en آموزش پزشکی Medical Education پژوهشي اصیل Orginal Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:16px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:2;"><b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">Background & Objective</span></span></b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">: During this COVID-19 pandemic a large number of institutes have undertaken an online assessment of medical students such as zoom meets, online objective structured clinical examination [OSCE] google forms, etc. The present study was undertaken to determine the perceptions and opinions of teachers towards online assessment so as to plan the future strategy regarding the assessment system.</span></span><br> <b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">Materials & Methods</span></span></b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">: An online questionnaire was validated and distributed among 120 teaching faculty of a tertiary care hospital in North India and informed consent was obtained. It consisted of standard Likert scale questions which comprised 22 questions. The questionnaire was grouped into 4 categories: demographics, Comparison between traditional and online assessment, Advantages and limitations, different teaching methods, and acceptance of online assessment. The responses were collected and analyzed by using descriptive analyses.</span></span><br> <b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">Result</span></span></b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">:&nbsp; The mean age was 41.25 &plusmn; 9.35 out of which the majority were females (55%). Most teachers found online exams less stressful, within the COVID norms, and more comfortable. The main limitation was no interaction between the patients & students followed by poor internet connection. 70.30% of the teaching faculty prefers traditional face-to-face assessment to online assessment, 23.40% select the blended mode, and only 6.30% of teachers prefer online assessment.</span></span><br> <b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">Conclusion</span></span></b><span lang="EN-IN"><span style="color:black">: The results from our study depicted that 70% of the teaching faculty prefer traditional assessment. The responses provided us with the viewpoint of the medical institute&#39;s teaching faculty, which will help us improve the logistic of the assessment program.</span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp;</div> COVID 19, Online assessment, Survey, Teachers. 30 35 http://edujournal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-12-1598-2&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Bharti Nigam sona17.agra@gmail.com 5300319475328460023623 5300319475328460023623 Yes ERAs lucknow medical college and hospital,lucknow,uttar pradesh,india Luxmi Singh sonal_gupta29@yahoo.co.in 5300319475328460023624 5300319475328460023624 No ERAs lucknow medical college and hospital,lucknow,uttar pradesh,india Sonal Gupta sonalgupta.9517@gmail.comin 5300319475328460023625 5300319475328460023625 No ERAs lucknow medical college and hospital,lucknow,uttar pradesh,india