Dr. Emma Read graduated from the Western College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1998. She then completed a surgical internship and a Master's of veterinary science, before entering a large animal surgical residency program at the University of Georgia in Athens. She joined the faculty at the Ontario Veterinary College in 2003 where she taught until 2005. Her ACVS board certification was completed in 2004 and in early 2005, she returned to Alberta and private referral equine practice. She joined the faculty of the University of Calgary (UCVM) in the fall of 2007 as a clinical instructor in large animal surgery. Dr. Read spent the next 8 years as Chair of the Clinical Skills Program developing a multi-instructor, multi-species hands-on training program incorporating OSCE’s, simulators and practical labs.  At UCVM she has also participated heavily in the development of the curriculum and assessment practices, as well as establishment of the distributed veterinary teaching hospital. Dr. Read is the recipient of the Pfizer - Carl J. Norden Distinguished Teaching Award, the Killam award for Innovation in Teaching, the University of Calgary Curriculum Development Award, and the Student Union’s Teaching Excellence Award. Her research interests and scholarly activities are in assessment, simulation design and use, as well as clinical skills teaching and learning. Dr. Read served as Associate Dean Academic in the Faculty from 2015 to 2017. She is currently a Teaching Professor, Large Animal Surgery and has returned to her role as Clinical Skills Program Chair. She is co-chair of the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC)’ Council on International Veterinary Medical Education, and a member of the AAVMC’s competency working group. Dr. Read also serves with the ABVMA as vice-chair for the Equine Committee and is a member of Hearing Tribunal.

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