Professor Mark Taubert
Consultant in Palliative Medicine & Honorary Professor School of Medicine
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
For palliative care student video tutorials and resources, please see my teaching tab.
Work:
- NHS Consultant and Clinical Director
- National Chair Advance & Future Care Planning Stategy Group Welsh Government & NHS Wales
- Professor Cardiff University School of Medicine since 2020
- Harvard Medical School global clinical scholars programme faculty
- Compassionate Communities Cymru Steering Group member since 2019
- NHS Wales Bevan Commission Steering Group
- National Collaborating Centre for Cancer Management Board 2013-2016
- RCGP & Partners EOLC Group 'What Matters Most' Charter
- BMJ Group Editor - Supportive & Palliative Care
- Medicine (Elsevier journal) Editorial Board
- ESMO designated centre for integrated oncology and palliative care lead
Public engagement work:
- Authored articles in Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Guardian, Telegraph, Chicago Tribune, Metro, The Times, The Independent, Big Issue, BBC News & HuffPost UK
- TEDx Talk: "Why language matters"
- Television: BBC Horizon We Need to Talk About Death, ITV's BAFTA winning Hospital of Hope
- Radio: BBC Listening Projects 2019 & 2020
- Advisor & contributor for West End theatre show in London's Soho Theatre "The Colours"; about the Colours podcast
- Classical music string quartet composition premiered at the Royal Northern College of Music
- Newspaper features on Pressreader
Research
More than one hundred peer-reviewed journal articles and abstracts on medical topics:
- Ceilings of Treatment & Escalation Decisions
- Acute Oncology and Acute Palliative Care
- Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
- Opioids
- Out-of-hours palliative care
- Technology and new media in Palliative Care
- Advance Care Planning
- Patient and carer involvement
- Peer-suport
A list of publications can be found here.
Teaching
Teaching, Supervision & Projects
- Teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level
- Diploma & MSc in Palliative Care, Cardiff University
- Research supervision
- Harvard Medical School Capstone Faculty Effective Writing for Healthcare Certificate Program
- Academic supervisor and mentor for Bevan Commission Exemplar and Fellowship Projects
- RCGP & Partners EOLC Group 'What Matters Most Charter' and education resources
- Virtual Reality Palliative Care Education Project resources & library - featured in the Guardian
- Falmouth University School of Art "Four Deadlines and a Dinner" collaboration with graphic design students
- Advance Care Planning website for NHS Wales - an online area for patients, proxy & healthcare professionals
Education engagement activity
- TEDxTalk "Why language matters when we are dying" and accompanying TED-Lesson
- BMJ Doctor Informed Podcast - DNACPR
- Health Education in Wales CPD On Demand: Module 'DNACPR and Advance Care Planning in Wales'
- NHS Wales ESR Module: National DNACPR Policy for Wales
- RCGP "An introduction to Advance & Future Care Planning & latest DNACPR Wales policy"
- Survival of the Kindest Compassionate Communities podcast
- Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, USA: Closler Teaching Resource on "Breaking Bad News via video consultation during Covid-19"
- The sound of Covid-19: Binaural audio recordings of a palliative care ward round - Radboud Medical School Nijmwegen & Cardiff University
- Organiser and facilitator of a Death Café in Pontypridd - we arranged a free event to discuss death, bereavement and advance care planning
- E-Learning for Healthcare Module e-portal co-author: "A unified DNACPR policy"
- RCPsych 2021 Conference Facing Death & Grief in our Practive - Advance & Future Care Planning in Psychiatry
- Letters Live reading of a letter about DNACPR decision making and paient involvement
Education podcasts, modules & seminars
- Aural Apothecary Podcast
- Daffodil Standards resources
- Care Conversations with GL Law: Palliative Care, Advance Care Planning and the law
- Palliative Care for People with Learning Disabilities PCPLD 2021 Conference: DNACPR & Advance Care Planning
- Wales Cancer Alliance Seminar- Remote consultations and new technologies in the aftermath of Covid-19
- TalkCPR website Do Not Attempt Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation decisions in palliative care
- IFIC 2020 presentation on Covid-19 Worforce implications in palliative care
- Medicine Unboxed Podcast with Oncologist Sam Guglani
- Digital Legacy Association non-executive director
- E-ELCA on Do Not Attempt CPR communication skills
- E-Learning for Health e-LfH portal module on Discussing Unwelcome News and Ceilings of Treatment Conversations with Dr Kathryn Mannix intro
- Moth project Falmouth University graphic design collaboration exhibited in galleries & conferences
- Velindre VR Project: Virtual Reality education library. Coverage in the Guardian newspaper. Details Wales STEME Conference VR in MedEd Plenary video
- Cardiff University 'Public Uni' talks and events
- Communicating in Covid Times for Anchor FM Supporting Community Conversations
- Royal College of Physicians: Pandemic Palliation and the RCP 'Talking about Dying' Report
- ListenNote Podcasts: Several audio Podcasts on Advance Care Planning, legal aspects of DNACPR/ACP and digital innovation in palliative care
- Green Man Festival 2021 - Einstein's Garden: Mark Taubert, Jude Rogers and James Norris in conversation
Academic programme - Resource Page Palliative Care
The following tutorials, guidelines and articles are for students and clinicians attached to one of Prof. Taubert's teams, and cover numerous curriculum requirements for palliative care. Topics include an introduction to palliative care, symptom management, malignant spinal cord compression and management of hypercalcaemia of malignancy.
