Faculty

Current Position

Assistant Professor, Institute of Community Health Care, College of Nursing, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan

EDUCATION

Master/Doctor of Philosophy in Palliative Care Research   Sep. 2016 – May.2020

• King’s College London, London, United Kingdom
• Thesis: Developing a culturally-appropriate advance care planning for people living with advanced cancer and exploring its acceptability in Taiwan
• Supervisor: Professor Richard Harding, Dr. Catherine Evans, Dr. Jonathan Koffman

Master of Science in Nursing  Sep. 2011 - Jun. 2014

• National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Major: Cancer care, Hospice & Palliative care; Average: 89.29%)
• Thesis: The nurses’ attitude and experience toward end-of-life care for terminally ill cancer patients

Bachelor of Science in Nursing  Sep. 2007 - Jun. 2011

• National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan (Average: 85.74%)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

1. Advance care planning

2. Medical decision-making

3. Research methodology (mixed-methods) in Palliative Care

4. End-of-life care attitude and behavior survey

5. Global health and palliative care research 

ACADEMIC TRAINING AND ACTIVITIES

Aisa-Pacifc Hospice Palliative Care Network (APHN) research committee member Feb. 2022-current

Serving as research committee member to integrat and facilitate palliative care research in Asia Pacific region
Taiwan Cross-Cultural Health Care Association committee member  Dec. 2021-current
Serving as committee member to promote cross-cultural palliative care for indigenous people in Taiwan

WHO Global Palliative Care Evaluation Postdoctoral researcher at King’s College London, UK  Feb.2020 - current

Research training fellow at Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan  Oct 2018 – February 2019

Reception and host of an international symposium in Taipei, Taiwan  2^nd, May 2018

Research training fellow in Taipei City Hospital, Taiwan  Oct 2017 – May 2018

Clinical and academic trainee at Chiba University, Chiba, Japan  Jun. - Jul. 2013

Clinical and academic trainee at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong  Jan. 2011

Clinical and academic trainee at University of Washington, Seattle, United States of America  Jul. -Aug. 2010

WORK EXPERIENCES

National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University – Assistant Professor  Aug. 2020 – current

Institution of Community Health Care, College of Nursing, Taipei, Taiwan

King’s College London visiting research fellow -Feb 2021-Feb 2024

Cicely Saunders Institute of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, King’s College London, London, UK

Lecturer of Department of Nursing-Sep. 2015 - Jan. 2016

Yuanpei University of Medical Technology, Hsinchu, Taiwan

• Teaching Subject: Oncology Nursing, Hospice and Palliative Care

Substitute Military Service at the central office in department of nursing-Sep. 2014 - Aug. 2015

Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

• Solved problems and managed difficulties by performing critical thinking and being creative while working in the office.
• Collaborated with different medical professionals to hold annual events.
• Possess excellent administrative work ability and a positive working attitude.

Registered Nurse in the oncology ward- Feb. 2012 - Mar. 2013

National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan

FUNDING & SCHOLARSHIP

國立陽明交通大學 延攬優秀人才彈性薪資-Aug.2021-July.2023

2021 Asia Pacific Hospice Conference scholarship (5000JPY)-Nov.2021

國立陽明交通大學 延攬特殊優秀人才獎助金-Aug. 2020-Aug. 2022

沈力揚教授教授醫學教育獎助金 (NTD 50,000)-Nov. 2020

NIHR CLAHRC South London Thesis Write Up Stipend (£3500)- Sep. 2019

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

Conference Fund Grant (£1700)- May. 2019

Centre for Doctoral Studies, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

Government scholarships for study abroad ($16,000/per year)-  Jun. 2018-Jun. 2019

Ministry of Education, Taiwan

Global Research Grant (£2000)-  Jun. 2018-Jun. 2019

King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

RESEARCH PROJECT

Improving the advance care planning readiness among older adults with chronic diseases in the community: developing intervention and evaluating its feasibility (funded by National Science and Technology Council) 2022-2025

Palliative care cohort study (HOLISTIC study): sub-project_ validation of the traditional Chinese version of advance care planning scale (funded by National Helath Research Institute) 2020-current

• Aim: to validate a translated traditional Chinese version of advance care planning scale in Taiwan

國衛院在宅世代研究_子計畫:預立醫療照護諮商量表信效度檢核  2020-current

WHO global palliative care evaluation with six countries (Post-doc)  2020-current

DIAdIC clinical trial with six European countries (UK taskforce member)  2020-current

