for
future clinical learning. Journal of interprofessional care 2013 27 Suppl 2: 72-6. PMID: 23713805
Nymark C, Mattiasson Ac, Henriksson P, Kiessling A. Emotions delay care-seeking in patients
with an acute myocardial infarction. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing. 2014
Feb;13(1):41-7. doi: 10.1177/1474515113475953. Epub 2013 Jan 22. PMID: 23341477
Kiessling A, Arrelov B, Larsson A, Henriksson P. Quality of medical certificates issued in longterm sick leave or disability in relation to patient characteristics and delivery of health care.
Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 2013 41:4 412-20. PMID: 23429265
Ingemansson M, Wettermark B, Jonsson Ew, Bredgard M, Jonsson M, Hedlin G, Kiessling A.
Adherence to guidelines for drug treatment of asthma in children: potential for improvement in
Swedish primary care. Quality in primary care 2012 20:2 131-9. PMID: 22824566
Jonsson M, Egmar Ac, Kiessling A, Ingemansson M, Hedlin G, Krakau I, Hallner E, Kull I.
Adherence to national guidelines for children with asthma at primary health centres in Sweden:
potential for improvement. Primary care respiratory journal: Journal of the General Practice
Airways Group 2012 21:3 276-82. PMID: 22751738
Hoppe A, Kiessling A. [A national questionnaire shows the quality of Swedish medical education.
Physicians' perspectives two years after examination]. Läkartidningen 2012 109:9-10 468-72
Kalén S, Ponzer S, Seeberger A, Kiessling A, Silén C. Continuous mentoring of medical students
provides space for reflection and awareness of their own development. International Journal of
Medical Education. 2012;3:236-244 ISSN: 2042-6372 DOI: 10.5116/ijme.50ad.328c
Kiessling A, Arrelov B. Sickness certification as a complex professional and collaborative
activity--a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2012 Aug 28;12:702. doi: 10.1186/1471-245812-702. PMID: 22928773
Kiessling A, Lewitt M, Henriksson P. Case-based training of evidence-based clinical practice in
primary care and decreased mortality in patients with coronary heart disease. Annals of Family
Medicine 2011 9:3 211-8. PMID: 21555748
18. Silén C, Kiessling A, Spaak J, Henriksson P. The experience of physician supervisors with
clerkship students: a qualitative study. International Journal of Medical Education. 2011; 2:56-63;
DOI: 10.5116/ijme.4e0c.23de
19. Hallin K, Henriksson P, Dalen N, Kiessling A. Effects of interprofessional education on patient
perceived quality of care. Medical Teacher 2011 33:1 e22-6. PMID: 21182370
20. Rydell Karlsson M, Edner M, Billing E, Kiessling A, Henriksson P. Patients with chronic heart
failure who plan their own self- care education decrease their outpatient visits. International
Journal of Person Centred Medicine. 2011;1(4):705-718
21. Pluss Ce, Billing E, Held C, Henriksson P, Kiessling A, Karlsson Mr, Wallen Hn. Long-term
effects of an expanded cardiac rehabilitation programme after myocardial infarction or coronary
artery bypass surgery: a five-year follow-up of a randomized controlled study. Clinical
Rehabilitation 2011 25:1 79-87. doi: 10.1177/0269215510376006. PMID:20702510
22. Hallin K, Kiessling A, Waldner A, Henriksson P. Active interprofessional education in a patient
based setting increases perceived collaborative and professional competence. Medical Teacher
2009 31:2 151-7. PMID: 18937139
23. Nymark C, Mattiasson Ac, Henriksson P, Kiessling A. The turning point: from self-regulative
illness behaviour to care-seeking in patients with an acute myocardial infarction. Journal of
Clinical Nursing 2009 18:23 3358-65. PMID: 19735342
24. Nilsson G, Josephson A, Kiessling A, Bexelius TS, Ponzer S. [New medical education programme
at Karolinska Institute. The profession in focus and the research process as a pedagogical basis].
Läkartidningen 2009 106:44 2847-8
25. Kiessling A, Henriksson P. Time trends of chest pain symptoms and health related quality of life
in coronary artery disease. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2007 Mar 6;5(1):13. PMID:
17341296
26. Kiessling A, Zethraeus N, Henriksson P. Cost of lipid lowering in patients with coronary artery
disease by case method learning. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care
2005 21:2 180-6. PMID: 15921057
27. Kiessling A, Henriksson P. Perceived cognitive function in coronary artery disease--an
unrecognised predictor of unemployment. Quality of Life Research 2005 14:6 1481-8. PMID:
16110928
28. Kiessling A, Henriksson P. Perceived cognitive function is a major determinant of health related
quality of life in a non-selected population of patients with coronary artery disease--a principal
components analysis. Quality of Life Research 2004 13:10 1621-31. PMID: 15651534
29. Kiessling A. Participatory learning: a Swedish perspective. Heart (British Cardiac Society) 2004
90:1 113-6. PMID: 14676262
30. Kiessling A, Henriksson P. Efficacy of case method learning in general practice for secondary
prevention in patients with coronary artery disease: randomised controlled study. BMJ 2002
325:7369 877-80. PMID: 12386042
31. Henriksson P, Westlund Ah, Jonsson B, Gustavsson A#, Molin T. Focused quality improvement
in health care: the quality, satisfaction, performance technique applied in internal medicine.
Quality Management in Health Care 1997 5:4 76-84. PMID: 10169787 #Last name Gustavsson
during that period