Dr Faith Liao, Associate Professor in Medical Education and Person-Centred Care at Taipei Medical University. Faith's work sits at the intersection of person-centred medical education, human flourishing, and technology-enhanced learning. Faith co-creates curricula and simulation resources with clinicians and students, and I lead mixed-methods studies on communication, wellbeing, professionalism, and Rogerian therapeutic relationships. Faith is particularly interested in how innovative healthcare science and supportive care prescribing can strengthen primary care learning and everyday GP and attending physician consultations. Faith aims to contribute to the human flourishing society in medical education by sharing tools for curriculum design and evaluation, co-authoring practice-informed research, and supporting study days and small interest groups.

Faith's research interests are at the interface of medical education and human flourishing. Faith's research is focused on the development of therapeutic pedagogy and pedagogy of human flourishing in medical education, and the relevant topic such as autonomy for learning from home during the COVID19 pandemic; therapeutic relationship, wellbeing and authenticity; person-centred experiential e-learning and spiritual care. Currently, Faith is supervising master students completing on relevant topics such as the well-being of adolescents and young people with cancer.

Faith is keen to hear from potential master students or practitioners with an interest in medical education, holistic health and their links with wellbeing.

Academic Appointments
•    Associate Professor (8/2025–Present), Taipei Medical University •    Visiting Scholar (10/2024 – 9/2025), Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom
•    Assistant Professor (6/2021–7/2025), Taipei Medical University
Qualifications

• PhD in Person-centred Medical Education, School of Education, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom (2019)
• MA in Neuroethics, Institute of Philosophy of Mind and Cognition, National Yang-Ming University (National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung University), Taiwan (2015)
• BSc in Nursing, School of Medicine, Fu Jen Catholic University (2008)

Research Interests

• Person-centred Approach
• Medical Education
• Education and Research in Person-centred care
• Technology-enhanced Learning
• Human Flourishing in Medicine 
• Therapeutic Relationship Skills and Application
• Neuroethics 
• Emergency Care

Key Publications 
Journals Articles
Liao, F.'*' (2025). Re-envisioning Medical Education: Integrating Carl Rogers’ Person-Centred Approach for Holistic Healthcare in Taiwan. MedEdPublish. 15(36), https://doi.org/10.12688/mep.21026.1.

Tsai, T.-L., & Liao, F.'*' (2024). Initiating e-activities: Applying the situated learning in a class with transition. Problems of Education in the 21st Century, 82(6A), 1081–1097. https://doi.org/10.33225/pec/24.82.1081

Kang, E.YN., Chi, KY., Liao, F., Liu, CC., Lin, CP., Chen, TL., Tanaka, P., & Chen, CY. (2024). Indigenizing and co-producing the ACGME anesthesiology milestone in Taiwan: a Delphi study and subgroup analysis. BMC Medical Education 24, 154 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05081-2

Chen, S., Liao, F., Murphy, D., Joseph, S. (2023). Development and validation of a 12-item version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory (B-L RI:mini) using item response theory. Current Psychology, 42,10566–10580. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02348-5

Hsiao, CY., Wu, JC., Lin, PC., Yang, PY., Liao, F., Guo, SL., Hou, WH. (2022). Effectiveness of interprofessional shared decision-making training: A mixed-method study. Patient Education and Counseling, 105(11), 3287-3297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2022.07.010

Liao, F., Murphy, D., Wu, JC., Chen, CY., Chang, CC., Tsai, PF. (2022). How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study. BMC Medical Education, 22, 60. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-022-03127-x

Chen, S., Liao, F., Murphy, D., Joseph, S. (2021). Measurement Invariance of the English, Chinese, and Spanish Versions of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 55(1), 30-47. https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2021.1955212

Murphy, D., Liao, F., Slovák, P., Holle, L., Jackson, D., Oliver, P., & Fitzpatrick, G. (2020). An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology system to support psychotherapy helping skills training. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 20(2), 324-335  https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12275

林冠蓁、廖若帆、鄭閔中、何建志、陳建宇 (2020)《尊嚴善終法》草案下失智病人自主權之臨床困境。澄清醫護管理雜誌 ，16(4):4-10。
https://www.airitilibrary.com/Publication/alDetailedMesh?DocID=18136702-202010-202010060020-202010060020-4-10

