MBChB, MRCGP, BSc(Med.Sci), MSc, AFHEA, PhD
Senior Clinical Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- rosalindadam@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 437906
- Office Address
Room 1:020, Polwarth Building,
Foresterhill,
AB25 2ZD
- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
I am an academic GP with expertise in the areas of cancer in primary care, pain/symptom management, and eHealth. I have been awarded a five year Scottish Senior Clinical post-doctoral fellowship (CSO, NRS, Scottish Universities) which commenced in October 2019. During the fellowship I will investigate the role of eHealth interventions in cancer survivorship care, and co-design novel interventions for individuals living with and beyond cancer.
Qualifications
- BSc Medical Sciences (1:1)2003 - University of Glasgow
- MBChB Commendation Medicine2005 - University of Glasgow
- MSc Primary Care2015 - University of Aberdeen
- PhD Primary Care2018 - University of Aberdeen
External Memberships
General Practitioner at Great Western Medical Practice, Aberdeen
Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners
Member of the Executive Committee of the Cancer and Primary Care Research International Network (Ca-PRI)
- Research
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Research Overview
My research spans four interconnected areas:
- Delivering effective primary care
- Optimising cancer outcomes
- Digital health
- Achieving effective symptom management
My research utilises both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies. I have expertise in intervention development.
Research Areas
Applied Health Sciences
Research Specialisms
- Clinical Medicine
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
Current Research
The following are current research projects that I am leading:
- The Improving Cancer Aftercare Study (ICAS) - investigating experiences of treatment burden in individuals who have been treated for prostate and colorectal cancer, their perceptions of cancer aftercare, and areas that might be improved
- Co-designing digitally enabled cancer aftercare - patients as equal partners in a process to develop digital interventions to improve cancer outcomes
- Investigating multimorbidity in individuals after cancer and the effect of multimorbidity on survival and quality of life. This research will utilise routinely collected health data
- Investigating treatment burden after cancer treatment: a questionnaire study
- The RUREO questionnaire study - investigating whether rural and urban patients with cancer have different experiences and expectations of out-of-hours medical care
- Innovative engineering technologies to improve the understanding and management of fatigue
I am collaborating on the folllowing projects:
- Phase II double-blind randomised controlled trial of exogenous administration of melatonin in chronic pain (DREAM—CP)
- Improving the patient-pharmacist interaction: A new approach to help patients make informed pain management decisions
- Developing digital educational interventions to improve pain management in individuals with advanced cancer (Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston
Collaborations
Collaborations include:
- Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston (Pain management apps)
- Health Economics Research Unit, University of Aberdeen
- Health Psychology, University of Aberdeen
- Fatigue engineering technologies - University of Cambridge, University of Glasgow, Lancaster University, University College London, University of Southampton
- Pain management team, NHS Grampian
Funding and Grants
2021: NHS Grampian Endowment Funding - Optimising Remote Consulting and Home Assessment of Medically Vulnerable Rural Patients - the ORCHARD Study £12,000
2019 - 2024 Improving cancer survivorship care through theory-based, tailored eHealth interventions. NHS Research Scotland, CSO, and University of Aberdeen Development Trust £862,870
2018-2019 Achieving Self-Directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare (ASICA): developing digitally supported cancer aftercare to achieve high quality, equitable care for diverse populations. NHS Grampian Pump Priming Murchie P, Adam R, Maclennan S, Macdonald G, Samuel L £24,573
2017 - continues: Developing a person-centred discrete choice experiment to support shared decision making in the patient-pharmacist interaction. Pharmacy Research UK Project Grant. Ryan M, Bond C, Chua G, Krucien N, Adam R, Porteous T, Murchie P £99,994
2014-2017 Using novel technology to improve outpatient palliative cancer pain management. Doctoral research fellowship, Scottish Government. £160,573
- Teaching
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Non-course Teaching Responsibilities
I teach on the medical student Student Selected Component 3 module
I examine clinical OSCEs
I teach medical students within the medical practice and supervise trainee GPs.
