teachers' perception in medical university towards online assessment of students conducted during the covid-19 pandemic

Background & objective: during this covid-19 pandemic a large number of institutes have undertaken an online assessment of medical students such as zoom meets, online objective structured clinical examination [osce] google forms, etc. the present study was undertaken to determine the perceptions and opinions of teachers towards online assessment so as to plan the future strategy regarding the assessment system.materials & methods: an online questionnaire was validated and distributed among 120 teaching faculty of a tertiary care hospital in north india and informed consent was obtained. it consisted of standard likert scale questions which comprised 22 questions. the questionnaire was grouped into 4 categories: demographics, comparison between traditional and online assessment, advantages and limitations, different teaching methods, and acceptance of online assessment. the responses were collected and analyzed by using descriptive analyses.result:  the mean age was 41.25 ± 9.35 out of which the majority were females (55%). most teachers found online exams less stressful, within the covid norms, and more comfortable. the main limitation was no interaction between the patients & students followed by poor internet connection. 70.30% of the teaching faculty prefers traditional face-to-face assessment to online assessment, 23.40% select the blended mode, and only 6.30% of teachers prefer online assessment.conclusion: the results from our study depicted that 70% of the teaching faculty prefer traditional assessment. the responses provided us with the viewpoint of the medical institute’s teaching faculty, which will help us improve the logistic of the assessment program.