Professor Ann Taylor MSc, PhD
Postgraduate Taught Director
- TaylorAM@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 29225 11573
- Neuadd Meirionnydd, Floor 9th, Room 9.18, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff, CF14 4YS
Overview
I was awarded a personal chair in 2017 and am now a Professor in Medical Education in the School of Medicine with an excellent track record of managing high calibre, evidence based, e-learning and interprofessional level 7 progammes and modules. I am the Director of Post Graduate Taught Studies having one of the largest PGT, health care educational portfolios in the UK. I sit on a number of committies within the institute that have student satisfaction, quality and impact themes running through them.
I have a wide range of experiences leading nationally important projects within the field of pain, championing chronic non malignant pain to get those living with it appropriate recognition that it is a condition in its own right locally, nationally and internationally.
Publication
2022
- Kundakci, B. et al. 2022. International, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions for fibromyalgia. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 57, article number: 152101. (10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152101)
- Williams, D. et al. 2022. Identities of women who have an autoimmune rheumatic disease [ARD] during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 17(11), article number: e0263910. (10.1371/journal.pone.0263910)
2020
- Holloway, S., Taylor, A. and Tombs, M. 2020. Impact of postgraduate study on healthcare professionals' academic and clinical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Management 27(7), pp. 171-178. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0058)
2019
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. “Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works”: Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition – A qualitative visual methods study. Midwifery 78, pp. 91-96. (10.1016/j.midw.2019.08.002)
2018
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Identifying the unmet information and support needs of women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: mixed-methods study. BMC Rheumatology 2, article number: 21. (10.1186/s41927-018-0029-4)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Reaching a consensus on research priorities for supporting women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pre-conception, pregnancy and early parenting: A Nominal Group Technique exercise with lay and professional stakeholders. Wellcome Open Research 3, article number: 75. (10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14658.1)
2017
- Macfarlane, G. J. et al. 2017. EULAR recommendations for management of fibromyalgia. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 76(12), pp. -., article number: e54. (10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211587)
- Macfarlane, G. J. et al. 2017. EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 76(2), pp. 318-328. (10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209724)
- Hassoulas, A., Taylor, A. and Heathcote, S. 2017. Student engagement and perception of e-resources developed to support and enhance learning in pain medicine and management. Presented at: International Association for Medical Education (AMEE 2017), Helsinki, Finland, 26-30 August 2017.
2016
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2016. Assessment of physical function and participation in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT/OMERACT recommendations. Pain 157(9), pp. 1836-1850. (10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000577)
- Taylor, A. et al. 2016. Defining chronic pain reply. Journal of Rheumatology 43(4), pp. 826-827. (10.3899/jrheum.151456)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2016. Neural responses to a modified Stroop paradigm in patients with complex chronic musculoskeletal pain compared to matched controls: an experimental functional magnetic resonance imaging study. BMC Psychology 4(5), pp. 1-13. (10.1186/s40359-016-0109-4)
2015
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2015. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study to investigate the utility of a picture imagination task in investigating neural responses in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain to daily physical activity photographs. PLoS ONE 10(10), article number: e0141133. (10.1371/journal.pone.0141133)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2015. Is chronic pain a disease in its own right? Discussions from a Pre-OMERACT 2014 Workshop on chronic pain. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1947-1953. (10.3899/jrheum.141328)
- Phillips, K. et al. 2015. Harmonizing pain outcome measures: results of the Pre-OMERACT meeting on partnerships for consensus on patient-important pain outcome domains between the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and OMERACT. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1943-1946., article number: 194386. (10.3899/jrheum.141386)
- Maxwell, L. J. et al. 2015. Current state of reporting pain outcomes in Cochrane Reviews of chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions and considerations for an OMERACT research agenda. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1934-1942. (10.3899/jrheum.141423)
- Johnson, M. and Taylor, A. M. 2015. The 10 minute consultation: persistent pain. Cedilla Publishing Ltd.
