Dr Raechel Damarell

Senior Research Fellow (CareSearch)

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

place Sturt West
GPO Box 2100, ADELAIDE, SA, 5001

Raechel is a Senior Lecturer in the Prideaux Discipline of Clinical Education in the College of Medicine and Public Health. She is currently Topic Coordinator for HLED9108, Senior Research Fellow with the Research Centre for Palliative Care, Death and Dying (RePaDD), and Bibliography Editor for the journal Progress in Palliative Care.

Qualifications

BA, AMusA, Grad Dip Info Stud, PhD

Honours, awards and grants

2024 Vice-Chancellor's Award for Research Impact and Engagement (Research Team). Awarded to CareSearch

2021 DVCR Best Higher Degree by Research Student Publication. Awarded for General practitioner strategies for managing patients with multimorbidity: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative research.

2020 Anne Harrison Award (ALIA Health Libraries Australia). An eDelphi study on search filter development.

2019 Caring Futures Institute Publications Award for Best Systematic Review, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University

2017 Vice President and Dean Award for Research (all other researchers), College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University

2016 Anne Harrison Award (ALIA Health Libraries Australia). A scoping review of topic search filters.

Key responsibilities
  • Member, Research Centre in Palliative Care, Death and Dying, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University
  • Member, PC4 Early Career Researcher Network
Teaching interests

Evidence synthesis, knowledge translation, evidence-based practice, health professions education, palliative care, aged care, multimorbidity, primary care.

Topic coordinator
HLED9108 Research Skills in Clinical Education - Evidence Synthesis
Topic lecturer
HLED9113A Research Project in Clinical Education