
Overview
Background
Professor Alison Mudge is a clinician researcher based in the large Department of Internal Medicine and Aged Care at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital. Her applied research focused on understanding and improving inpatient and post-hospital care for frail older Australians through coordinated multidiscipinary approaches. This has involved research and improvement collaborations with multiple healthcare disciplines (e.g. nursing, physiotherapy, nutrition and dietetics, occupational therapy, exercise science) and medical subspecialties (e.g. geriatrics, rehabilitation medicine, cardiology, vascular surgery, palliative care, anaesthetics, gastroenterology).
Alison was inaugural Clinical Director of the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation (AusHSI) where she advocated strongly for the importance of implementation science approaches, and she has led numerous workshops and mentoring sessions in implementation science and practice including a seminar series within the Queensland Healthcare Improvement Fellowship program. She has been a Metro North Clinician Research Fellow and led competitive grants from NHMRC and MRFF. She advocates for clinician scientists and for authentic consumer engagement in research and service improvement, and is a highly respected undergraduate and gradute educator. She has served on the steering committee for leading Queensland clinical networks inlcuding the Statewide Older Persons's Health Clinical Network and Queensland Dementia, Ageing and Frailty Network, advocating successfully for changes to policy and practice to improve health and wellbeing of older Queenslanders.
Availability
- Professor Alison Mudge is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Qualifications
- Fellow, Royal Australasian College of Physicians, Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Research impacts
Professor Mudge's research has had impact on clinical practice and health policy. Her PhD research demonstrating clinical improvement in outcomes with introduction of a structured multidisciplinary team model in general medicine led to a permanent change in the model of care that has been emulated in other sites. Her multi-site EJECTION-HF study demonstrated the safety of early cardiac rehabilitation following acute heart failure. With her multidisicpinary team she has led the development, evaluation and scale-up up the Eat Walk Engage delirium prevention program, now preventing thousands of cases of delirium throughout Queensland. The project she led through the Statewide Older Persons Health Clinical Network on "How older-person friendly are Queesnland hospitals?" informed the Health Minister's Priority Frail Older Persons' Program, investing an additional $30 million per annum in acute care for older Queenslanders.
Works
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2016
Journal Article
Prescribing and up-titration in recently hospitalized heart failure patients attending a disease management program
Carroll, Robert, Mudge, Alison, Suna, Jessica, Denaro, Charles and Atherton, John (2016). Prescribing and up-titration in recently hospitalized heart failure patients attending a disease management program. International Journal of Cardiology, 216, 121-127. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2016.04.084
2016
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Frailty and geriatric syndromes in vascular surgical ward patients
McRae, Prudence J., Walker, Philip J., Peel, Nancye M., Hobson, Denise, Parsonson, Fiona, Donovan, Peter, Reade, Michael C., Marquart, Louise and Mudge, Alison M. (2016). Frailty and geriatric syndromes in vascular surgical ward patients. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 35, 9-18. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2016.01.033
2016
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Pressure ulcer healing with an intensive nutrition intervention in an acute setting: A pilot randomised controlled trial
Banks, M. D., Ross, L. J., Webster, J., Mudge, A., Stankiewicz, M., Dwyer, K., Coleman, K. and Campbell, J. (2016). Pressure ulcer healing with an intensive nutrition intervention in an acute setting: A pilot randomised controlled trial. Journal of Wound Care, 25 (7), 384-392. doi: 10.12968/jowc.2016.25.7.384
