Improvement of modern teaching methods at the department of orthopedic dentistry KHNMU

he article analyzes the teaching methods at the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry of KNMU, taking into account the modern needs of the development of teaching and reforming the healthcare system of Ukraine. At present, when the process of Ukraine’s integration into the European space is on going, the European integration of medical education is the introduction of the European credit transfer system (ECTS) into the educational process, which helps to achieve the quality of medical education and is by introducing standards, recommendations and basic tools for the adaptation of our students and teachers to the system of education and teaching in European universities. At the Department of Orthopedic Dentistry, various teaching methods are used, namely: practical exercises that use modern pedagogical systems; various forms of presentation of lecture material, taking into account modern methods; phantom-simulation system for work-out of practical skills; consolidation of the gained practical and theoretical knowledge in the process of industrial practice on the basis of the University Hospital. Teaching students the skills of finding and using information in Internet resources. Teaching in English and writing methodological instructions on the subject allows you to attract students from different countries to study and to be involved in communication at the same level with the international dental community.