Opinions of Adıyaman University Dental Faculty Students on Interactive Anatomy Education

Objective: in recent years, dentistry has determined its characteristic values in scientific sense. anatomy lectures is availabe in the first year of dentistry education as in all branches of health care related field. the evaluation and understanding of students’ perspectives in anatomy education is of great importance in the development of anatomy education and teaching methods. in this study, it is aimed to evaluate the thoughts about anatomy education of first year students of adıyaman university faculty of dentistry and to find out the contribution that they have made to the interactive anatomy learning through team work. material-method: 60 students (n = 60) who receive anatomy lecture in the first semester of adıyaman university faculty of dentistry in the academic year of 2016-2017 were included in the study. data were obtained by using a feedback questionnaire consisting of 29 closed-ended questions. the questionnaires have been prepared to be answered with a scale of 5-point likert. the data were analyzed using the ibm spss statistics package program. results: it is estimated that the students used lecture notes for theoretical part and textbook for practical part mostly. satisfaction levels of 88.3% and 85% were detected for theoretical part and practical courses respectively. 71.7% of the students completed project assignments within 1-3 weeks. 70.0% of the students included in the study reported that they found this practice contributed to like anatomy courses. while 91.7% of the students emphasized that the homeworks they have contributed to their anatomy learning, 73.4% of the students gave up the idea of ‘working anatomy and understanding difficult’. conclusions: we believe that the data obtained will be useful in developing educational alternatives related to anatomy, in overcoming existing deficiencies and in providing students with assignments and active participation in education. in addition, we have also pointed out that the education given in dentistry faculties can reach better points by applying feedback questionnaires in anatomy education which needs a lot of time and effort.