Abstract
Remote teaching and assessment are essential for current education. During online examination, online proctoring is often used as a surveillance tool. Little is known about student perceptions on online proctoring. Using an online questionnaire, we found that medical students worry most about unjustified invalidation of their exam due to unstable internet connection, background noise or webcam issues, and privacy issues. It is important to be aware of these worries as they may influence test results.
Highlights
Online teaching and assessment have taken a prominent place in medical education since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic
The survey was completed by 597 medical students (35.0% response rate)
Almost 70% of all students were afraid that their progress test would be invalidated, even though they did not cheat during their online assessment (Fig. 1c)
Summary
Online teaching and assessment have taken a prominent place in medical education since the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Given the pace at which educational institutes had to revise their strategies to ensure the continuation of their students' education, online teaching and assessment have developed considerably over the past year [1, 2]. Online proctoring includes multiple assessment tools that track the students’ behaviour during the exam [4]. The Proctorio® system requires that the (single) webcam and microphone at the students’ workstation remain activated to check if the student takes the exam alone. The proctoring platform monitors the students’ device display via screensharing and screen recordings. The software registers which programs and/or websites are opened during the exam and can highlight suspicious or inappropriate behaviour by placing a red flag
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