The Impact of the Online Exam Module on Student Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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10.2991/assehr.k.210930.012How to use a DOI?

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anxiety, online exam

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has an impact in all sectors of life. Faculty of medicine issued a regulation on the implementation of online education to break the chain of spreading Covid-19. This research aimed to assess the impact of the online exam module on student anxiety during the Covid-19 pandemic. The method used in this present study was a descriptive analytical method. The research was conducted at the Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Mulawarman, Indonesia. All students of this faculty who took the exam using the online exam module became research respondents. The research was carried from three stages including preparation, the implementation and the evaluation of the online exam module. The anxiety of students during this online examination was evaluated to determine the effect of this kind of examination on the anxiety of students. The anxiety of students was measured using questionnaire prepared based on Hamilton Rating Scale. A total of 504 respondents (141 male students (28 % of total respondents); 363 female students (72 % of total respondents)) who had undergone online examinations were involved in this present study. The result was 62% experienced mild anxiety, 19% experienced mild-moderate anxiety, and 19% experienced moderate-severe anxiety. For the level of anxiety based on gender, 69.6% female and 30.4% male students experienced mild anxiety, 70,8% female and 29.2% male students experienced mild-moderate anxiety, and 81,1% female and 18.9% male students experienced moderate-severe anxiety. It can be concluded that students who take the online exam module majorly tend to experience mild anxiety. The level of anxiety of female students is higher than male students.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sulistiawati Sudarso
AU  - Anik Puji Rahayu
AU  - Cicih Bhakti Purnamasari
AU  - Ika Fikriah
AU  - Gusti Feri
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/01
TI  - The Impact of the Online Exam Module on Student Anxiety During the Covid-19 Pandemic
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Medical Education (ICME 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 69
EP  - 71
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210930.012
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210930.012
ID  - Sudarso2021
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