2014
- Price, C., Lee, J., Taylor, A. M. and Baranowski, A. P. 2014. Initial assessment and management of pain: a pathway for care developed by the British Pain Society. British Journal of Anaesthesia 112(5), pp. 816-823. (10.1093/bja/aet589)
2013
- Barker, C., Taylor, A. and Johnson, M. 2013. Problematic pain - redefining how we view pain?. British Journal of Pain 8(1), pp. 9-15. (10.1177/2049463713512618)
2012
- Harvey, A., Taylor, A. M. and Wise, R. G. 2012. Imaging pain in arthritis: Advances in structural and functional neuroimaging. Current Pain and Headache Reports 16(6), pp. 492-501. (10.1007/s11916-012-0297-4)
- Taylor, A. M., Johnson, M. and Conway, V. 2012. Pain - initial assessment and early management. Map of Medicine.
- Ellis, B., Johnson, M. and Taylor, A. M. 2012. Education as part of wider health policy and improvement strategies. British Journal of Pain 6(2), pp. 54-58. (10.1177/2049463712445542)
- Taylor, A. 2012. An examination of blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging methods in analysing chronic non-malignant pain patients' responses to non -painful pain stimuli. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Harvey, A., Taylor, A. M. and Wise, R. G. 2012. Erratum to: Imaging pain in arthritis: Advances in structural and functional neuroimaging. Current Pain and Headache Reports 16(6), pp. 554. (10.1007/s11916-012-0302-y)
2011
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2011. Imaging neural responses to affective and pain-related stimuli in chronic non-malignant pain patients vs healthy controls [Abstract]. British Journal of Anaesthesia 107(5), pp. 830-831. (10.1093/bja/aer234)
2010
- Taylor, A. M. 2010. Nurses leading the development of interprofessional education in pain management. In: Carr, E., Layzell, M. and Christensen, M. eds. Advancing Nursing Practice in Pain Management. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 181-193.
2006
- Davies, M., Brophy, S., Williams, R. and Taylor, A. M. 2006. The Prevalence, Severity, and Impact of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 29(7), pp. 1518-1522. (10.2337/dc05-2228)
1997
- Taylor, A. M., Rosen, M., Diemunsch, P. A., Thorin, D. and Houweling, P. L. 1997. A double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, multicenter study of intravenous granisetron in the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 9(8), pp. 658-663. (10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00190-6)
Articles
- Kundakci, B. et al. 2022. International, multidisciplinary Delphi consensus recommendations on non-pharmacological interventions for fibromyalgia. Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism 57, article number: 152101. (10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152101)
- Williams, D. et al. 2022. Identities of women who have an autoimmune rheumatic disease [ARD] during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: A qualitative study. PLOS ONE 17(11), article number: e0263910. (10.1371/journal.pone.0263910)
- Holloway, S., Taylor, A. and Tombs, M. 2020. Impact of postgraduate study on healthcare professionals' academic and clinical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Management 27(7), pp. 171-178. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0058)
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. “Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works”: Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition – A qualitative visual methods study. Midwifery 78, pp. 91-96. (10.1016/j.midw.2019.08.002)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Identifying the unmet information and support needs of women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: mixed-methods study. BMC Rheumatology 2, article number: 21. (10.1186/s41927-018-0029-4)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Reaching a consensus on research priorities for supporting women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pre-conception, pregnancy and early parenting: A Nominal Group Technique exercise with lay and professional stakeholders. Wellcome Open Research 3, article number: 75. (10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14658.1)
- Macfarlane, G. J. et al. 2017. EULAR recommendations for management of fibromyalgia. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 76(12), pp. -., article number: e54. (10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211587)
- Macfarlane, G. J. et al. 2017. EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 76(2), pp. 318-328. (10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209724)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2016. Assessment of physical function and participation in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT/OMERACT recommendations. Pain 157(9), pp. 1836-1850. (10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000577)
