Sarah has extensive experience in the leadership, design and delivery of teaching in higher education teaching across both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in the School of Anatomy and Bristol Medical School, as well as holding an honorary non-clinical teaching contract with University Hospitals Bristol NHS Trust.

Sarah supports others to develop their education practice through informal mentoring, her work with the Centre for Health Sciences Education Research Group, her work as a mentor and assessor for the Bristol Institute of Learning and Teaching (CREATE scheme) and nationally as a National Teaching Fellowship Scheme Reviewer.

Sarah is also passionate about working collaboratively with students and developing their skills as peer-educators. Her work as Director of the Bristol site of the Basic Life Support Training Scheme, Resuscitation for Medical Disciplines (working with Birmingham, Warwick and Brunel Medical Schools) supports students to develop as educators and assessors, as well as providing opportunities to undertake educational research and outreach work.

The impact of her work has resulted in a number of teaching awards, including both the University of Bristol Faculty of Health Sciences and Vice Chancellors Teaching Awards for Education in 2018 and the Faculty of Health Sciences Outstanding Educator Award in 2019. Her sustained record of leading, designing and delivering excellence in teaching and learning was recognised by the award of Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy from AdvanceHE in 2019 and Fellowship of the Assocaition of Medical Educators in 2023.