Out of hour project for people with serious health related suffering in the last year of life (taskforce member)  2020-current

Asia advance care planning Delphi study among six Asian countries (taskforce member)  2018-current

Asia advance care planning comparative study (Co-PI)  2018-current

Taiwan palliative care white paper (taskforce member)  2018-2019

ACADEMIC WORK & POSITION
PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL/CONFERENCE REVIEWER

1. BMC Palliative Care reviewer
2. BMC Medical Ethics reviewer
3. PLOS ONE reviewer
4.  Journal of Pain and Symptom Management reviewer
5.  Taiwan Journal of Hospice Palliative Care reviewer
6.  2021 Asia Pacific Hospice Palliative Care Conference abstract reviewer
7.  2022 East Asia Forum of Nursing Scholoar Conference abstract reviewer

PEER-REVIEWED PAPER

1. Lin, C. P., Lin, C. K., and Subeq, Y. M. (2022) Preliminary exploration of the need and reflection for developing a culturally appropriate community-based hospice and palliative care model for Taiwanese indigenous people. Formosa Journal of Mental Health. (written in Chinese) (accepted and in press)
2. Cheng, C. F., Pan, S. Y., Lu, S. S., Cheng, Y. C., and Lin, C. P.* (2022) The Challenges of Early Advance Care Planning Engagement of Older Adults with Chronic Diseases in the Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Taipei City Medical Journal. 19(2):147-156 (written in Chinese)(corresponding author).
3. Wei, F. C., Hsu, C. K., Wu, Y. L., Liao, J. Y., Huang, C. H., Yu, S. J., Lin, C. P*., Chen, P. J*. (2021) Reliability and Validity of the Traditional Chinese Version of the Advance Care Planning Engagement Survey: An Pilot Evaluation in Taiwanese outpatients. Journal of Palliative Care. 37(3):273-279. doi: 10.1177/08258597211051208 (Joint corresponding author)
4. Martina, D.*, Geerse, O. P., Lin, C.P., Kristanti, M.S., Putranto, R., Bramer, W.M., Mori, M., Korfage, I.J., van der Heide, A., Rietjens, J.A.C., and van der Rijt, C.C.D. (2021) Asian patients’ perspectives on advance care planning: A mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework. Palliative Medicine. ;35(10):1776-1792. doi:10.1177/02692163211042530
5. Lin, C. P., Tsay, M. S.; Chang, Y. H.; Chen, H. C.; Wang, C. Y.; Chuang, Y. S.; Wu, C. Y*. (2021) A Comparison of the Survival, Place of Death, and Medical Utilization of Terminal Patients Receiving Hospital-Based and Community-Based Palliative Home Care: A Retrospective and Propensity Score Matching Cohort Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(14):7272. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18147272.
6. Yen, C. C., Lin, C. P., Su Y. T., Tsu C. H., Chang L. M., Sun Z. J., Lin, B. S., and Wu, J. S*. (2021) The Characteristics and Motivations of Taiwanese People Toward Advance Care Planning in Outpatient Clinics at a Community Hospital. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18(6): 2821. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18062821.
7. Lin, C. P.*, Boufkhed S, Kizawa Y, Mori M, Hamzah E, Aggarwal G, Namisango E, et al. (2021) Preparedness to face the COVID-19 pandemic in hospices and palliative care services in Asia-Pacific region: A rapid online survey. American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. 38(7): 861-868.
8. Bradshaw A.*, Balyly J., Penfold C., Lin, C. P., Oluyase A., Hocaoglu M B., et al. (2021) Comment on Moody: ‘“Advance” Care Planning Reenvisioned’. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 69(5):1177-1179. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17058.
9. Lin, C. P., Boufkhed S, Albuquerque Pai A, Namisango E, Luyirika E, Sleeman KE, Costantini, M., Peruselli, C., Higginson, I. J., Ekstrand, M. L., Harding, R., Salins, N., and Bhatnager, S*. (2021) Preparedness and capacity of Indian palliative care services to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic: an online rapid assessment survey. Indian Journal of Palliative Care. 27(1): 152-171.