- Taylor, A. et al. 2016. Defining chronic pain reply. Journal of Rheumatology 43(4), pp. 826-827. (10.3899/jrheum.151456)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2016. Neural responses to a modified Stroop paradigm in patients with complex chronic musculoskeletal pain compared to matched controls: an experimental functional magnetic resonance imaging study. BMC Psychology 4(5), pp. 1-13. (10.1186/s40359-016-0109-4)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2015. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study to investigate the utility of a picture imagination task in investigating neural responses in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain to daily physical activity photographs. PLoS ONE 10(10), article number: e0141133. (10.1371/journal.pone.0141133)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2015. Is chronic pain a disease in its own right? Discussions from a Pre-OMERACT 2014 Workshop on chronic pain. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1947-1953. (10.3899/jrheum.141328)
- Phillips, K. et al. 2015. Harmonizing pain outcome measures: results of the Pre-OMERACT meeting on partnerships for consensus on patient-important pain outcome domains between the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and OMERACT. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1943-1946., article number: 194386. (10.3899/jrheum.141386)
- Maxwell, L. J. et al. 2015. Current state of reporting pain outcomes in Cochrane Reviews of chronic musculoskeletal pain conditions and considerations for an OMERACT research agenda. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1934-1942. (10.3899/jrheum.141423)
- Price, C., Lee, J., Taylor, A. M. and Baranowski, A. P. 2014. Initial assessment and management of pain: a pathway for care developed by the British Pain Society. British Journal of Anaesthesia 112(5), pp. 816-823. (10.1093/bja/aet589)
- Barker, C., Taylor, A. and Johnson, M. 2013. Problematic pain - redefining how we view pain?. British Journal of Pain 8(1), pp. 9-15. (10.1177/2049463713512618)
- Harvey, A., Taylor, A. M. and Wise, R. G. 2012. Imaging pain in arthritis: Advances in structural and functional neuroimaging. Current Pain and Headache Reports 16(6), pp. 492-501. (10.1007/s11916-012-0297-4)
- Ellis, B., Johnson, M. and Taylor, A. M. 2012. Education as part of wider health policy and improvement strategies. British Journal of Pain 6(2), pp. 54-58. (10.1177/2049463712445542)
- Harvey, A., Taylor, A. M. and Wise, R. G. 2012. Erratum to: Imaging pain in arthritis: Advances in structural and functional neuroimaging. Current Pain and Headache Reports 16(6), pp. 554. (10.1007/s11916-012-0302-y)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2011. Imaging neural responses to affective and pain-related stimuli in chronic non-malignant pain patients vs healthy controls [Abstract]. British Journal of Anaesthesia 107(5), pp. 830-831. (10.1093/bja/aer234)
- Davies, M., Brophy, S., Williams, R. and Taylor, A. M. 2006. The Prevalence, Severity, and Impact of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care 29(7), pp. 1518-1522. (10.2337/dc05-2228)
- Taylor, A. M., Rosen, M., Diemunsch, P. A., Thorin, D. and Houweling, P. L. 1997. A double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging, multicenter study of intravenous granisetron in the treatment of postoperative nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing surgery with general anesthesia. Journal of Clinical Anesthesia 9(8), pp. 658-663. (10.1016/S0952-8180(97)00190-6)
Book sections
- Taylor, A. M. 2010. Nurses leading the development of interprofessional education in pain management. In: Carr, E., Layzell, M. and Christensen, M. eds. Advancing Nursing Practice in Pain Management. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing, pp. 181-193.
Books
- Johnson, M. and Taylor, A. M. 2015. The 10 minute consultation: persistent pain. Cedilla Publishing Ltd.
Conferences
- Hassoulas, A., Taylor, A. and Heathcote, S. 2017. Student engagement and perception of e-resources developed to support and enhance learning in pain medicine and management. Presented at: International Association for Medical Education (AMEE 2017), Helsinki, Finland, 26-30 August 2017.
Other
- Taylor, A. M., Johnson, M. and Conway, V. 2012. Pain - initial assessment and early management. Map of Medicine.
Thesis
- Taylor, A. 2012. An examination of blood oxygen level dependent functional magnetic resonance imaging methods in analysing chronic non-malignant pain patients' responses to non -painful pain stimuli. PhD Thesis, Cardiff University.
