Sarah E. Peyre, Ed.D.

Sarah E. Peyre, Ed.D.

Contact Information

Center for Experiential Learning
University of Rochester Medical Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 709
Rochester, NY 14642

Office: (585) 276-5971
Fax: (585) 276-2504

Professional Bio

Sarah E. Peyré, EdD is the Director of the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The CEL is a centralized educational support center for educational programs within the School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute of Oral Health, Strong Hospital and the Faculty Practice Group. Prior to joining the URMC faculty, she served as the Director of Education and Research for the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. She was the Associate Director for the Simulation Fellowship at STRATUS and has collaborated with several disciplines in simulation curriculum design and research.

Dr. Peyre was a member of the Center for Surgery and Public Health and of the Academy at Harvard Medical School. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, her Master in Science of Medical Education and Doctorate in Educational Psychology from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Research Bio

Sarah E. Peyré, EdD is the Director of the Center for Experiential Learning (CEL) at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Her research interests' focus on surgical education outcomes including intraoperative assessment, simulation based instruction and faculty development. She is a qualitative researcher specifically utilizing task analysis to deconstruct clinical decision-making. She has published in the areas of surgical education, patient safety and efficacy of simulation based curriculum and assessment. Prior to joining the faculty, she served as the Director of Education and Research for the STRATUS Center for Medical Simulation at the Brigham and Women's Hospital and an Assistant Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School.

She was the Associate Director for the Simulation Fellowship at STRATUS and has collaborated with several disciplines in simulation curriculum design and research. Dr. Peyre was a member of the Center for Surgery and Public Health and of the Academy at Harvard Medical School. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley, her Master in Science of Medical Education and Doctorate in Educational Psychology from the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California.

Awards & Honors

Outstanding Teaching in Professionalism and the Practice of Medicine | Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California | Los Angeles, California 2009
Nominated, Dissertation of the Year | Rossier School of Education, Univ of Southern California | Los Angeles, California 2008
Outstanding Faculty Appreciation Award | Student Surgical Interest Group Univ of Southern California | Los Angeles, California 2006
Educational Leadership Fellowship | Keck School of Medicine, Univ of Southern California 2004 - 2005
Teaching and Learning Fellowship | Keck School of Medicine, Univ of Southern California 2003 - 2004

Recent Journal Articles

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2013
Torbeck L, Sidhu R, Smink DS, Peyre SE. "How to recruit, retain, and reap the rewards of working with PhD/EdD educators in surgery." Journal of surgical education. 2013 70(2):212-6. Epub 2012 Oct 23.
2012 Oct
Shaw TJ, Pernar LI, Peyre SE, Helfrick JF, Vogelgesang KR, Graydon-Baker E, Chretien Y, Brown EJ, Nicholson JC, Heit JJ, Co JP, Gandhi T. "Impact of online education on intern behaviour around joint commission national patient safety goals: a randomised trial." . 2012 Oct 0; 21(10):819-25. Epub 2012 Jun 16.
2012 Sep
Hu YY, Arriaga AF, Peyre SE, Corso KA, Roth EM, Greenberg CC. "Deconstructing intraoperative communication failures." The Journal of surgical research. 2012 Sep 0; 177(1):37-42. Epub 2012 May 04.
2012 Sep
Pernar LI, Shaw TJ, Pozner CN, Vogelgesang KR, Lacroix SE, Gandhi TK, Peyre SE. "Using an Objective Structured Clinical Examination to test adherence to Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goal--associated behaviors." Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety / Joint Commission Resources. 2012 Sep 0; 38(9):414-8.
2012 Aug
Hu YY, Arriaga AF, Roth EM, Peyre SE, Corso KA, Swanson RS, Osteen RT, Schmitt P, Bader AM, Zinner MJ, Greenberg CC. "Protecting patients from an unsafe system: the etiology and recovery of intraoperative deviations in care." Annals of surgery. 2012 Aug 0; 256(2):203-10.

Current Appointments

Assistant Professor - Department of Surgery, Surgery Education/Minimally Invasive (SMD) - Primary

Education

Ed.D. | Educational Psychology | Univ of Southern California2008
MEd | Medical Education | Univ of Southern California2005
AB | Sociology | Univ of Cal Berkeley1998