attitudes and satisfaction of medical sciences students with electronic exams at birjand university of medical sciences

Background: assessing student attitudes and satisfaction with electronic exams (e-exams) is crucial to evaluating e-learning. objectives: this study aimed to evaluate students' attitudes and satisfaction regarding e-exams during covid-19. methods: this cross-sectional study was conducted on 620 volunteer students of birjand university of medical sciences (bums), who were selected based on random sampling method. the data collection tool was a researcher-made questionnaire with three sections of demographic information, attitude (including six dimensions and 19 questions), and satisfaction (including nine dimensions and 19 questions). a 5-point likert scale was used for scoring, and the data were analyzed using t-test, anova, and pearson correlation coefficient at the significant level of 0.05. results: in this study, 620 students (56% women and 44% men) participated from june to september 2020. the mean age was 21.97 ± 3.27, and the mean students' attitude and satisfaction score was 59.18 ± 7.99 and 65.73 ± 10.05, respectively. the mean attitude and satisfaction scores by gender were not significantly different. the mean attitude and satisfaction scores regarding academic semester (p-values = 0.001 and 0.019, respectively), faculty (p-values = 0.001 and 0.002, respectively) and degree (p-values < 0.001 and = 0.006, respectively) were significantly different. a positive and significant correlation was found between students' attitudes and students' satisfaction, as well as between students' age and attitudes. conclusions: according to the results, overall attitude and satisfaction were excellent and above average. better attitudes toward e-exams were associated with a higher satisfaction level. e-exam validity and reliability concerns should be addressed in order to improve students' attitudes.