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LIVE/RVC/collaborative publications

Dale, V.H.M., Pierce, S.E. and May, S.A. (2010) The importance of cultivating a preference for complexity in veterinarians for effective lifelong learning. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 37(2): 199-205.

Dale, V.H.M., Pierce, S.E. and May, S.A. (2010) The role of undergraduate research experiences in producing veterinary scientists. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 37(2):164-172.

Dale, V. H. M., Wieland, B., Pirkelbauer, B., & Nevel, A. (2009). Value and benefits of open-book examinations as assessment for deep learning in a post-graduate animal health course. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 36(4): 404-411. (Abstract)

Dale, V. H. M., Head, S. D., & May, S. A. (2008). Students’ first impressions of a new, more integrated curriculum with increased self-directed study time. In L. Gourlay & S. Saxby-Smith (Eds.), Excellence in Teaching Conference 2008 (pp. 21-33). London: Kings Institute of Learning and Teaching. (PDF)

Dale, V.H.M., M. Sullivan and S. May (2008), Adult Learning in Veterinary Education: Theory to Practice. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 35(4): 581-588. (Abstract)

Dale, V., Palmer, D., & May, S. (2008). Instilling a research ethos into an undergraduate science programme. In J. Struthers, A. Laidlaw, J. Aiton, G. Humphris & S. Guild (Eds.), Research-Teaching Linkages: enhancing graduate attributes (Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine) (pp. 76-78). St Andrews: The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. (PDF)

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Previous publications

Denwood, M., V.H.M. Dale, and P. Yam (2008). Development and Evaluation of an Online Computer-Aided Learning (CAL) Package to Promote Small-Animal Welfare. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 35(2): 318-324. (Abstract)

Radford, A., P. Stockley, J. Silverman, I. Taylor, R. Turner, C. Gray, L. Bush, M. Glyde, A. Healy, V. Dale, S. Kaney, C. Magrath, S. Marshall, S. May, B. McVey, C. Spencer, R. Sutton, J. Tandy, P. Watson and A. Winter (2006). Development, Teaching, and Evaluation of a Consultation Structure Model for Use in Veterinary Education. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 33(1): 38-44.

Davis, M.H., Ponnamperuma, G.G, Sean McAleer, S. and Dale, V.H.M. (2006) The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE). Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 33(4): 578-587. (Abstract)

Dale, V.H.M., Nasir, L. and Sullivan, M. (2005) Exploring Student Attitudes to Directed Self-Learning Online through Evaluation of an Internet-Based Biomolecular Sciences Resource. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32(1): 129-137. (Abstract)

Dale, V.H.M., Nasir, L. and Sullivan, M. (2005) Evaluation of Student Attitudes to Cooperative Learning in Undergraduate Veterinary Medicine. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32(4): 511-516. (Abstract)

Dale, V.H.M., McConnell, G., Short, A. and Sullivan, M. (2005) Ten years of CLIVE (Computer-Aided Learning in Veterinary Education) in the United Kingdom. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 32(1): 47-50. (Abstract)

Dale, V.H.M., Johnston, P.E.J. and Sullivan, M. (2003) Learning and Teaching Innovations in the Veterinary Undergraduate Curriculum at Glasgow. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 30(3): 221-225.

Dale, V.H.M., Johnston, P.E.J., Thompson, H. and Innocent, G.T. (2002) Using the WWW to develop key professional skills in veterinary undergraduates. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education 29(4): 231-241. (Abstract)

Dale, V.H.M., Sullivan, M. and Irvine, D.R. (1999) Computer-aided learning (CAL) as an alternative to didactic lectures: a three-year study with the Physics of Diagnostic Imaging. Association for Learning Technology Journal 7(3): 75-86.

LIVE/RVC presentations

Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning Conference 2010 ('Transforming learners, transforming lives'), Plymouth

• Evaluation of a Logbook to Support Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace (short communication, V.H.M. Dale, S.E. Pierce, P. Mahoney, R. Hooker & S.A. May.

Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW) Conference 2010, York

• ‘Day 1’ skills – are they attainable by ‘Day 1’ in practice?” (short communication), C. Duncan, V.H.M. Dale and M. Pead.
• Why do some veterinary surgeons perceive greater barriers to participation in veterinary CPD than others? (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, S.E. Pierce and S.A. May.
  

Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference, 2009, Malaga

• Motivating factors for - and barriers to - participation in continuing professional development (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, S.E. Pierce and S.A. May.
• Evaluation of a Logbook to Support Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace (poster), S.E. Pierce, V.H.M. Dale, P. Mahoney, R. Hooker and S.A. May.
  

Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW) Conference 2009, Scarborough

• Evaluation of an Employer-Led Student Appraisal System to Support Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, S.E. Pierce, P. Mahoney, R. Hooker and S.A. May.
• Towards defining ‘Day One’ veterinary business skills: A survey of the financial skills required in practice by early-career veterinarians (short communication), E. Bachynsky, V. Dale, T. Kinnison, S. Baillie and J. Gazzard.

2nd Excellence in Teaching Conference, Kings Institute of Learning and Teaching 2008, London

• Students’ first impressions of a new self-directed learning curriculum (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, Stan D. Head and Stephen A. May.

Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW) Conference 2008, Scarborough

• The Changed Career Aspirations of Veterinary Science Graduates (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, D. Palmer and S.A. May.

Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference 2008, Prague

• Students’ first impressions of a new curriculum with increased self-directed learning (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, Stan D. Head and Stephen A. May.
• Development of a generic evaluation inventory for a new curriculum with increased self-directed learning (poster), V.H.M. Dale, Stan D. Head and Stephen A. May.
• Evaluation of the undergraduate veterinary curriculum (pre-conference workshop), V.H.M. Dale, A.D.C. Jaarsma, K. Whittlestone, D. Dolmans, S. Rhind and P. Van Beukelen.

International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (ISSoTL) Conference, 2008, Alberta

• Learning, Teaching and Scholarship in Veterinary Science: How a new BSc positively influenced the career aspirations of would-be veterinarians (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, D. Palmer and S.A. May.

Student as Producer Conference, 2007, University of Warwick Reinvention Centre –

• How a research-based, non-clinical learning programme in veterinary science changed the career aspirations of students with previously strong ambition to become veterinary surgeons (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, D. Palmer and S. May.

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Previous presentations (since 2006)

Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW) Conference, 2007, Scarborough

• Methods of Course Assessment in Undergraduate Veterinary Education – Beyond the Student Questionnaire (short communication), V.H.M. Dale and M. Sullivan.

Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference, 2007, Trondheim

• Educational Methods and Technologies in Veterinary Education (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, M. Sullivan and E. McAteer.

Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW) Conference, 2006, Scarborough

• Staff and students’ experiences of educational methods and technologies in undergraduate veterinary medicine at the University of Glasgow (paper), V.H.M. Dale, E. McAteer and M. Sullivan.
• An evaluation of students’ and Faculty’s experiences of using Moodle, a recently implemented virtual learning environment at the University of Glasgow (short communication), S. Bierbaum, V.H.M. Dale and M. Sullivan.

Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference, 2006, Genoa

• Evaluation of a recently implemented virtual learning environment (Moodle) – a survey of veterinary teachers’ and students’ experiences at Glasgow (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, S. Bierbaum and M. Sullivan.

LIVE/RVC/collaborative grants

€102,412 of €450k awarded from the EU Lifelong Learning Programme (KA3 ICT Multilateral Networks) for “NOVICE: Network Of Veterinary ICt in Education”, a three-year collaborative project (2010-2012) involving the University of Utrecht Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Royal Veterinary College, London (S. Baillie, V. Dale, N. Short and S. May), Szent Istvan University (Hungary) and University of Agronomy and Veterinary Medicine (Romania).

£7500 awarded from the Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning (CEPPL) for “An Employer-Led Student Appraisal System to Support Negotiated (Self-Directed) Learning in Professional Work Placements”, to V. Dale, S. Pierce, P. Mahoney and R. Hooker (LIVE and PDSA, 2008).

£500 awarded from HEA-MEDEV to host workshop “Applied statistics for clinical educators using SPSS”, to V. Dale, S. Pierce, R. Davis and R. Wiggins (LIVE and Institute of Education, 2008).

£800 awarded from the HEA-MEDEV Excellence in Learning and Teaching Staff competition to attend AMEE 2008 for “Development of a generic evaluation inventory for a self-directed learning curriculum”, to V. Dale, S. Head and S. May (LIVE and RVC, 2007).

£4432 awarded from the HEA-MEDEV mini-project fund for “Motivational factors which affect veterinarians’ approaches to lifelong learning, from undergraduate to practitioner”, to V. Dale, K. Whittlestone and S. May (LIVE, 2007).

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Previous grants

£2,500 for shared HEA-MEDEV miniproject funding for “Exchange of Computer-Based Objects” to S. Head, R. Ellaway, S. Rhind, V. Dale and J. Mosley (RVC and Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, 2006).

£2,500 for shared HEA-MEDEV miniproject funding for “Development of a Veterinary OSCE (Objective Structured Clinical Examination) Portal” to J. Hammond, M. Sullivan, V. Dale, J. Anderson, S. Rhind and G. McConnell (Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, 2006).

£4,564 from University’s Learning & Teaching Development Fund for “Piloting a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) in the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine” to P. Johnston, V. Dale, L. Nasir, H. Thompson, C. Bell, M. Sullivan and G. McCombe (University of Glasgow, 2003).

£4,000 awarded by LTSN-01 mini-project fund for “Objects for OSCEs (Generating Reusable Learning Objects (RLOs) from existing CLIVE courseware to support Day One Competencies)” to V. Dale and G. McConnell (Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, 2003).

£2,215 awarded by LTSN-01 mini-project fund for “The development of OSCEs for veterinary use” to J. Mould, V. Dale, M. Sullivan and G. Pettigrew (Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh, 2002).

£1,000 from University’s Learning & Teaching Development Fund for “Development, Implementation and Evaluation of CAL in Veterinary Biomolecular Sciences” to L. Nasir and V. Dale (University of Glasgow, 2000).

£10,000 for creation of BSAVA Interactive Companion to the Manual of Small Animal Diagnostic Imaging CDROM, to M. Sullivan and V. Dale (University of Glasgow).