- Publications
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Hybrid Sensing for Fatigue Detection Using Wearables and RF
IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 24, no. 14, pp. 22764 - 22772Contributions to Journals: ArticlesExperiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review
European Journal of Anaesthesiology, vol. 41, no. 7, pp. 500-512Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/EJA.0000000000002002
Understanding patterns of fatigue in health and disease: protocol for an ecological momentary assessment study using digital technologies
BMJ Open, vol. 14, no. 5, e081416Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMelatonin treatment has consistent but only transient beneficial effects on sleep measures and pain in patients with severe chronic pain: the DREAM–CP randomised controlled trial
British Journal of Anaesthesia, vol. 132, no. 4, pp. 725-734Contributions to Journals: ArticlesImproving the patient-pharmacist interaction: A new approach to help patients make informed decisions
University of Aberdeen. 27 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsRural and Urban patients’ Requirements and Experiences of Out-of-hours medical care after cancer (RUREO): A questionnaire study
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 7, e073392Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnderstanding Persistent Pain (UPP): a Decision Aid Tool to inform management of persistent pain in pharmacy
BPS ASM 2023, pp. 58Contributions to Journals: AbstractsExperiences and perspectives of adults on using opioids for pain management in the postoperative period: A scoping review protocol.
European Journal of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, vol. 2, no. 3, e0024Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTreatment burden in individuals living with and beyond cancer: A systematic review of qualitative literature
PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 5, e0286308Contributions to Journals: Articles“A Switch Went off in My Whole Body”:: Lived Experiences of Fatigue and Post-Exertional Malaise in Long Covid
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3544549.3585846
Supraneural versus infraneural approach to transforaminal epidural steroid injection for unilateral lumbosacral radicular pain (SIAMESE): A study protocol for a randomised non-inferiority trial.
BJA Open, vol. 5, 100126Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTreatment burden in survivors of prostate and colorectal cancer:: a qualitative interview study.
BMJ Open, vol. 13, no. 3, e068997Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMelatonin and sleep parameters in patients with chronic pain: first results from the double-blind randomised controlled trial of exogenous administration of melatonin in chronic pain (DREAM-CP) trial
Anaesthesia Research 2022
, pp. 204e-e208Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bja.2022.10.007
Is stroke incidence increased in survivors of adult cancers?: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal of Cancer Survivorship, vol. 16, pp. 1414–1448Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow does social context influence appraisal and help-seeking for potential cancer symptoms in adults aged 50 and over? A qualitative interview study
European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 31, no. 6, e13640Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUsing a discrete choice experiment to develop a decision aid tool to inform the management of persistent pain in pharmacy: – a protocol for a randomised feasibility study
BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 9, e066379Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLeveraging mobile health technology and research methodology to optimize patient education and self-management support for advanced cancer pain
Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 29, pp. 5741–5751Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCancer pain self-management in the context of a national opioid epidemic: Experiences of patients with advanced cancer using opioids
Cancer, vol. 127, no. 17, pp. 3239-3245Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCANCER PAIN SELF-MANAGEMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF A NATIONAL OPIOID EPIDEMIC: EXPERIENCES OF PATIENTS WITH ADVANCED CANCER
Annals of Behavioral Medicine, vol. 55, no. S1, pp. S90-S90Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab020
Can-Pain - a digital intervention to optimise cancer pain control in the community: development and feasibility testing
Supportive Care in Cancer, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 759-769Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLeveraging mobile health technology and multidisciplinary methodology to optimize self-management education for advanced cancer pain: Development of stamp
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsImpact of geography on Scottish cancer diagnoses in primary care: Results from a national cancer diagnosis audit
Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 66, 101720Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCancer diagnosis in Scottish primary care: Results from the National Cancer Diagnosis Audit
European Journal of Cancer Care, vol. 29, no. 3, e13234Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecc.13234
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/16004/1/Murchie_etal_EJCC_Cancer_AAM.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Influences of rurality on action to diagnose cancer by primary care practitioners– results from a Europe-wide survey in 20 countries
Cancer Epidemiology, vol. 65, 101698Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatterns of symptoms possibly indicative of cancer and associated help-seeking behaviour in a large sample of United Kingdom residents: the USEFUL study
PloS ONE, vol. 15, no. 1, e0228033Contributions to Journals: Articles