. Himel Mondal; . Manas Ranjan Sahoo; . Ritushri Samantaray; . Shaikat Mondal
Volume 11, Issue 6 , July 2021, , Pages 1-6
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Distance digital learning is newly implemented in the Indian medical institutions.Formative assessment is also conducted online. In this context, this study aimed at finding ...
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BACKGROUND: Distance digital learning is newly implemented in the Indian medical institutions.Formative assessment is also conducted online. In this context, this study aimed at finding theperception on the usefulness of online formative assessment along with online classes among1st‑year medical students.MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross‑sectional, observational study was conducted in August2020. The students were exposed to online classes and online formative assessments with fivemultiple choice questions for a period of 4 months before the conduct of the survey. An online surveywas conducted (both quantitative and qualitative data collection) to ascertain the perception on theonline formative assessment quiz.RESULTS: A total of 36 (14 female, 21 male, 1 did not disclose sex) 1st‑year medical students with amean age of 19.97 ± 1.16 years participated in the survey. The majority of the students agreed that theonline quiz was a valuable learning activity and has potential to replace the face‑to‑face assessment.The online quizzes provided them feedback of classroom learning and helped in identifying the weakarea and motivated students to the study. The qualitative data showed that students like to get agreater number of questions and also like to participate in chapter wise multiple quizzes in spare time.CONCLUSION: First‑year medical students considered the online formative assessments quizcoupled with the online classes as a valuable learning activity. It provided them feedback of learningand a motivation for further study on the topic. They like to participate in anonymous quiz with agreater number of questions with online classes. The finding of this pilot study should be furtherevaluated with multicenter study with more participants.