- Holloway, S., Taylor, A. and Tombs, M. 2020. Impact of postgraduate study on healthcare professionals' academic and clinical practice. British Journal of Healthcare Management 27(7), pp. 171-178. (10.12968/bjhc.2019.0058)
- Williams, D. et al. 2019. “Nobody knows, or seems to know how rheumatology and breastfeeding works”: Women's experiences of breastfeeding whilst managing a long-term limiting condition – A qualitative visual methods study. Midwifery 78, pp. 91-96. (10.1016/j.midw.2019.08.002)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Identifying the unmet information and support needs of women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pregnancy planning, pregnancy and early parenting: mixed-methods study. BMC Rheumatology 2, article number: 21. (10.1186/s41927-018-0029-4)
- Phillips, R. et al. 2018. Reaching a consensus on research priorities for supporting women with autoimmune rheumatic diseases during pre-conception, pregnancy and early parenting: A Nominal Group Technique exercise with lay and professional stakeholders. Wellcome Open Research 3, article number: 75. (10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14658.1)
- Macfarlane, G. J. et al. 2017. EULAR recommendations for management of fibromyalgia. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 76(12), pp. -., article number: e54. (10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211587)
- Macfarlane, G. J. et al. 2017. EULAR revised recommendations for the management of fibromyalgia. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 76(2), pp. 318-328. (10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209724)
- Hassoulas, A., Taylor, A. and Heathcote, S. 2017. Student engagement and perception of e-resources developed to support and enhance learning in pain medicine and management. Presented at: International Association for Medical Education (AMEE 2017), Helsinki, Finland, 26-30 August 2017.
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2016. Assessment of physical function and participation in chronic pain clinical trials: IMMPACT/OMERACT recommendations. Pain 157(9), pp. 1836-1850. (10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000577)
- Taylor, A. et al. 2016. Defining chronic pain reply. Journal of Rheumatology 43(4), pp. 826-827. (10.3899/jrheum.151456)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2016. Neural responses to a modified Stroop paradigm in patients with complex chronic musculoskeletal pain compared to matched controls: an experimental functional magnetic resonance imaging study. BMC Psychology 4(5), pp. 1-13. (10.1186/s40359-016-0109-4)
- Taylor, A. M. et al. 2015. A functional magnetic resonance imaging study to investigate the utility of a picture imagination task in investigating neural responses in patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain to daily physical activity photographs. PLoS ONE 10(10), article number: e0141133. (10.1371/journal.pone.0141133)
- Phillips, K. et al. 2015. Harmonizing pain outcome measures: results of the Pre-OMERACT meeting on partnerships for consensus on patient-important pain outcome domains between the Cochrane Musculoskeletal Group and OMERACT. Journal of Rheumatology 42(10), pp. 1943-1946., article number: 194386. (10.3899/jrheum.141386)
Teaching
I am an experienced educator and have been involved with delivering learning and teaching experiences since 1993. I am an innovative and strategic academic who has a wealth of eLearning and digital education experience. I have led on the development of a range of programmes from face to face, online and blended. I have worked with learners at level 2 to level 7 in higher education settings delivering content, mentoring, providing feed forward and feedback, marking and supervising. I am involved in peer review of teaching. I work with programme directors within and outside the School of Medicine to support programme revalidation and development, having in-depth knowledge from developing my own programmes, through my role as PGT Director and through being a rotating chair and member of Programme and Revalidation Subcommittee. The underpinning pedagogy to how I reflect on teaching and learning and action activity is underpinned by the MSc in Medical Education which was extremely worthwhile.
Biography
I am a Professor in Medical Education and the Post Graduate Taught Director in the School of Medicine, BLS and came to the University in 1993. I successfully obtained personal promotion and was appointed to my current role in 2017. Prior to 2017, I was programme director of 4 level 7 programmes which I designed and ran, moving them from blended to online in 2008. As the PGT Director of one of the largest providers of post-graduate health care education, I am now responsible for the strategic direction that the portfolio of our programmes moves in.