10. Martina, D.*, Lin, C.P., Kristanti, M.S., Putranto, R., Bramer, W.M., Mori, M., Korfage, I.J., van der Heide, A., van der Rijt, C.C.D., and Rietjens, J.A.C. (2021) Advance care planning in Asia: A systematic review of healthcare professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, and experiences. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 22(2): 349.e1-349.e28.
11. Lin, C. P., Peng, J. K., Chen, P. J., Huang, H. L., Hsu, S. H., and Cheng, S. Y*. (2020) Preferences on the timing of initiating advance care planning and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment between terminally-ill cancer patients and their main family caregivers: a prospective study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17(21): 7954. 
12. Lin, C.P., Wu, J.Y., Jiang, S.,J., Yang, J.S., Wu, J.H., Chen, H.J., Wang, J.Y., and Chen, P.J*. (2020) The implementation of culturally adapted advance care planning and the challenge for people with impaired mental capacity in Taiwanese context: experiences and reflection at Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Journal of Life Education. 13(1):25-44. (written in Chinese)
13. Cheng, S-Y.*, Lin, C.P., Martina, D., Chan, Y.L., Mori, M., Kim, S.Y., and Ng, R. (2020) Advance care planning in Asian culture. Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology. hyaa131, https://doi.org/10.1093/jjco/hyaa131.
14. Lin, C.P.*, Evans, C.J., Koffman, J., Chen, P.J., Hou, M.F., and Harding, R. (2020 ) Feasibility and acceptability of a culturally adapted advance care planning intervention for people living with advanced cancer and their families: a mixed-methods study. Palliative Medicine. 34(5): 651-666.
15. Lin, C.P., and Peng, J. K*. (2019) Patient autonomy and advance care planning: the United Kingdom experiences. The Journal of Long-Term Care. 23(3): 169-176. (written in Chinese)
16. Lin, C.P.*, Evans, C.J., Koffman, J., Sheu, S.J., Hsu, S.H., and Harding, R. (2019)What influences patients’ decisions regarding palliative care in advance care planning discussions? Perspectives from a qualitative study conducted with advanced cancer patients, families and healthcare professionals. Palliative Medicine. 33(10): 1299-1309.
17. Huang, M.Y.*, and Lin, C.P. (2019) Place of death. Taiwan Journal of Hospice Palliative Care. 23(3): 254-266 (written in Chinese)
18. Lin, C. P., Cheng, S. Y., Mori, M., Suh, S. Y., Chan, Y. L., Martina, D., Pang, W. S., Huang, H. L., Peng, J. K., Yao, C. A., Tsai, J. S., Hu, W. Y., Wang, Y. W., Shih, C. Y., Hsu, S. H., Wu, C. Y., Chen, P. J., Ho, H. L., Pang, S. Y., Menon, S., Lip, N. H., Yuen, K. K., Kwok, O. L., Kim, S. H., Kim, J. Y., Takenouchi, S., Kizawa, Y., Morita, T., Iwata, F., Tashiro, S., and Chiu, T. Y*. (2019) 2019 Taipei Declaration on Advance Care Planning: A Cultural Adaptation of End of Life Care Discussion. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 22(10): 1175-1177.
19. Lin, C. P.*, Evans, C. J., Koffman, J., Armes, J., Murtagh, FEM and Harding, R. (2019) The conceptual models and mechanisms of action that underpin advance care planning for cancer patients: A systematic review of randomized controlled trials. Palliative Medicine 33(1): 5-23.
20. Cheng, C.-F.*, Lin, C. P., and Hsiao, S.-H. (2018). Improving Death Literacy for High-Quality End-of-Life Oncology Care. Taipei City Med J 15: 54-60. (written in Chinese)
21. Lin, C. P., Cheng, S.-Y. and Chen, P.-J*. (2018). Advance Care Planning for Older People with Cancer and Its Implications in Asia: Highlighting the Mental Capacity and Relational Autonomy. Geriatrics 3(3): 43.

TEXTBOOK & BOOK CHAPTER

1. Powell, R. A., Lin, C. P., Guo, P., and Namisango, E. (2022). Chapter 3: Caring at the Cultural and Spirituality Interface: Case Studies from China, Taiwan, New Zealand and Sub-Saharan Africa. In Silbermann, M., and Berger, A. (Eds), Global Perspectives in Caner Care: Religion, Spirituality, and Cultural Diversity in Health and Healing. Oxford press.
2. 國家衛生研究院 (2020) 台灣安寧緩和療護政策綱領暨行動方案。台北：台灣 (共同作者)
3. 國家衛生研究院 (2019) 台灣安寧緩和療護政策白皮書。台北：台灣 (共同作者)
4. Chao, C. S., & Lin, C. P. (2014). The Basics of Comfort Measures. Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC: Farseeing Publishing Group.