For Dr. Ryane Englar, the desire to write curriculum and publish educational materials to fill essential knowledge gaps in veterinary medical education comes naturally. Already a seasoned author, Englar desired to help others experience the exciting process of publishing, which sparked an ambitious yet critical project focused on large-animal medicine. Together with co-contributors Dr. Gayle Leith, Dr. Sarah Eaton, Lisa Hallam, and Skyler Bentley, Englard spearheaded a comprehensive guide that will help transform how students learn to conduct large-animal examinations. From Dream to Reality “When I published Performing the Small Animal Physical Examination in 2017, I had only just begun to get my feet wet in academia,” Dr. Englar explains. Despite being new to academic life, Englar recognized a critical gap in veterinary education. “I was a green educator, yet eager to make a mark on a profession that I had fallen in love with long before I could even pronounce it.” The inspiration to provide educational material came from a simple but profound realization: veterinary students needed better tools to bridge the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical application. The goal wasn’t merely to create another weighty reference text, but to write a useful foundational tool to guide learners from tentative examinations to the more nuanced skills of an experienced clinician. This project similarly aims to address knowledge barriers in practical Performing the Large Animal Physical Examination: How one veterinary textbook is working to transform clinical education
applications of large-animal examinations. Addressing the Gap in Clinical Training
The book tackles a challenge familiar to anyone who has taught clinical skills: helping students distinguish normal from abnormal findings in real-world practice. “[Our} goal was to provide learners access to what I never had in veterinary school,”
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