Experience of implementing adaptable platform to conduct medical students’ qualification exam at an Ethiopian medical school in the middle of COVID-19 crisis: Participants perspective

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Abstract Background Medical training was halted for a long period in the initial phase of COVID-19 in Ethiopia, impacting medical students psychosocially and economically. Graduating class students in particular could not sit for qualifying examination and go on to the next phase of their professional career. To mitigate this challenge, St. Paul's hospital millennium medical college (SPHMMC) of Ethiopia designed and implemented an adaptable platform to help graduating class students sit for qualification exam during COVID-19 pandemic. Method An institution-based survey was conducted from October 30th to December 4, 2020, using undergraduate final year medical students and examiners selected by convenience sampling. A four-section survey instrument was distributed, and the collected responses were cleaned and entered into Epi data (v3.1) and exported to SPSS (v.26) for further statistical analysis. Participants experience towards modifications made on the traditional face-to-face undergraduate surgery qualification exam and effectiveness of this adaptable platform was assessed. Candidates preparation to take the exam in the middle of pandemic crisis, readiness and willingness to be part of the national health workforce in the fight against COVID-19 was also evaluated. Result Eight out of 10 participants were content with taking the modified qualification exam adjusted to suit the pandemic crisis and go on to the next stage of their career. About 68.5% of them liked the modified exam format and offered feedback saying that the practical exam was well-designed, the orientation given about the modified platform was adequate, the long case scenarios, short and viva images, videos and patient pictures were clear, near to reality at ward evaluation. Conclusion Implementing adaptable exam format was successful in meeting the expected endpoints and the students are ready and willing to join the national medical workforce any time.

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