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Hayley Williamson
Clinical Associate Professor in Small and Exotic Animal Practice, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Hayley graduated from the Royal Veterinary College and worked as a mixed practitioner in an independent practice that had a heavy first opinion and referral exotics and zoo caseload. Hayley then went on to become an exotics vet for the practice and completed the RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice (Zoological Medicine) and registered as an RCVS Advanced Practitioner in Zoological Medicine.
In 2019 Hayley started teaching part time at the University of Surrey, where she obtained the Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching (GCLT) and become a fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Alongside this teaching role Hayley continued her exotics clinical work in general practice and by volunteering at a British wildlife hospital. In 2020, she relocated and started working at the University of Nottingham where she completed the Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) in 2021.
Hayley is currently Clinical Associate Professor, the Exotic Animal Clinical Sub Dean and Deputy Head for the Veterinary Clinical Science Division at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. Hayley is particularly passionate about teaching 'day one skills' with exotic pets in addition to communication skills and human factors, in order to equip students for life as a new graduate vet.
Hayley's research activities have recently been moving away from exotic pets and British wildlife and towards pedagogy (veterinary education) and human factors. She is currently investigating how veterinary human factors can be embedded into the veterinary undergraduate curriculum and integrated into clinical practice.