Dr Claire Phillips
Senior Lecturer
Contact details
- Email: claire.phillips@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute
Easter Bush Campus
Midlothian - City
- Post code
- EH25 9RG
Availability
Willingness to take Ph.D. students: Yes
Background
Claire Phillips qualified as a veterinary surgeon with a BVM&S degree from the University of Edinburgh and became a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1984. She spent 7 years in mixed and small animal general veterinary practice in Hertfordshire, Yorkshire and the West of Scotland before returning to Edinburgh where she gained her PhD in 1995. After a period back in veterinary practice she began lecturing in Veterinary Nursing in Dumfries and Galloway before being appointed Lecturer in Veterinary Microbiology at Edinburgh in 1999. after a period in emergency medcine practice she was appointed Veterinary Clinical Lecturer in Small Animal Practice in 2006 and promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2009. She is a member of the Veterinary Medical Education Division at the Vet School, is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was Director of Veterinary Admissions 2009-2014.
She has been Deputy Director of Veterinary Teaching since 2010, Director of Quality at the Vet School since 2014 and is a member of the University Court. Her interests are in the areas of anatomy, clinical skills, communication skills and curriculum development. Her research interests are in admissions and assessment.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine & Surgery, University of Edinburgh Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Edinburgh The influence of conformation and gait of the hindlimb on the aetiology of cranial cruciate ligament rupture in rottweilers and racing greyhounds
Professional Qualifications
Official Veterinarian Panel 2 Professional Certificate in University Teaching (Fellow of the Higher Education Academy) Official Veterinary Surgeon
Area of Expertise
Research expertiseVeterinary Admissions, Communication Skills training, Quality Assurance and Enhancement
Responsibilities & affiliations
Vet School Director of Quality.
Deputy Director of Veterinary Teaching
Member of both College and Senate Quality Assurance Committees
Member of Vet UG Admissions committee. Management of vet UG Interview process both in Edinburgh and Overseas.
Undergraduate teaching
UG
Year 1
The Animal Body 1, Animal Life & Food Safety 1,Professional & Clinical Skills 1
Year GEP
The Animal Body, Animal Life & Food Safety, Professional & Clinical Skills GEP
Year 2
Animal Life & Food Safety 2, Student Research Component (Foundation Skills), Professional & Clinical Skills 2
Year 3
Professional & Clinical Skills 3,
Year 4
Professional & Clinical Skills 4
Year 5
Final Year Rotations, Student Research Component
External teaching
Online Professional skills module - Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons CertAVP
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Foundation Skills for Veterinary Medical Research
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
Selection of veterinary students: does the interview do what we think and what we want?
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster (Published) -
A perspective from Edinburgh: When it comes to student selection, does the interview do what we think and what we want?
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Conference contribution (Published) -
Attributes of prospective veterinary students: current students' and academics' perspectives.
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster (Published) -
Student Experiences with the Flipped Classroom
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster (Published) -
Multiple Mini Interviews (MMI) - station clustering and cohort differences
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster (Published) -
Chapter 9: The Body Wall
(12 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Chapter 10: The Thorax
(18 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Chapter 11: The Abdomen
(21 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
The influence of interview on decision making and the selection of prospective veterinary undergraduate students
(7 pages)
In:
Veterinary Record, vol. 173
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.101675
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)