- Introduction to Palliative care ( 35 minute seminar): https://youtu.be/wo74qHkV4Fw
- Introduction to Palliative Care (14 minute incl VR seminar option): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PriZjLtlNU4
- Nausea and vomiting (28 minutes incl VR option): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3DEnWvF4Lk
- or Nausea and Vomiting as narrated slides in standard video (32 minutes): https://youtu.be/GJI1kEPAfk8
- NICE Guideline Malignant Spinal Cord Compression: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg75
- Patient-view radiotherapy experience at Velindre (3 minutes, in VR or normal video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7WwNvXjVHQ8
- Hypercalcaemia of malignancy BMJ summary
- Case report: Hypercalcaemia to hypocalcaemia - a case of tetany on the wards
- Effective Symptom Management Prescribing by Dr Dylan Harris https://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/full/10.12968/hmed.2019.80.12.C184 (free full article via University or NHS computer)
- CT-Simulation to target Radiotherapy with Prof. Richard Adams: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKjnwpCcGBE
- Concepts around Advance Care Planning and DNACPR (40 minutes): https://youtu.be/lEaDMMCrqvE
- TEDxTalk "Mark Taubert: Why language matters when we are dying" and accompanying TED-Lesson
- A Podcast with Oncologist Dr Sam Guglani and Palliative Care Consultant Mark Taubert in conversation: Medicine Unboxed – Voices https://soundcloud.com/medicineunboxed/mark-taubert-voices-season-1
- Dr Jamie Roberts’ palliative care experience: https://docrobertsblog.wordpress.com/2020/04/17/learning-something-new/
- A Palliative Care Ward Round at Velindre recorded in Binaural Sound (please listen to this with headphones). Includes three patients seen on ward round and discussions held. Aimed at students who have not been able to attend ward rounds: https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/04/20/the-sound-of-covid-19-binaural-recordings-of-a-palliative-care-ward-round-in-a-cancer-hospital/
- A conversation about dying at Green Man Festival https://blogs.bmj.com/spcare/2021/08/24/a-conversation-about-dying-at-green-man-festival-2021/
- Why choose Palliative Care? WAMMS Career series: https://twitter.com/CU_WAMMS/status/1488080467995897861
Biography
Bio: Prof. Mark Taubert is a palliative medicine hospital consultant & clinical director at Velindre University NHS Trust. His teaching/research activities at Cardiff University include acute palliative care, using new media in clinical settings and decision making processes with regard to future care planning. He is the founder of TalkCPR.com and chairs a national strategy group that aims to improve understanding on topic areas relevant to care in the last years of life. He has delivered a Ted Talk on subtleties in language that are relevant to modern healthcare delivery, and writes for international news outlets like the Washington Post, where his article about music choices was an editorial top pick of the year.
Honours and awards
- St. David Award 2023 - Wales' national awards: Finalist in Critical Worker category
- Winner Poster Prize 2022 EAPC World Research Congress - Systematic Review on Virtual Reality Technology
- ESMO Integrated Oncology & Palliative Care Centre Accreditation Award 2022 - ESMO Conference, Paris, France
- Surgam Awards Cardiff University 2021 & 2023 for outstanding medical student support
- MediWales Awards 2020: Winners of the Scaling Up Innovation NHS Award for Covid-19 Hospital Guidelines Wales
- BAFTA Cymru 2019 (with Wildflame Media) - best documentary- Velindre Hospital of Hope
- Winner Excellence in Patient Care Awards August 2019 Royal College of Physicians, London
- Researcher of the Year Winner 2019 European Association Palliative Care 16th EAPC World Congress Berlin
- Winner Health Service Journal Patient Safety Awards (Palliative Care) 2018
- BMJ Awards 2017- Runner-up
- Winner BMA/BMJ Clinical Teacher of the Year award 2017
- Winner NHS Wales Award (2016)
- Winner BEST Educational Supervisor Award in Wales 2016 - Wales Deanery
Professional memberships
- Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (FRCP)
- Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners (FRCGP)
- Fellow of the Faculty for Medical Leadership & Management (FFMLM)
- Faculty of Führungsakademie der Bundeswehr Strategic International Community
Engagement
Author: Al Jazeera Chicago Tribune The Telegraph The Guardian Washington Post Huff Post UK Metro BMJ The Times Hay Literary Fest International Writers Quillette Wales Online Bevan Commission BBC News - Authored Articles New Scientist
Featured in: NBC CNN Guardian BBC World The Observer El Mundo Billboard Le Courrier Canada Radio 4 'A Life in Music' Himalayan Times NME Rolling Stone Western Mail CinePremiere Mexico BBC Radio 4 Edinburgh Fringe BBC Fortunately Guardian Universities Hay Festival Podcast Wales Online CNN Business
Lazarus: David Bowie BBC News feature BBC Radio 3 Benedict Cumberbatch Remedy School of Medicine Edition 24 Cardiff Uni Alumni News Jarvis Cocker
Examples of speaker engagements:
- Tedx Talk Cardiff
- Harvard Medical School Effective Writing in Healthcare Programme
- Green Man Music Festival 2021
- Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Festival Scotland
- 8th ACP-i-Conference, Singapore 2023
- Medicine Lates 2020 at Science Museum London
- Sorveiv Music Festival Norway
- Science in Practice Lecture Cardiff University School of Medicine
- Hay Literary Festival
- Celebrity Big Daffodil Grief Panel 2019 at Hospital Club, London
- Plenaries and Keynotes at numerous healthcare, research, sociology and technology events.
- International Foundation For Integrated Care 2020 Global Conference, Croatia