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Monitoring and Evaluating Quality of E-Learning in Basic Sciences Section and Introduction to Clinical Medicine Section in the School of Medicine During COVID-19 Pandemic

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- Many universities have turned to e-learning during the Corona Virus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic around the world. Ensuring the quality of higher education, especially in medicine, is considered one of the tasks of the education system, which is essential for both traditional methods and e-learning. This study aimed to monitor and evaluate the quality of e-learning conducted using the university LMS system for courses offered in the BS section and ICM section of medicine during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study was an evaluation study using a goal-based approach that was conducted using the descriptive cross-sectional method. This study included 76 specialized courses offered in the first semester of the academic year of Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences, and participants were evaluated in terms of compliance with the course plan and the quality of the uploaded content. About 60% of e-learning courses presented in the course plan were in compliance with the curriculum. The uploaded educational content of 46.1% of the courses was good, 38.2% of the courses were relatively good, and 15.8% of the courses were not good. In the general review, e-learning courses offered were at a relatively desired level. Due to the new e-learning in medical schools, there is a need to monitor e-learning sessions during the course.

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E-learning Medical school Curriculum Course plan Program evaluation
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Heydari Hengami M, Faridi F, Kamali F. Monitoring and Evaluating Quality of E-Learning in Basic Sciences Section and Introduction to Clinical Medicine Section in the School of Medicine During COVID-19 Pandemic. Acta Med Iran. 2022;60(8):526-531.