Mailing Address:
Harvard Medical School
Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention
133 Brookline Avenue, 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02215

Email:Toni_Peters@harvardpilgrim.org

Phone: (617) 509-9908
Fax: (617) 859-8112

Office of Educational Development Harvard Medical School
Website:http://www.hms.harvard.edu/oed/
384 Tosteson Medical Education Center
260 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
617-432-2303

Toni Peters, PhD

Dr. Peters is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention and is an educational psychologist. From 1986-1991, she was the Associate Director for Educational Research and Evaluation at SUNY/Buffalo. From 1992 until the present, she has conducted research and evaluation studies, and has contributed to curricular and faculty development programs at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on issues in medical education such as the process of curricular and cultural change in medical schools, the effect of instructional design on learning outcomes, small group process, and correlates of specialty choice. Dr. Peters is the Associate Director of the Academy Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard Medical School.

Select publications:

• Peters AS, Greenberger-Rosovsky R, Crowder C, Block SD, Moore GT. Long-term outcomes of the New Pathway Program at Harvard Medical School. Academic Medicine, 2000;75:62-71
• Peters AS, Feins A, Rubin R, Seward SJ, Schnaidt K, Fletcher RH. The Longitudinal Primary Care Clerkship at Harvard Medical School. Academic Medicine, 2001;76:478-82.
• Peters AS, Ladden MD, Kotch JB, Fletcher RH. Evaluation of a faculty development program in managing care. Academic Medicine, 2002;77:1121-27.
• Connelly MT, Sullivan AM, Peters AS, Clark-Chiarelli N, Zotov N, Martin N, Simon SR, Singer JD, Block SD. Variation in predictors of primary care career choice by year and stage of training: A national survey. J Gen Itern Med, 2003;18:159-169.
• Simon SR, Davis D, Peters AS, Skeff KM, Fletcher RH. How Do Precepting Physicians Select Patients for Teaching Medical Students in the Ambulatory Primary Care Setting? J Gen Intern Med 2003;18:730-5.