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Table 2. The overall response of the students towards the online assessment tool.
Questions on perception of students on Number of students’ answers according to the scale, %
online assessment tool Strongly Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Total
disagree agree
Did this assessment tool help in 0.0 17.6 11.8 47.1 23.5 100.0
improving your memory?
Was this assessment interesting? 0.0 0.0 17.6 29.4 53.0 100.0
Did this assessment kindle your interest 6.0 0.0 6.4 32.0 55.6 100.0
in anatomy?
Was this assessment useful? 0.0 5.9 11.8 47.1 35.2 100.0
Were the questions in the assessment 0.0 16.7 25.0 50.0 8.3 100.0
challenging?
Did you like this way of learning? 0.0 8.3 16.7 16.7 58.3 100.0
Were you able to attend the questions? 8.3 0.0 8.3 66.7 16.7 100.0
Was this assessment an easy way of 15.4 0.0 15.4 53.8 15.4 100.0
learning?

A total of 23.5% of students has strongly agreed and students were ready for the move (Houlden &
47.1% have agreed that this online assessment has Veletsianos, 2020).
proved to really useful to improve their memory. A total Online learning places emphasis on interactions
of 53.0% have strongly agreed and 29.4% have agreed between and among different channels and forms of
that this online assessment tool is interesting. A total of interaction for students in the online environment to let
55.6% have strongly agreed and 32.0% have agreed that learners be more engaged in the learning process (Riggs,
this online assessment was able to kindle their interest in 2020).
anatomy. A total of 35.3% have strongly agreed and The COVID-19 pandemic required expansion of
47.1% have agreed that this assessment was useful to existing infrastructure and more demanding forms of
them. A total of 8.3% have strongly agreed and 50.0% technology-enhanced learning (Zimmerman, 2020).
have agreed that this assessment was challenging to Digitalization of education and the use of information
them. A total of 58.3% have strongly agreed and 16.7% technology are crucial for teaching students today
have agreed that they liked the method of learning. A (Melnyk & Pypenko, 2020).
total of 16.7% have strongly agreed and 66.7% have Features of the perception of educational programs by
agreed that they were able to attend the questions given students of medical universities were studied by
in the online assessment tool. A total of 15.4% have Melnyk, Yekhalov, and Sedinkin (2020).
strongly agreed and 53.8% have agreed that this is an To make things easier for students, assessment
easy way of learning for them. methodologies have evolved. Assessment is an essential
The overall positive response of the students for online part of medical education. It is the central to the
method of assessment in 1st MBBS students which is educational process. It shows how well students have
comparatively new provided confidence to the educators learnt the subject (Shamkuwar & Mokhasi, 2018).
and teachers at the time of COVID-19 crisis and thus One of the assessment method is online assessment tool
opened a new approach which was to be adopted widely which easily accessible anywhere in providence of
in the coming months. internet connection. Through feedback about this online
assessment we can find whether this method has helped
Discussion the students in coping with their learning and practicing
Anatomy is one of the challenging and basic subjects process (Bandyopadhyay & Biswas, 2017).
essential in the curriculum of MBBS (Gune et al., 2018). Over the past decade, medical schools, postgraduate
It involves more of learning and practicing of the topics. training programs, and licensing bodies have made new
Extensive changes have taken place all around the world efforts to provide accurate, reliable, and timely
to improve the standards of education. assessments of the competence of trainees and
Learning and practicing methods are not just restricted practicing physicians (Epstein, 2007).
to textbooks and lectures. Such assessments have three main goals: to optimize
Nowadays access to internet, electronic gadgets, capabilities of all learners and practitioners by providing
journals and educational videos are the newer concepts motivation and direction for future learning, to protect
of learning (Jaiswal et al., 2015). the public by identifying incompetent physicians, and to
Social distancing during COVID-19 pandemic provide a basis for choosing applicants for advanced
accelerated digitalization of education (Melnyk, training (Tabish, 2008).
Pypenko, & Maslov, 2020). In this study, we have just taken online assessment as a
The COVID-19 pandemic forced almost all global way of learning and practicing. There are many other
higher education institutions to rapidly move to online methods and ways which has been used extensively by
instruction whether the institution, the faculty or the the students.

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