Liao, F., & Murphy, D. (2019). Evaluation of therapeutic relationship skills training for mental health professionals: the therapeutic relationship enabling programme.  MedEdPublish. 8(2), 42. http://doi.org/10.15694/mep.2019.000112.1

Liao, F., Murphy, D. and Barrett-Lennard, G., (2018). A confirmatory factor analysis of the Mandarin-Chinese version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 9(1), 20-45 
https://doi.org/10.1080/21507686.2017.1419269


Conference Abstracts
Jeng‐Fong Chiou, Ying‐Wei Wang, Chiao‐Wen Huang, Li‐Hui Huang, Pao‐Ling Chiang, Faith Liao (2021, Jun). Launching the Spiritual Care Training Project for Medical Professionals in Taiwan. Journal of Palliative Medicine, 24(7), A13- A14, Abstract 34th, https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2021.0259.abstracts.

Liao, F., Wu, JC., Hou, WH., Chien-Yu Chen, Chun-Chao Chan (2021) A Pathway towards Holistic Care in Practice: Patient-Centered Medical Education (中文：邁向全人照護實踐：以人為中心醫學教育)。110年第十屆提升全人醫療暨整合服務研討會口頭報告，台中；衛生福利部臺中醫院。2021年10月29日。

王怡文、吳政誠、廖若帆、蔡翰威、侯文萱 (2021) 以全人照護觀點分析實習醫學生的病史詢問臨床技能。110年第十屆提升全人醫療暨整合服務研討會口頭報告，台中；衛生福利部臺中醫院。2021年10月29日。

Su, HY., Lin, YJ., Lee, CP., Yang, CY., Hsia, CH. & Liao, F. (2021) Narrating dietitians’ empathic understanding and responding: An innovating training online. Short communication at AMEE 2021 “Redefining Health Professions Education Together”, 27^th- 30^th August, 2021. United Kingdom: Dundee.

Liao, F., Hou, WH., Wu, JC., Chang, CC. (2021) Principle Component Analysis of the Holistic Care Competence Inventory: a sample of undergraduate medical students. Oral presentation at AMEE 2021 “Redefining Health Professions Education Together”, 27^th- 30^th August, 2021. United Kingdom: Dundee.

Hou, WH., Wu, JC., Liao, F., Chang, CC. (2021) Honing Therapeutic Relationship Communication Skills: A report of the holistic care training for undergraduate medical student in Taiwan. Oral presentation at the AMEE 2021 “Redefining Health Professions Education Together”. 27^th- 30^th August, 2021. United Kingdom: Dundee.

Liao, F. (2021) Developing the interpersonal skills online: technology-enhanced experiential e-learning. Oral presentation at the APMEC 2021 “Asia Pacific Medical Education Conference (APMEC)”. 22^nd-24^th January, 2021. Singapore: Singapore

Liao, F., Hsiao, Shu-Tai, Murphy, D. (2021) Evaluating and exploring of the learning of the person-centred therapeutic relationship skills: Innovating an intensive training with the use of a new learning technology. Paper accepted at ISQua 2021 “Emotion, Inspiration and Creativity: Pathways to Global Health Quality”, 8^th - 11^th July 2021. Florence: Italy. 

Liao, F. & Murphy, D. (2020) Assessing the Therapeutic Relationship Competence of the Mental Health Professionals: an Innovating Intensive Training in Taiwan. Paper presented at Ottawa 2020 “Assessment of health professionals and evaluation of programmes: Best practice and future development”, 29th February- 4th March. KLCC: Malaysia. 

Liao, F., & Murphy, D. (2019) Evaluating the person-centred therapeutic relationship competence acquisition for the mental health professionals in Taiwan. Paper presented at 25th BACP Research Conference “Shaping counselling practice and policy: the next 25 years”, 17th-18th May. Belfast: England

Murphy, D., & Liao, F. (2019) An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology system to support psychotherapy helping skills training. Paper presented at 25th BACP Research Conference “Shaping counselling practice and policy: the next 25 years”, 17th May. Belfast: England