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Background Emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) forced the worldwide higher educational institutes to adopt distance learning mode Further, remote electronic exams (E−exams) were considered as mode of assessment Objectives: This cross-sectional study evaluated the students\' experience of remote E-exams during the COVID-19 pandemic among medical sciences students in (our country) Materials and Methods: A survey of 29 questions was prepared on Google forms and distributed among students at Faculties of Medical sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Applied Medical Sciences) at (Educational Institute) The questions include students\' demographics, stress experience, and factors contributing to stress as well as behavioral changes related to remote E-exams Responses were analyzed using descriptive, cross tabulation and Chi-square tests Results: Among 1019 respondents, 32% reported more stress with remote E-exams This was associated with academic major and gender Among students with more stress during remote E-exams, the exam duration, mode of questions navigation and technical problems (exam platform and internet connectivity) appeared as the main factors related to stress in 78%, 76% and >60%, respectively Other factors include concern regarding the teaching methods, exam environment and students\' dishonesty Remote E-exams had negative impact on students\' dietary habits (increase consumption of caffeine and high energy drinks, high sugar food, fast food), sleep (reduction in sleeping hours, more consumption of insomnia medications), physical activity (less exercises) and smoking habits (increase) Conclusion: Results suggested a negative impact of E-exams on students within Medical Faculties Robust exam platform and remote mock E-exams are recommended to reduce students\' potential stress A stress-free environment is very essential to encourage students to adopt remote E-exams, particularly if the pandemic will take longer Various awareness programs about students\' habits related to dietary, sleep quality, physical activity and smoking are highly valuable for students’ health benefits This is of particular importance since the current students at faculties of Medical Sciences are the future health care providers
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Background: Emergence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) forced the worldwide higher educational institutes to adopt distance learning mode Further, remote electronic exams (E-exams) were considered as mode of assessment Objectives: This cross-sectional study evaluated the students\' experience of remote E-exams during the COVID-19 pandemic among Medical Sciences students in Jordan Materials and Methods: A survey of 29 questions was prepared on Google forms and distributed among students at Faculties of Medical Sciences (Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, Nursing and Applied Medical Sciences) at Jordan University of Science and Technology The questions include students\' demographics, stress experience, and factors contributing to stress as well as behavioral changes related to remote E-exams Responses were analyzed using descriptive, cross tabulation and Chi-square tests Results: Among 1019 respondents, 32% reported more stress with remote E-exams This was associated with academic major and gender Among students with more stress during remote E-exams, the exam duration, mode of questions navigation and technical problems (exam platform and internet connectivity) appeared as the main factors related to stress in 78%, 76% and >60%, respectively Other factors include concern regarding the teaching methods, exam environment and students\' dishonesty Remote E-exams had negative impact on students\' dietary habits (increase consumption of caffeine and high energy drinks, high sugar food, fast food), sleep (reduction in sleeping hours, more consumption of insomnia medications), physical activity (less exercises) and smoking habits (increase) Conclusion: Results suggested a negative impact of E-exams on students within Medical Faculties Robust exam platform and remote mock E-exams are recommended to reduce students\' potential stress A stress-free environment is very essential to encourage students to adopt remote E-exams, particularly if the pandemic will take longer Various awareness programs about students\' habits related to dietary, sleep quality, physical activity and smoking are highly valuable for students\' health benefits This is of particular importance since the current students at Faculties of Medical Sciences are the future health care providers
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