Dr Emily Hall

MA VetMB PGCAP PhD MRCVS MRSB SFHEA
Lecturer in Veterinary Education

Department: Clinical Science and Services

Emily is a Lecturer in Veterinary Education and teaches on the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc in Veterinary Education.

Emily graduated from Cambridge Vet School in 2007 then worked in small animal general practice as a primary-care veterinary surgeon. In 2015, Emily was appointed as Lecturer (and subsequently Senior Lecturer) in Veterinary Nursing Science at the School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). Emily developed and was course leader of the school’s first blended learning course, a BSc (top-up) in Veterinary Nursing Science. Whilst at NTU, Emily completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice and was awarded Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE). In 2021 Emily joined the LIVE team at the RVC as a Lecturer in Veterinary Education.

Alongside her teaching Emily researches novel and non-invasive methods of monitoring body temperature and heat-related illness in companion animals. In 2018, supervised and mentored by Dr Dan O’Neill  and Dr Anne Carter (SRUC), Emily and the “Hot Dogs” team were awarded a Dogs Trust Canine Welfare Grant to investigate the epidemiology of heat-related illness (heatstroke) in UK dogs using the VetCompass programme. In 2021, an additional Dogs Trust Canine Welfare Grant was awarded to the team to support the evaluation of the VetCompass Clinical Grading Tool for Heat-Related Illness in Dogs, for use in emergency veterinary practice.

Emily’s research activity focuses on two main areas, companion animal thermal biology and preparing students for veterinary practice.

Emily’s thermal biology research project utilises the VetCompass Programme and originally explored the risk factors for and veterinary management of heat-related illness in dogs.  The Hot Dogs research project involves collaboration between members of the VetCompass research group and clinical colleagues, and is currently evaluating the use of the VetCompass Clinical Grading Tool for Heat-related Illness in Dogs using quality improvement methods to trial the tool in Vets Now emergency veterinary clinics in the UK. In 2024 Emily was awarded a PhD by publication for her work advancing the epidemiology and clinical grading of heat-related illness in UK dogs, and was supervised by Dr Anne Carter (SRUC), Dr Dan O’Neill, and Dr Louise Gentle (NTU).

2024

Beard, S., Hall, E. J., Bradbury, J., Carter, A. J., Gilbert, S., & O’Neill, D. G. (2024). Epidemiology of heat-related illness in dogs under UK emergency veterinary care in 2022. Veterinary Record, 194(11), 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1002/vetr.4153

Carter, A. J., Hall, E. J., Bradbury, J., Beard, S., Gilbert, S., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2024). Post-exercise management of exertional hyperthermia in dogs participating in dog sport (canicross) events in the UK. Journal of Thermal Biology, 103827. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2024.103827

2023

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Bradbury, J., Beard, S., Gilbert, S., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2023). Cooling Methods Used to Manage Heat-Related Illness in Dogs Presented to Primary Care Veterinary Practices during 2016–2018 in the UK. Veterinary Sciences, 10(7), 465. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10070465  

Bradbury, J., Hall, E. J., Carter, A., & O’Neill, D. G. (2023). Canine heat-related illness – new perspectives from recent research. Companion Animal, 28(7), 2–5. https://doi.org/10.12968/coan.2023.0015

2022

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Chico, G., Bradbury, J., Gentle, L. K., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2022). Risk Factors for Severe and Fatal Heat-Related Illness in UK Dogs—A VetCompass Study. Veterinary Sciences, 9(5), 231. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci9050231

Hall, E. J., Baillie, S., Hunt, J. A., Catterall, A. J., Wolfe, L., Decloedt, A., Taylor, A. J., & Wissing, S. (2022). Practical Tips for Setting Up and Running OSCEs. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.3138/jvme-2022-0003

Hall, E. J., Radford, A. D., & Carter, A. J. (2022). Surveillance of heat-related illness in small animals presenting to veterinary practices in the UK between 2013-2018. Open Veterinary Journal, 12(1), 5–16. https://doi.org/10.5455/OVJ.2022.v12.i1.2

2021

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & Farnworth, M. J. (2021). Exploring Owner Perceptions of the Impacts of Seasonal Weather Variations on Canine Activity and Potential Consequences for Human–Canine Relationships. Animals, 11(11), 3302. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11113302

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Bradbury, J., Barfield, D. & O’Neill, D. G. (2021). Proposing the VetCompass clinical grading tool for heat-related illness in dogs. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6828. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86235-w

Hall, E. J. (2021). Keeping your Cool Monitoring Body Temperature. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 36(1), 19-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2020.1840470

2020

Kershaw, T., Hall, E. J., Dobbs, P., Liptovszky, M. & Strong, V. (2020). An Exploration of the Value of Elective Health Checks in UK Zoo-Housed Gibbons. Animals, 10(12), 2307. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10122307

Simpson, A., Hall, M., & Hall, E. J. (2020). Reflecting on holding high-stakes OSCE style assessments in a COVID-19 environment. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 35(8), 246-250. https://doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2020.1803779

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & O’Neill, D. G. (2020). Dogs don’t die just in hot cars – exertional heat related illness (heatstroke) is a greater threat to UK dogs. Animals, 10(8), 1324. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10081324

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & O’Neill, D. G. (2020). Incidence and risk factors for heat-related illness (heatstroke) in UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 9128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66015-8

Carter, A. J., Hall, E. J., Connolly, S. L., Russell, Z. F., & Mitchell, K. (2020). Drugs, dogs, and driving: the potential for year-round thermal stress in UK vehicles. Open Veterinary Journal, 10(2), 216–225. https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ovj.v10i2.x

2019

Hall, E. J., Simpson, A., Imrie, H., & Ruedisueli, N. (2019). Time-constrained scenario-based practical examinations (TSPEs): an alternative to OSCEs? Veterinary Nursing Journal, 34(6), 154–158. https://doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2019.1604194

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Stevenson, A. G., & Hall, C. (2019). Establishing a Yard-Specific Normal Rectal Temperature Reference Range for Horses. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 74, 51–55. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2018.12.023

2018

Carter, A. J., & Hall, E. J. (2018). Investigating factors affecting the body temperature of dogs competing in cross country (canicross) races in the UK. Journal of Thermal Biology, 72, 33–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2017.12.006

2017

Hall, E. J., & Carter, A. (2017). Establishing a reference range for normal canine tympanic membrane temperature measured with a veterinary aural thermometer. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 32(12), 369–373. https://doi.org/10.1080/17415349.2017.1377133

Hall, E. J., & Carter, A. J. (2017). Comparison of rectal and tympanic membrane temperature in healthy exercising dogs. Comparative Exercise Physiology, 13(1), 37–44. https://doi.org/10.3920/CEP160034

Emily teaches on the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc in Veterinary Education, with a focus on assessment and feedback, employability for veterinary professionals and interprofessional education. Emily is also part of the RVC interprofessional education (IPE) team, supporting IPE initiatives that enable veterinary and veterinary nursing students to learn from and with both professions to support better understanding of each other’s roles. She also supervises student research projects across a range of topics related to veterinary education and companion animal thermal biology.

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