2016
Journal Article
Assisted or protected mealtimes? Exploring the impact of hospital mealtime practices on meal intake
Young, Adrienne, Allia, Amy, Jolliffe, Lisa, de Jersey, Susie, Mudge, Alison, McRae, Prue and Banks, Merrilyn (2016). Assisted or protected mealtimes? Exploring the impact of hospital mealtime practices on meal intake. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 72 (7), 1616-1625. doi: 10.1111/jan.12940
2016
Journal Article
Poor mobility in hospitalized adults of all ages
Mudge, Alison M., McRae, Prue, Mchugh, Kirstie, Griffin, Lauren, Hitchen, Andrew, Walker, James, Cruickshank, Mark, Morris, Norman R. and Kuys, Suzanne (2016). Poor mobility in hospitalized adults of all ages. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 11 (4), 289-291. doi: 10.1002/jhm.2536
2016
Journal Article
Feasibility of a stepped wedge cluster RCT and concurrent observational sub-study to evaluate the effects of modified ward night lighting on inpatient fall rates and sleep quality: a protocol for a pilot trial
Chari, Satyan R. , Smith, Simon , Mudge, Alison , Black, Alex A., Figueiro, Mariana, Ahmed, Muhtashimuddin, Devitt, Mark and Haynes, Terry P. (2016). Feasibility of a stepped wedge cluster RCT and concurrent observational sub-study to evaluate the effects of modified ward night lighting on inpatient fall rates and sleep quality: a protocol for a pilot trial. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 2 (1) 1. doi: 10.1186/s40814-015-0043-x
2016
Journal Article
Effects of a pilot multidisciplinary clinic for frequent attending elderly patients on deprescribing
Mudge, Alison, Radnedge, Katherine, Kasper, Karen, Mullins, Robert, Adsett, Julie, Rofail, Serena, Lloyd, Sophie and Barras, Michael (2016). Effects of a pilot multidisciplinary clinic for frequent attending elderly patients on deprescribing. Australian Health Review, 40 (1), 86-91. doi: 10.1071/AH14219
2016
Conference Publication
Aquatic exercise training is effective in maintaining exercise performance in trained heart failure patients
Adsett, J. Julie, Morris, N., Kuys, S., Hwang, R., Mullins, R. M., Khatun, M., Paratz, J. D. and Mudge, A. M. (2016). Aquatic exercise training is effective in maintaining exercise performance in trained heart failure patients. Abstracts of the Heart Failure 2016 Conference, Florence, Italy, 21–24 May. Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: John Wiley & Sons. doi: 10.1002/ejhf.539
2015
Journal Article
The effect of a supervised exercise training programme on sleep quality in recently discharged heart failure patients
Suna, Jessica M., Mudge, Alison, Stewart, Ian, Marquart, Louise, O'Rourke, Peter and Scott, Adam (2015). The effect of a supervised exercise training programme on sleep quality in recently discharged heart failure patients. European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing, 14 (3), 198-205. doi: 10.1177/1474515114522563
2015
Journal Article
Aquatic exercise training and stable heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Adsett, Julie A., Mudge, Alison M., Morris, Norman, Kuys, Suzanne and Paratz, Jennifer D. (2015). Aquatic exercise training and stable heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis. International Journal of Cardiology, 186, 22-28. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.095
2015
Journal Article
Streamlined research funding using short proposals and accelerated peer review: An observational study
Barnett, Adrian G., Herbert, Danielle L., Campbell, Megan, Daly, Naomi, Roberts, Jason A., Mudge, Alison and Graves, Nicholas (2015). Streamlined research funding using short proposals and accelerated peer review: An observational study. BMC Health Services Research, 15 (1) 55. doi: 10.1186/s12913-015-0721-7
2015
Journal Article
Eat Walk Engage: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Model to Improve Care of Hospitalized Elders
Mudge, Alison M, McRae, Prudence and Cruickshank, Mark (2015). Eat Walk Engage: An Interdisciplinary Collaborative Model to Improve Care of Hospitalized Elders. American Journal of Medical Quality, 30 (1), 5-13. doi: 10.1177/1062860613510965
2015
Conference Publication
Impact of standardised medication titration forms and incentive payments on medication titration in heart failure: should we pay for more?
Atherton, J. J., Suna, J., Hickey, A., Marquart, L., Javorsky, G., Munns, A., Denaro, C. and Mudge, A. (2015). Impact of standardised medication titration forms and incentive payments on medication titration in heart failure: should we pay for more?. Congress of the European-Society-of-Cardiology (ESC), London England, Aug 29-Sep 02, 2015. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv400
2015
Journal Article
Multiple readmissions: Problem or opportunity?
Mudge, A. (2015). Multiple readmissions: Problem or opportunity?. Revista Clinica Espanola, 215 (1), 29-30. doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2014.10.002
2015
Journal Article
FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: LIMITED NUTRITIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOR OLDER ADULTS
Young, A. M., Mudge, A. M., Banks, M. D., Rogers, L., Allen, J., Vogler, B. and Isenring, E. (2015). FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME: LIMITED NUTRITIONAL AND FUNCTIONAL RECOVERY FOR OLDER ADULTS. Journal of Frailty & Aging, 4 (2), 69-73. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2015.51
2015
Conference Publication
Improving Care and Outcomes for Older Vascular Surgical Patients
Mudge, Alison, Mcrae, Prue, Reade, Michael, Donovan, Peter, Jenkins, Jason, Foster, Melanie and Walker, Philip (2015). Improving Care and Outcomes for Older Vascular Surgical Patients. 30th Annual Meeting of the Western-Vascular-Society and Australia-and-New-Zealand-Society-for-Vascular-Surgery, Wailea Hi, Sep 19-22, 2015. Philadelphia, PA United States: Mosby. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2015.06.041
2014
Journal Article
Improving Care Transitions in Individuals Frequently Admitted to the Hospital
Mudge, Alison M., Barras, Michael, Adsett, Julie, Mullins, Robert W., Lloyd, Sophie and Kasper, Karen (2014). Improving Care Transitions in Individuals Frequently Admitted to the Hospital. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62 (10), 1994-1996. doi: 10.1111/jgs.13033
2014
Conference Publication
Maintenance of exercise performance following cessation of disease specific rehabilitation programmes for patients with chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary disease: efficacy of a community based mode
Adsett, J. AJulie, Futcher, H. and Mudge, A. (2014). Maintenance of exercise performance following cessation of disease specific rehabilitation programmes for patients with chronic cardiovascular and pulmonary disease: efficacy of a community based mode. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2014
Conference Publication
Community-based maintenance exercise training following cardiac, pulmonary and heart failure rehabilitation: feasibility, attendance predictors and scalability
Adsett, J., Hickey, A., Nagle, A. and Mudge, A. M. (2014). Community-based maintenance exercise training following cardiac, pulmonary and heart failure rehabilitation: feasibility, attendance predictors and scalability. HOBOKEN: WILEY-BLACKWELL.
2014
Journal Article
Geriatric syndromes in individuals admitted to vascular and urology surgical units
McRae, P.J., Peel, N.M., Walker, P.J., De Looze, J.W.M. and Mudge, A.M. (2014). Geriatric syndromes in individuals admitted to vascular and urology surgical units. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 62 (6), 1105-1109. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12827
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving the care of the older patient with or at risk of delirium in the acute care setting: Patient and carer perspectives
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sally Bennett, Associate Professor Jacki Liddle
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Master Philosophy
Postoperative Neuronal Injury after non-neurosurgical procedures: explorative prospective observational biomarker study in patients aged 65 years or older.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andre Van Zundert, Professor Victoria Eley
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Doctor Philosophy
Improving the care of the older patient with or at risk of delirium in the acute care setting
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Sally Bennett, Associate Professor Jacki Liddle
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Doctor Philosophy
Safety of general anaesthesia in patients 60 years or older.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andre Van Zundert, Professor Victoria Eley
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Doctor Philosophy
Nutrition Care in Older Hospital Inpatients.
Associate Advisor
Completed supervision
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2015
Master Philosophy
Understanding the occurrence of geriatric syndromes in older surgical patients
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating the nutritional status and care of older (65 years or over) general surgical patients: A multiphase, action research study
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Adrienne Young
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