Dr David Taylor MBChB, MRCP, DRCOG, MRCGP, PGCert

Dr David Taylor

Birmingham Medical School
Lecturer

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)121 414 7625
Email
d.g.taylor@bham.ac.uk
Address
Institute of Clinical Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr David Taylor a jobbing GP with an interest in medicine and education. I am currently a member of the “Over-diagnosis Group”.

Ivan Illich’s “Medical Nemesis”, James Willis’ “Friends in low places” and Atul Guwande’s “Being Mortal” are all essential medical reading for me.

Qualifications

  • 2007   Cert Med Ed (Birmingham)
  • 2005   MRCGP (MAP)
  • 1984   DRCOG
  • 1982   MRCP (London)
  • 1978   MBChB University of Bristol

Teaching

  • Physician Associate Studies Diploma (Small Group Facilitator)
  • PBL facilitator Physician’s Associate Programme
  • Trainee Programme Director – Health Education England (West Mids)

Other activities

2014 – current     De Bono advisor for Foreign Office
2014 – current     Locum GP
2008- current       Appraiser
2002 -2013           National Secretary Association of Course Organisers
1996- current       Course Organiser (TPD) South Birmingham
1995-2014            Lecturer University of Birmingham (CBM Course)
1995-2005            Set up SouthDoc (OOH Co-op in South Birmingham) Board member till 2005
1994- 2014           Trainer
1992-2002            South Birmingham Research Ethics Committee
1990-1991            Pan Birmingham Drug Review Group
1986-1998            LMC member (Represent for Birmingham Children’s Hospital Review and Vascular Review)
1985-2014            Partner Northfield

Publications

J Eval Clin Pract. 2005 Aug;11(4):405-7. The Heart Protection Study and bias in the interpretation of RCTs.
Conradi P, Taylor D.

BJGP. 2018; 68 (670): 243 Polycystic ovarian syndrome: overdiagnosed and overtreated?
Jane Wilcock and David Taylor