OPDES offers a variety of academic services to meet the diverse educational and research needs of the Health Sciences. Services include collaborative individual, departmental, faculty-wide and institutional consultations on all aspects of the educational process at the Faculty level; providing support and leadership during the design and development of accessible and inclusive course curriculum; building and maintaining courses for online delivery; assessment strategies; program evaluation; research on teaching and learning; and accreditation.

We are proud of our supportive and collaborative team and value the exceptional people that make OPDES a wonderful place to work. If you are interested in joining the OPDES team, please check this page for new job postings, or sign-up to be notified of new opportunities.

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Instructional Design Assistant

A Brief Overview

As an Instructional Design Assistant, you will work in a fast-paced and collaborative team helping to create state-of-the-art interactive online learning modules for leaders in Canadian health education. As an IDA, your primary role is to work directly with content provided by Subject Matter Experts and transform it into a “storyboard” that includes interactions, formative testing opportunities, and incorporates best practices for online learning. IDAs work on a few projects at a time, collaborating with a team of 4-6 individuals.

Details & Application Instructions

Learn more about this exciting role by watching the video of our own Simran Somji.

Hear from Simran about this role:

Summer Internship in Educational Research

2025 Maudsley Summer Educational Research Internship for Queen’s Health Sciences and MD Students

OPDES offers up to two first- or second-year undergraduate or MD Queen’s Health Sciences students a mentoring experience that develops their educational research skills. It offers students an opportunity to become a valued member of a collaborative research team and a space to work within the office. The student(s) will be provided with dedicated mentors to support them in developing skills in grant writing, qualitative and quantitative research methods, data collection and analysis, and knowledge translation activities. The successful candidate(s) will focus on a specific area of research interest and/or become involved in one or more of the OPDES research projects.

Applications due Thursday February 28, 2025.

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Hear from our Educational Scholarship Team:

Term Adjunct Teaching Positions
Master of Health Professions Education Program

2025 Summer Term:

HPE 804: Health Professions: Teaching & Learning in Collaborative Practice
HPE 805: Simulation
HPE 898: Project: Health Professions Education

View full details - Individuals interested in applying for this term adjunct teaching position should submit an application by January 24, 2025.

Introduction to Roles at OPDES

Please view the videos below to learn more about various roles at OPDES. We are adding to this library, so please check back for new videos!

Join Our Team!

Current Job Opportunities

HPE 803: Scholarship in Health Professions Education

HPE 807: Leadership in Health Professions Education

Instructional Design Assistant

Summer Internship in Educational Research

Term Adjunct Teaching Positions
Master of Health Professions Education Program

Introduction to Roles at OPDES

Administrative Coordinator

Instructional Design Assistant

Program & Event Coordinator

Health Education Researcher and Consultant

Educational Development & Instructional Designer

Education and User Experience (UX) Designer

Office Assistant

Program Assistant

Learn More About OPDES

Join Our Team!

Current Job Opportunities

HPE 803: Scholarship in Health Professions Education

HPE 807: Leadership in Health Professions Education

Instructional Design Assistant

Summer Internship in Educational Research

Term Adjunct Teaching Positions Master of Health Professions Education Program

Introduction to Roles at OPDES

Administrative Coordinator

Instructional Design Assistant

Program & Event Coordinator

Health Education Researcher and Consultant

Educational Development & Instructional Designer

Education and User Experience (UX) Designer

Office Assistant

Program Assistant

Learn More About OPDES

Term Adjunct Teaching Positions
Master of Health Professions Education Program