Successful Completion of the "Qualified Measurement and Evaluation Training in Dental Education Programs" The "Qualified Measurement and Evaluation Training in Dental Education Programs," organized by the Ondokuz Mayıs University Faculty of Dentistry to continuously enhance our educational quality and integrate contemporary measurement and evaluation methods into our curriculum, has been successfully completed.
Held on May 14–15, 2026, at the Faculty’s Deanery Floor with high attendance, the two-day training program addressed a wide spectrum of contemporary approaches, ranging from examinations measuring theoretical knowledge to clinical skill assessments.
Key Topics Addressed Within the Scope of the Training Through interactive sessions and practical workshops, the training focused on the following core areas:
Fundamental Concepts and Principles of Measurement and Evaluation: Methodologies applicable to health sciences education.
Item Construction Principles: Best practices for multiple-choice, true-false, and open-ended written examinations.
Item and Test Analyses: Interpretation and effective utilization of examination metrics and results.
Effective Use of Comprehensive Matching Examinations in clinical education.
Warm-up Sessions and Principles of Skills Training: Implementation of demonstration and coaching.
The Significance and Implementation of Learning and Evaluation Guides.
OSCE Design: Development of scenarios, stations, checklists, and matrices.
Our Sincere Gratitude to Our Distinguished Instructors We extend our profound gratitude to all the instructors from various disciplines who contributed immensely to our program with their profound expertise and experience:
Prof. Dr. Özlem MIDIK (Department of Medical Education)
Prof. Dr. Servet AKER (Department of Medical Education)
Asst. Prof. Dr. Rahman YAVUZ (Department of Medical Education)
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tevfik SÜNTER (Department of Public Health)
Prof. Dr. Hasibe Canan SEREN (Department of Pediatrics)
Prof. Dr. Yakup Sancar BARIŞ (Department of Medical Pathology)
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Kürşat ŞAHİN (Department of Family Medicine)
Prof. Dr. Mennan Ece PİRZİRENLİ (Department of Anatomy)
We would like to thank all our academic staff whose participation strengthens our faculty's educational vision, and we hope that these contemporary insights will promptly reflect on our students' educational processes.
