Teaching at the School
Looking for a change? Consider a rewarding position as an instructor at the Mike Petryk School of Dentistry. If you are an experienced licensed clinical dentist and you’re seeking to transition out of your full-time private practice or maybe looking for a change, teaching may be something for you to consider.
Why Teach with Us?
When you join our team, you become a vital part of a Gies Innovation Award-winning school at the University of Alberta. Our revamped programs serve over 2,300 students and 10,000 patients across multiple permanent and mobile locations. By sharing your knowledge, you help us deliver quality oral health care to the public and enhance our legacy of excellence.
Perks of Teaching
Benefits include:
- Tapping into a variety of roles and opportunities ranging from one-week external rotations, to part-time clinical supervisors, to full-time tenure positions.
- Shifting your focus from the physicality of full-time practice to overseeing patient care and student mentorship.
- Securing 5 to 10 CE credits per year for your teaching role* Number of credits depends on whether you are full-time or part-time.
- Having opportunities to earn additional CE credits through the school’s continuing dental education and discover dental series.
- Having the ability to maintain one day in your private practice if you are working in a full-time position.
- Leveraging the hybrid teaching environment that can provide opportunities to deliver lectures on campus or from your home office.
- Getting comprehensive benefits, depending on the role.
- Making connections with our network of professionals, researchers, vendors and alumni.
- Participating in community outreach initiatives that provide essential oral health care to underserved communities beyond our campus.
Sound good so far. If yes, check out our open positions below.
* Your regulatory body will issue the credits; refer to your continuing competence program manual for more details.
Did You Know?
- You can fit three NHL-sized hockey rinks in the Oral Health Clinic.
- We have 95 support staff which consist of lab technicians, registered dental assistants, treatment coordinators, patient services clerks, finance and insurance clerks, medical device reprocessing technicians, etc.
- We have several (close to 200!) part-time instructors from the community who contribute to providing student education and patient care.
- We had just over 21,000 patient visits and have completed over 67,000 procedures.
- We have 51 patients over 90!
- The longest time patient in that group has been coming since 1974.
- The Mike Petryk School of Dentistry was named on September 10, 2024, in recognition of a transformational gift from Mike Petryk, ’60 DDS, and Pat Petryk, ’57 Dipl(Ed), ’59 BEd, and their family.
Our Facilities
In-clinic Sterilization Suite
Experience unmatched clinical support with our central sterilization suite, keeping the instruments in the clinic. We utilize three large-capacity washer disinfectors and three autoclaves to process thousands of instruments a day.
In-house Prosthodontics Laboratory
Also in the clinic, you will find out prosthodontics lab staffed by a dedicated five-person technical team specializing in 3D-printed splints, surgical guides, and high-translucency zirconia restorations.
Simulation Lab
Our 60 mannequin simulators mimic the human oral cavity and are supported by audiovisual 'Ladybug' tech and high-magnification surgical microscopes to ensure every technical nuance is captured and taught with precision.
Research Facilities
Utilize our laboratory’s infrastructure that includes tissue culturing and molecular facilities, PCR & real-time PCR, flow cytometry, single-cell & bulk sequencing and class one to class three laboratories.
Explore our currently open opportunities
Choose the opportunity that's right for you. Click on a link below to view the full job description and apply.
Oral Health Clinic Part-time Roles
Specialty Clinics
Two-week rotation at a satellite clinic »
One-week rotations with Access for All »
Preceptor at the SHINE clinic » (volunteer)
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