Influence of Dentistry Students' e-Learning Satisfaction: A Questionnaire Survey

Authors:
Man-Ling Chen;Zhi-Yuan Su;Teng-Yen Wu;Tien-Yu Shieh;Chi-Hui Chiang
Affiliations:
School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 807;Department of Information Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan 717;Department of Information Management, National Chung Cheng University, Chia-Yi, Taiwan 621;School of Dentistry, College of Dental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan 807 and Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaoshs ...;Department of Information Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan 717 and Department of Information Management, National Yunlin University of Science & Technology, Yu ...
Venue:
Journal of Medical Systems
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Dental school graduates operating on patients without having had sufficient practice in school is potentially dangerous to the patients. In order to minimize this danger, it is necessary to establish a virtual learning environment for students. In this study, we incorporated DentSim, a clinical dentistry simulator, into an e-Learning platform. In addition to overcoming the time and space constraints on learning, DentSim can simulate clinical conditions. It also allows students to practice reading case histories and inspecting and diagnosing patients. To construct the research model for this study, we incorporated the four major factors for measuring e-Learner satisfaction--`learner interface', `learning community', `content' and `personalization' with the variable of `intention to use'. The subjects were 350 dental students studying at the College of Oral Medicine. The structural equation modeling (SEM) results showed that Factors that influenced `intention to use' include `learner interface', `learning community' and `personalization', and `intention to use' affect `e-Learner satisfaction' with the system.