Dr Raechel Damarell

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Dr Raechel A Damarell

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6737-7537
20062026

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Raechel is a Senior Lecturer in Palliative and End of Life Care at Flinders University, where she contributes to postgraduate programs in palliative care. Her teaching draws on more than two decades of experience supporting clinicians and health professions students to build capability in research literacy, critical appraisal and evidence-based practice, informed by an earlier career as a health librarian. Her focus is in designing and coordinating learning experiences that strengthen clinicians' confidence in using evidence critically to inform person-centred care. 
 
Raechel's research focuses on how clinicians make decisions when caring for people with complex and life‑limiting illness, particularly when evidence is limited or uncertain. Her PhD was the first Australian study to explore how general practitioners balance evidence‑based and patient‑centred approaches in the context of multimorbidity and life‑limiting conditions. She continues to investigate clinical reasoning, evidence use and workforce capability across palliative care, primary care and aged care.
 
Raechel has contributed to national palliative care and aged care initiatives for more than 15 years through roles with the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying (RePaDD), CareSearch, palliAGED and Aged Care Research & Industry Innovation Australia (ARIIA). This work includes developing evidence‑informed resources, digital learning materials and practical tools that support clinicians across specialist, generalist and aged care settings. She also supervises PhD and postgraduate students in palliative care and clinical education.
 
Raechel is an active member of RePaDD and the Primary Care Collaborative Cancer Clinical Trials Group (PC4), and collaborates widely with clinicians, researchers and services to strengthen the evidence base for end‑of‑life and aged care. 

Research Interests

Evidence based practice, knowledge translation, integrated care, primary care, general practice, multimorbidity, palliative care, end-of-life care

Evidence synthesis, search methodologies, search filter development, systematic review methodologies, critical appraisal of research.

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  • Registered

Research Areas

  • Palliative care and end of life

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 2 - Zero Hunger
    SDG 2 Zero Hunger
  2. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  3. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education
  4. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality
  5. SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
    SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

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