E-learning as a factor optimizing the amount of work time devoted to preparing an exam for medical program students during the COVID-19 epidemic situation

The COVID-19 pandemic had a huge impact on the learning and teaching processes, particularly in healthcare education and training, because of the principal position of the cutting-edge student-patient interaction. Replacing the traditional form of organization and implementation of knowledge evaluation with its web-based equivalent on an e-learning platform optimizes the whole didactic process not only for the unit carrying it out but, above all, for students. This research is focused on the effectiveness of the application of e-learning for computer-based knowledge evaluation and optimizing exam administration for students of medical sciences. The proposed approach is considered in two categories: from the perspective of the providers of the evaluation process, that is, the teaching unit; and the recipients of the evaluation process, that is, the students.This research was partly supported by Lodz University of Technology in Poland, Poznan University of Medical Sciences in Poland and AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland