Importance of online self-assisted assessments for medical students in knowledge acquisition.

Content Provider	Europe PMC
Author	Poleneni, Sushma R. Chandrupatla, Mrudula
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	BACKGROUND:Assessment is an important aspect of teaching and learning in medical education. Regular early assessments create scope for improvement in students, and this digital era technology should be utilized for ease of administration. E-assessment involves the usage of technology to create, deliver, collect, and provide feedback to the students. The present study aims to understand the importance of online assessment and the preference of students with difficulties faced and the methods of improvement.METHODS AND MATERIALS:This study was a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among fifty-six undergraduate medical students, where forty-five objective structured practical questions (OSPEs) were administered to the students in anatomy. After the assessment, feedback was collected in the form of a fifteen-item questionnaire. The responses were graded using a five-point Likert scale and represented in the graphs using Microsoft Excel software.RESULTS:The feedback collected has the following responses. The prosected specimen pictures used in the exam, with pointers and markers, were clear and oriented for which 77% agreed, the pointers and markers were clear and easy to identify for which 79% agreed, and 66% preferred the traditional method of assessment over the online mode of assessment and 48% were neutral on the question of whether E-assessment improves knowledge and skills. Most of the students preferred the traditional method of assessment over the online method of assessment.CONCLUSIONS:Traditional methods of teaching or assessment cannot be replaced by online methods, but technology can be utilized as an addition to regular mode to improve the outcome. Regular early formative assessments help teachers to understand areas of deficiency and help students in improvement. E-assessment can be adapted for formative assessment and regular practice because of their ease of administering and providing feedback simultaneously.
ISSN	22779531
Journal	Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Volume Number	12
PubMed Central reference number	PMC10243425
PubMed reference number	37288417
e-ISSN	23196440
DOI	10.4103/jehp.jehp_342_22
Language	English
Publisher	Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
Publisher Date	2023-03-31
Publisher Place	India
Access Restriction	Open
Rights License	This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. Copyright: © 2023 Journal of Education and Health Promotion
Subject Keyword	Anatomy E-assessment feedback formative medical education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Education Medicine