Purpose: Knowing the different elements, which affect the teaching methods in the
university, is considered as a basic element to improve these methods. Hence, this study
aims to evaluate the teaching process and the clinical application of oral me
dicine material
at dentistry faculty. In addition, this study examines the effectiveness of oral medicine
sheet (patient file) in reflecting the student knowledge into correct scientific identification
of the remedial cases at University.
Materials and Methods: The study was conducted among 45 undergraduate
students in the last year of the dental program at the dental faculty in The Syrian Private
University.
Results and Conclusion: The results show that the used oral medicine sheet is not
good in general and that is evaluation by the person using it correlates significantly with
his activity level. In addition, they show that what decides the sheet quality is the difficulty
of filling in it and its ability to help student to reach the good diagnosis of remedial case.
This study aimed to examine students’ attitude and achievement in
relation to their use of Moodle. A Mixture qualitative and quantitative
methods were applied in order to investigate the aims of the study.
Questionnaires and interviews were used f
or collecting data from the
students and the lecturer. Students’ achievement was measured by the grades they obtained in the observed module. Students’ attitudes towards WebCT were measured by using a Likert scale. The data was analysed by using SPSS program. The results of this study showed that the students have positive attitude towards Moodle and they appreciated the flexibility of using it anytime and from anyplace. The module leader valued Moodle as a supporting tool to traditional face-to-face learning but not as an effective tool on students’ learning. The results obtained from the interview and the questionnaire and the quantitative data (tracking system data) can be considered new and promising.
The research mainly aimed to define the critical factors for successful implementation of
Six Sigma at Syrian companies, and to identify the implementation difficulties and
benefits. It also aimed to develop a guide providing a road map on how the implementation
of Six Sigma at Syrian companies can be started, gradually expanded and sustained.