I am a rotating chair of the Programme Partner Standing Committee, now the Programme and Revalidation Sub-Committee and Student Conduct Committee and was invited onto the rapid improvement panel for training and to implement a change in the validation process. I chair PGT Board of Studies and has a strategic steering role within the Centre for Medical Education and School of Medicine. I sit on the Academic Promotions Committee and the School Academic Promotions Committee, on C4ME EDI, Educational and Quality groups. I actively contribute to ASQC as an elected member.
I have instigated and facilitated two, bottom-up transformational groups and chaired both. The Flexible and Distributed Learning Group, where a group of like minded academic, PSS staff and educational managers came together to look at ways of improving the flexibility for potential and actual students. The Scholarship Group again involved like-minded academics who wanted to support and mentor and those requiring support and mentorship in applying for academic promotion and to provide education across the institute in terms of what scholarship is. Both groups have now been formalised, I have stepped down and the different leads are now taking this work forward in innovative and strategic ways.
In 2021 I was included in a British Medical Association publication showcasing women role models in medical academia. I have presented in key pain and educational arenas globally and as an author and collaborator has published seminal guidelines and papers specifically in the field of pain management.
Honours and awards
2021, Women in Academic Medicine Role Models https://www.bma.org.uk/media/3903/bma-wam-role-models-march-2021.pdf
2009 Presented to the Queen for contribution to NHS services in Wales
2007 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
1999 Women in Education and Welsh Woman of the Year
Professional memberships
Royal College of Nursing
Academic positions
Career overview
2017 to present Professor and Director of Post Graduate Taught Studies
2010 to 2017: Reader in Pain Research and Education Cardiff University
2000 to 2010: Senior Lecturer in Pain Research and Education Cardiff University
1999 to 2003 Part time lecturer Barry College
1994 to 2000 Non clinical lecturer UWCM
1993 to 1994 Course co-ordinator UWCM
1988 to 1992 Intensive Care Sister Cardiff Royal Infirmary
Education and qualifications
2013 Doctor of Philosophy, CUBRIC, Cardiff University
2002 NVQ D32,33, Barry College
2001 MSc Medical Education, University of Wales
1994 Further Education, Teaching Cert UWIC
1993 Bachelor of Nursing, University of Wales
1989 Diploma in Nursing, University of Wales
1983 Registered General Nurse, SGHA (Teaching)
Speaking engagements
From 2017 only
- 2020, Expert panel Q&A session (panel member). Inaugural International Virtual Chronic Pain Summit.
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2019, Implementing ‘Living with Persistent Pain’ Chronic Pain Policy Coalition, Senydd Reception.
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2019, Even better than the real thing? Developing engaging online learning experiences and communities. CESI conference, Cardiff University.
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2019, Planning and describing Learning Outcomes, EARTH Teaching Away Day, Cardiff University.
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2019, Scholarship of teaching and learning. Workshop, C4ME Staff Development Conference, Cardiff University.
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2019, Writing Learning Outcomes. Workshop to support programme developments in SocSci, Cardiff University.
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2017-2021, Academic Promotions. Cardiff University.
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2017, Athena Swan Lecture Series, Nurse challenging stereo-types in medical school role, Cardiff.
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2017, Workshop on pain and resilience, Pain Forum, Bath Centre for Pain Management.
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2017, What can we learn from the Pre-OMERACT workshop on Chronic Pain?, Societal Impact of Pain Meeting, Malta.
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2017, E-Learning workshop, All Wales Curriculum Conference, Cardiff.
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2017, EULAR: Fibromyalgia Guideline Update Workshop, 50th Anniversary Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Pain Society, London.
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2017, Is resilience the new pain score? Workshop, 50th Anniversary Annual Scientific Meeting of the British Pain Society, London.
Committees and reviewing
School and Central Academic Promotions Committee
School of Medicine Executive Committee
Centre for Medical Education Senior Management Team Committee
School and BLS ESEC
BLS PGT Committee
ASQC
Rotating Chair and member of Programme & Revalidation Sub-Committee
Supervisions
I supervise level 7 dissertation students within PGT, topics include:
- Pain Management
- Ageing Health
- Public Health
- Medical Education
Engagement
Research themes
Specialisms
- Pain
- Higher education