Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Research Article
Online assessment for the final year medical students during COVID-19 pandemics; the exam quality and students' performance
Author(s): Bahaeldin Hassan*, Ayed A. Shati, Abdulaziz Alamri, Ayyub Patel, Ali Alsuheel Asseri, Muhammed Abid, Saleh M. Al-Qahatani and Ismaeel Satti
Background: Saudi Arabia responded to corona virus (COVID 19) pandemic earlier, the decision of lockdown taken in March 2020, and education and assessment were continued through E-learning since that time. Objectives: We aimed to assess the quality of online MCQs test taken by final medical students after COVID 19 pandemic and to review student’s performance in online assessment. Methods: This study was carried out in the college of medicine, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia, participants were undergraduate final year medical students who completed their four major clinical courses. Item analysis parameters of the online MCQs test were compared with the item analysis parameters of the paper-based tests. Paper-based tests assessed the cohort of students in semester one before COVID 19 pandemic lockdown. The overall student’s performance on classical, face to face assess.. View More»