Consensus Meeting Report "Technology Enhanced Assessment" in Covid-19 Time, MENA Regional Experiences and Reflections.

Purpose: Majority of the assessments, appraisals and placements have been disturbed, with some being cancelled, postponed, or modified in design. New approaches for assessment should be well-thought-out. This work attempts at capturing the collective wisdom of educators in the Middle East and North Africa region (MENA), providing an understanding of the online assessment conceptual framework in the era of COVID-19 that tells the story rather than determining cause and effect, and identifying the biggest gaps that derail the digital transformation.

Use of Short Videos for Faculty Development in Adaptation of Interactive Teaching Strategies for Virtual Classroom.

The threat associated with physical interaction in teaching and learning timed with the COVID-19 pandemic has rendered faculty in a situation that they were not entirely prepared for. This paper describes a case study where educational videos were used in short format to help faculty progress in their adaptation to virtual teaching. The initiative describes the adaptations done to the videos and making them ore accessible to faculty.

Model for utilizing distance learning post COVID-19 using (PACT)™ a cross sectional qualitative study.

Background: COVID - 19 pandemic pressured medical schools globally to shift to Distance learning (DL) as an alternative way to ensure that the content delivered is satisfactory for student progression.

Aim Of The Work: This work aims at mapping priorities for post-COVID planning for better balance between distance learning and face to face learning.

Methods: This qualitative study aimed to develop a model for utilizing DL using The Polarity Approach for Continuity and Transformation (PACT)™.

A Simple Noninvasive Score Predicts Disease Activity and Deep Remission in Ulcerative Colitis.

Background: There is a need to use noninvasive markers in refining the management of ulcerative colitis to reduce the number of unnecessary colonoscopies, which facilitates the follow-up of activity and the response to treatment.

Aim: Postulation of a sensitive, specific, simple and noninvasive score to monitor disease activity in ulcerative colitis.

Methods: A case-control study was conducted: 168 patients with ulcerative colitis, 40 healthy individuals, and 60 patients for validation.