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Evaluation of the content quality of end-of-term virtual tests during Outbreak of COVID -19 from the perspective of dental students of Babol University of Medical Sciences
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Introduction: The outbreak of the Corona pandemic in the world, including in our country, led to preventive actions such as closure of Iranian universities, so changes in training and evaluating students, especially the expansion of the use of digital technologies, are inevitable. Currently, eLearning is considered one of the main elements in distance learning, and the purpose of this research is to examine the content of end-of-semester virtual exams and related factors during the Corona pandemic from the point of view of dental students of Babol University of Medical Sciences
Methods: The current research was carried out as a cross-sectional descriptive study on a number of dental students who have passed their end-of-semester exams virtually at Babol University of Medical Sciences in 2020-2021. A Questionnaire in 2 sections including; demographic questions; virtual test content questions have been designed. Data was analyzed through independent samples t-test and one-way Anova using SPSS statistical software version 26.
Results: According to the findings of the present study, out of a total of 227 people participating in the study, 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female, GPA of the participants was between 18 and 16 (51.5%). The mean score obtained for the content of the virtual tests was 3.08±0.6 and it was moderate. In general, the male students significantly were more satisfied than female students regarding virtual exams (P = 0.017). Results indicated no statistically significant difference between the point of views of the students with the place of residence and the total grade point average (P>0.05)
Conclusion: The results obtained from this research showed that the content of the end-of-semester virtual exams during the corona pandemic was at an average level from the point of view of the dental students of Babol University of Medical Sciences, therefore, in order to improve the quality of the virtual exams, it is necessary to design programs to increase the information of the professors and the implementing agents of the exam.
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| Keywords: Content of virtual exams, dental students, online exam |
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Received: 2024/03/9 | Accepted: 2023/08/6 | Published: 2023/08/6
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