She is the Program Director for Faculty Development for Baylor College of Medicine. She also is the Associate Course Director for a fourth year medical school course, the Mechanism and Management of Disease. Formerly, she was Chairman of the Science Department and an instructor of chemistry and physics in private high schools in Georgia and Texas. She also has an extensive background in obstetrical research at the Medical College of Georgia. Dr. Searle currently focuses her attention on faculty development initiatives designed to improve the teaching skills of Baylor faculty, research in medical education, and the recognition of medical educators.