Dr Michelle Edwards
Research Associate
- edwardsm28@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2068 7144
- Neuadd Meirionnydd, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
Biography
2020 - Currently: I am currently a Research Fellow based in the Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Centre, I'm working on programme of research funded by the Wales Cancer Research Centre on Optimising Patients' Experiences of Cancer Treatment. In my role I have been developing a programme of research peojects which aims to support patients with making infoemed decsions about treatment and care options for advanced cancer.
2017: Currently : I have also been working on a NIHR funded Realist Evaluation of GPs working In or alongside Emergency Departments since 2017 in the Division of Population Medicine.
Publications
2022
- Price, D. et al. 2022. Patients' experiences of attending emergency departments where primary care services are located: qualitative findings from patient and clinician interviews from a realist evaluation. BMC Emergency Medicine 22(12) (10.1186/s12873-021-00562-9)
2021
- Choudhry, M. et al. 2021. Senior clinical and business managers' perspectives on the influence of different funding mechanisms, and barriers and enablers to implementing models of employing General Practitioners in or alongside emergency departments: qualitative study. Health Policy 125, pp. 482-488. (10.1016/j.healthpol.2020.11.016)
2020
- Price, D. et al. 2020. Challenges of recruiting emergency department patients to a qualitative study: a thematic analysis of researchers? experiences. BMC Medical Research Methodology 20(1), article number: 151. (10.1186/s12874-020-01039-2)
2016
- Davies, F. et al. 2016. The transition to secondary progressive multiple sclerosis: an exploratory qualitative study of health professionals' experiences. International Journal of MS Care 18(5), pp. 257-264. (10.7224/1537-2073.2015-062)
- Harrop, E., Noble, S., Edwards, M., Sivell, S., Moore, B. and Nelson, A. 2016. 'I didn't really understand it, I just thought it'd help': exploring the motivations, understandings and experiences of patients with advanced lung cancer participating in a non-placebo clinical IMP trial. Trials 17(1), article number: 329. (10.1186/s13063-016-1460-8)
2012
- Edwards, M. et al. 2012. 110 Motivations of palliative lung cancer patients to participate in a non-placebo clinical trial (QualFRAG). Lung Cancer 75(s1), pp. s36.
Teaching
I currently teach on the Long-term Conditions module on the Intercallated BSc in Population Medicine and supervise project students
I also help deliver a session on Shared Decision-making for the Evidence Based Medicine Week for year 3 medical students
I supervise project students on the MSc in Palliative Medicine
I also supervise medical student SSC projects across year 2 and 3
My research interests mainly centre on patients' experiences of health and health care and improving self-management, heealth communication and informed decsionmaking. I work across health contexts from long-term conditions to palliative and and end of life care.
Health Literacy
One of my main areas of expertise and interest is conceptualising health literacy asexperienced by people with long-term conditions and more recently patients with advanced cancer. My ongoing research interests are focussed on undertand patients' experiences of health litercay and cancer litercay and translating these research findings into interventions to support the development of health literacy to achieve more equitable access and engagement with healthcare, and better health outcomes for patients based on their individual preferences.
Cancer and Palliative Care Research
i am currently working on a programme of research for the Wales Cancer Research Centre focusing on Optimising Patients' Exeriences of Cancer Treatments. I am developing projects to create and evauate interventions to support patiens with informed decision-making along their cancer journey and at the time where their cancer is advanced and there is an option for palliative care or oncology treatments. I am also interested in developing mechanisms for communicating and including patients' preferences in muti-disciplinary team meetings where treatments are discussed and recommended.
Primary and Emergency Care Research
I have been a member of the GPs in EDs research project team which is a realist evaluaton of the implications of GPs working in or alogside Emergency Departments. I carried out the qualitative field work for the project and have written up qualitative findings which have been published in peer reviewed journals and submitted to the NIHR in a report.
Qualitative Research Expertise
I work with a range of qualitative methods, including participants and non-participant observation, ethnography, quaitative interviewing and qualitative review methods.I also have expertise in a range of qualitative analysis methods used in both psychology and sociology.