attitude and satisfaction towards electronic exams in medical sciences faculty members

Background: the use of electronic exams (e-exams) has benefits in educational systems. theviews of critical stakeholders, including faculty members, around e-exams should be takeninto consideration in order to derive the most benefits. due to the recent expansion of the useof e-exams at the birjand university of medical sciences (bums), this study was conducted toassess faculty members ‘ attitude towards and satisfaction with e-exams.methods: this cross-sectional study included all faculty members at the university using acensus sampling method. a researcher-created questionnaire with demographic, attitude, andsatisfaction sections was used to collect the data. the content validity index and the contentvalidity ratio were used to assess validity, and cronbach’s alpha was used to assess reliability.scoring was based on a 5-point likert scale. spss was used to analyze the data using t-test andanova at a significance level of 0.05.results: of the 126 faculty members who participated, 56.3% were women and 43.7% weremen. the mean score of faculty members’ attitude was 69.19 ± 9.51 and their satisfaction scorewas 33.27 ± 5.00. a significant difference was found in the mean score of attitude by faculty(p = 0.038). a positive correlation was found between attitude and satisfaction (r = 0.537), andattitude and satisfaction with work experience (r = 0.002 and r = 0.233, respectively) whichindicates that the correlation between attitude and satisfaction was significant (p <0.001)conclusion: overall, there was a moderately positive attitude toward and a high level ofsatisfaction with e-exams among medical sciences faculty members. given the correlationbetween attitude and satisfaction, these two categories should be taken into considerationtogether.