COVID-19 PANDEMIC IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO REFPORM ASSESSMENT: A WEBINAR SUMMARY REPORT

“During the COVID-19 pandemic, the “Opportunity to ReformAssessment” Webinar was a global event that was urgentlyneeded. The Department of Physiology, All India Institute ofMedical Sciences Rishikesh, India, hosted a facultyengagement webinar for people interested in medicaleducation and evaluations on July 21, 2021. The objective ofthe webinar served both to disseminate the knowledge and toreceive feedback and gather inputs on online assessments.This webinar should help prestigious medical experts,including faculty from all cadres involved in teaching, andresult in improvements for planning and implementing futureassessments during pandemic-like situations. Additionally,this webinar should assist in the discussion of the issues inconducting online formative and summative assessments indifferent medical institutions, as well as to raise solutions tothe current challenges of the COVID-19 era within a certaintimeline.