
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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2010
Journal Article
Timing and risk factors for functional changes associated with medical hospitalization in older patients
Mudge, AM, O'Rourke, P and Denaro, CP (2010). Timing and risk factors for functional changes associated with medical hospitalization in older patients. Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 65A (8), 866-872. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glq069
2010
Other Outputs
Acute care in medical inpatients: risk factors, care models and outcomes
Mudge, Alison (2010). Acute care in medical inpatients: risk factors, care models and outcomes. PhD Thesis, School of Medicine, The University of Queensland.
2010
Journal Article
The paradox of readmission: Effect of a quality improvement program in hospitalized patients with heart failure
Mudge, A, Denaro, C, Scott, I, Bennett, C, Hickey, A and Jones, MA (2010). The paradox of readmission: Effect of a quality improvement program in hospitalized patients with heart failure. Journal of Hospital Medicine, 5 (3), 148-153. doi: 10.1002/jhm.563
2010
Conference Publication
Reducing delirious discharges: Results of a quality improvement program
Mausen, Catherine, Mudge, Alison and Denaro, Charles (2010). Reducing delirious discharges: Results of a quality improvement program. World Congress of Internal Medicine 2010, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 20 – 25 March 2010.
2010
Conference Publication
Models of care and outcomes in older medical patients
Mudge, Alison and Denaro, Charles (2010). Models of care and outcomes in older medical patients. World Congress in Internal Medicine (WCIM) 2010, Melbourne, Australia, 20-25 March 2010. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02186.x
2010
Conference Publication
Outcomes of hospital care in aged residents
Mudge, A., Denaro, C. and O'Rouke, P. (2010). Outcomes of hospital care in aged residents. World Congress in Internal Medicine, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 20 – 25 March 2010. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2010.02186.x
2009
Journal Article
Old bugs new populations: An unusual presentation of pericarditis
Martin, J. H., Woods, M. and Mudge, A. (2009). Old bugs new populations: An unusual presentation of pericarditis. Internal Medicine Journal, 39 (12), 850-851. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02079.x
2009
Journal Article
Prescribing exercise
Mudge, Alison, Mullins, Robert and Adsett, Julie (2009). Prescribing exercise. Geriatrics and Aging, 12 (1), 21-25.
2008
Journal Article
Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty?
Flicker, Leon, Denaro, C. P. and Mudge, A. (2008). Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty?. BMJ, 337 (7661), 78-79.
2008
Journal Article
Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty? No
Denaro, C. P. and Mudge, A. (2008). Should geriatric medicine remain a specialty? No. British Medical Journal, 337 (jun30 1), a515-a515. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39533.696076.AD
2008
Journal Article
Exercising body and mind: An integrated approach to functional independence in hospitalised older people
Mudge, A M, Giebel, A J and Cutler, A J (2008). Exercising body and mind: An integrated approach to functional independence in hospitalised older people. The American Geriatrics Society, 56 (4), 630-635. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01607.x
2006
Journal Article
Controlled trial of multidisciplinary care teams for acutely ill medical inpatients: enhanced multidisciplinary care
Mudge, A., Laracy, S., Richter, K. and Denaro, C. (2006). Controlled trial of multidisciplinary care teams for acutely ill medical inpatients: enhanced multidisciplinary care. Internal Medicine Journal, 36 (9), 558-563. doi: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2006.01135.x
2004
Journal Article
Achieving better in-hospital and after-hospital care of patients with acute cardiac disease
Scott, I. A., Denaro, C. P., Bennett, C. J., Hickey, A. C., Mudge, A. M., Flores, J. L., Sanders, D. C. J., Thiele, J. M., Wenck, B., Bennett, J. W. and Jones, M. A. (2004). Achieving better in-hospital and after-hospital care of patients with acute cardiac disease. Medical Journal of Australia, 180 (10; Suppl.), S83-S88. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06076.x
2004
Conference Publication
Impact of a quality improvement program targeting in-hospital and post-hospital care of patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes or congestive heart failure
Scott, I., Denaro, C., Bennett, C., Hickey, A.C., Mudge, A. M., Flores, J. L., Sanders, D.C.J., Thiele, J.M., Wenck, B. and Jones, M. C. (2004). Impact of a quality improvement program targeting in-hospital and post-hospital care of patients hospitalized with acute coronary syndromes or congestive heart failure. Cardiac Society of Australia & New Zealand Annual Scientific Meeting 2004, Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 7-11 August 2004. Carlton South, Vic. Australia: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.05.001
2001
Journal Article
Lipid-lowering therapy following major cardiac events: progress and deficits
Mudge, A. M., Brockett, R., Foxcroft, K. F. and Denaro, C. P. (2001). Lipid-lowering therapy following major cardiac events: progress and deficits. Medical Journal of Australia, 175 (3), 138-140.
Supervision
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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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