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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hall, E. J. (2021). Keeping your Cool Monitoring Body Temperature. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 36(1), 19-23.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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Hot Dogs - investigating the epidemiology and recognition of heat-related illness in dogs presenting to UK veterinary practices.
This project began by exploring risk factors for heat-related illness in UK dogs and has been extended to develop and evaluate a novel clinical grading tool that aims to improve recognition and management of this potentially fatal condition.
Understanding the risk factors for heat-related illness is an important step in developing improved mitigation strategies to help protect canine welfare in the face of advancing climate change.