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Research interests
Associate Professor Magnolia Cardona is a health services researcher with a passion for ensuring high quality care of disadvantaged populations. Her work over the past few years has focused on the identification and reduction of overtreatment of older patients near the end of life.
Since 2014 she has led a program of research to improve end-of-life care for patients, families and health professionals (https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/sense-ending). Central to this was the development, implementation and validation of a checklist for identifying terminal patients and facilitating doctor's conversations with patients and families about end-of-life care preferences. See medicalisation of dying projects work at:
https://ahha.asn.au/system/files/docs/publications/the_health_advocate_june_2019_-_web.pdf (page 34)
Another research initiative which recently attracted international media attention was a review of unnecesary treatments in hospitals at the end of life. The global publicity indicated that these sensitive topics apply across cultures and highlighted the willingness of clinicians and service managers to address them in several health systems.
https://croakey.org/please-dont-let-this-happen-to-me-too-much-medicine-at-the-end-of-life/
Her research program supports Dying to Know Day, a time to bring conversations on the importance of stating your last wishes before it is too late.
https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/health/day-voice-your-dying-preferences
The Palliative Medicine journal awarded her team a Paper of the Year Award in 2016 for a systematic review on the perceived and actual benefits of advance care documentation
A/Prof Cardona has a background in Medicine from Latin America with Australian postgraduate qualifications in Public Health (MPH) and Applied Epidemiology (PhD and Grad Dipl Appl Epidemiology).
She has worked with international aid agencies in Europe and Africa, at State Health Departments and Universities in Australia, and has eight years experience teaching at the Master's level. Her research interests are health services research, health program evaluation, patient safety, end-of-life care, chronic disease prevention (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer), international health, pharmacoepidemiology and evidence-based health policy.
Education/Academic qualification
Research Translation in General Practice, PhD, University of Sydney
2008 → 2011
Award Date: 11 May 2012
Health Economics, Certificate, Monash University
1996
Award Date: 29 Nov 1996
Epidemiology, Grad Diploma of Applied Epidemiology, NSW Vocational Education & Accreditation Board (VETAB)
1993 → 1996
Award Date: 30 Apr 1996
Public Health, Master of Public Health, University of Sydney
1991 → 1993
Award Date: 24 May 1994
Medicine, Bachelor or Medicine and Surgery, Universidad del Valle
1978 → 1984
Award Date: 30 Aug 1984
External positions
Senior Research Fellow, University of New South Wales
Oct 2013 → Jun 2018Epidemiologist, R&D Branch, NPS MedicineWise
2011 → 2013Statistician/Data Manager, Prevention Research Collaboration, University of Sydney
2008 → 2011Research Associate, Sydney Health Projects Group, University of Sydney
2006 → 2008Program Manager, The George Institute for Global Health, University of Sydney
2003 → 2006Coordinating Epidemiologist, Public Health Services Division, Queensland Health
1999 → 2003Emergency Preparedness Epidemiologist, Médecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders)
1996 → 1999Public Health Officer Trainee, NSW Health
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Projects
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Optimising early end-of-life conversations and advance care planning in general practice: (Stage 1)
Cardona, M., Williamson, M., Gullotta, J., Lindner, R., Ni Chroinin, D., Hillman, K., Jones, M., Lewis, E. T. & Morgan, M.
1/02/18 → 31/07/19
Project: Research
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Identifying older adults at risk of poor outcomes to promote advance care planning among aged care residents
Cardona, M., Lewis, E. T., Brisbane, J., Ni Chroinin, D., Lovell, N., Achat, H. & Hillman, K.
1/11/17 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
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Electronic tool to facilitate decision-making and advance care planning at the end of life in Emergency Departments
Cardona, M., Lewis, E. T., Alkhouri, H., Lovell, N., Asha, S. E. & Turner, R. M.
1/05/17 → 30/06/19
Project: Research
Research Output
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Estimating the extent of true asymptomatic COVID-19 and its potential for community transmission: systematic review and meta-analysis
Byambasuren, O., Cardona, M., Bell, K. J. L., Clark, J., McLaws, M-L. & Glasziou, P. P., 15 May 2020, 12 p. medRxiv: the preprint server for health sciences.Research output: Other contribution › Discipline Preprint Repository › Research
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Non-beneficial treatments in hospital at the end of life: A systematic review on extent of the problem
Cardona-Morrell, M., Kim, J. C. H., Turner, R. M., Anstey, M., Mitchell, I. A. & Hillman, K., 1 Sep 2016, In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care. 28, 4, p. 456-469 14 p., mzw060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access110 Citations (Scopus) -
Appropriateness of intensive care treatments near the end of life during the COVID-19 pandemic
Cardona, M., Anstey, M., Lewis, E. T., Shanmugam, S., Hillman, K. & Psirides, A., 25 Sep 2020, In: Breathe. 16, 2, 10 p., 200062.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Are We Making Progress on Communication with People Who Are Near the End of Life in the Australian Health System? A Thematic Analysis
Trankle, S. A., Shanmugam, S., Lewis, E., Nicholson, M., Hillman, K. & Cardona, M., 28 Jan 2020, In: Health Communication. 35, 2, p. 158-167 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A stepped-wedge randomised-controlled trial assessing the implementation, impact and costs of a prospective feedback loop to promote appropriate care and treatment for older patients in acute hospitals at the end of life: study protocol
Lee, X., Farrington, A., Carter, H., Shield, C., Graves, N., McPhail, S., Harvey, G., White, B., Willmott, L., Cardona, M., Hillman, K., Callaway, L. & Barnett, A., 29 Jul 2020, In: BMC Geriatrics. 20, 9 p., 262.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Activities
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European Association for Palliative Care (External organisation)
Magnolia Cardona (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Professional Memberships
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Australian Association of Gerontology (External organisation)
Magnolia Cardona (Member)
2017 → …Activity: Membership › Professional Memberships
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Australasian Evaluation Society (External organisation)
Magnolia Cardona (Member)
2013 → …Activity: Membership › Professional Memberships
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Shared decision making near the end of life: review of gaps and practical challenges of developing an electronic decision aid prototype
Magnolia Cardona (Speaker)
9 Jul 2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
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Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (External organisation)
Magnolia Cardona (Member)
29 Jan 2018 → …Activity: Membership › Professional Memberships
Press / Media
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Research reveals older Australians want truth about their medical prognosis
4/03/19 → 6/03/19
9 items of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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End-of-life care should focus on quality of life, not prolonging it
20/02/19
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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New study on intensive rapid response system treatment in end-of-life care
29/08/18 → 31/08/18
11 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities
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New study on intensive rapid response system treatment in end-of-life care
29/08/18
6 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment