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Dr Vicki Dale
Vicki Dale
Position Lecturer in Veterinary Education
Extension 6439
Email vdale@rvc.ac.uk

Vicki joined us in April 2007 as a LIVE Fellow in Lifelong Learning, and became a Lecturer in Veterinary Education in April 2008. During this time, she has been researching:

Vicki graduated in 1992 with a BSc. in Archaeology from the University of Glasgow, before obtaining an MSc. in Archaeological Science (Computing) from the University of Southampton in 1994, her dissertation focusing on the development of a multimedia training package on archaeological science. Between 1993-1994 she worked at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London, developing a computer-aided learning package for the TLTP Archaeology consortium.
Following this, Vicki was employed in 1994 as a Courseware Designer for the Computer-aided Learning In Veterinary Education (CLIVE) consortium at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, where she worked for 13 years, supporting e-learning and research in veterinary education. In 2008, she obtained her PhD entitled “Educational methods and technologies in undergraduate veterinary medicine: A case study of veterinary teaching and learning at Glasgow, 1949-2006”, supervised by Professor Martin Sullivan and Dr. Erica McAteer.

Vicki is a Registered Practitioner of the Higher Education Academy, a member of the Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW), a founding member of Veterinary Education Worldwide (ViEW) and a Fellow of the Centre for Excellence in Professional Placement Learning (2008-9).

Publications and Presentations:

  • Publications
  • Conferences
  • Grants and Awards

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.

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.


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.

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; and
“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

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” (abstract), 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; and
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; and
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.


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.

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.

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; and
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.

Association for Veterinary Teachers and Research Work (AVTRW) Conference, 2005, Scarborough –
A comparison of two cohorts of students’ attitudes towards the final year companion animal professional examination, before and after the introduction of OSCEs” (short communication), V.H.M. Dale, J. Mould and M. Sullivan; and
Development and evaluation of ‘Catteries and Kennels’, a computer aided learning (CAL) package as an alternative to lectures for veterinary undergraduates” (short communication), M.J. Denwood, V.H.M. Dale and P.S. Yam.

Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) Conference, 2005, Amsterdam–
A case study in creating and using reusable learning objects” (short communication),
G. McConnell, V. Dale and C. Newlands.

Breaking Boundaries 2005, Edinburgh – “The Progress of Veterinary Communication Skills Training in the UK and Ireland” (workshop), C. Gray, V. Dale, B. Yamagishi and C. Latham. (Conference organised by Higher Education Academy Subject Centre for Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine).

£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).


£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).