Issues in the 3rd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including computer-based testing, study design, ChatGPT, journal metrics, and appreciation to reviewers

Abstract

In 2022, computer-based testing (CBT) was introduced for the Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE). CBT has also been expanded to the Korean Dental Licensing Examination, Korean Oriental Doctor Medical Licensing Examination, and Korean Care Worker Licensing Examination in 2023. Subsequently, 26 licensing examinations will be administered through CBT in 2025 [1]. For a more convenient and stable testing environment, the Korea Health Personnel Licensing Institute prepared 9 permanent test centers for CBT, which collectively have 1,500 seats (Fig. 1). If the number of examinees on a particular date surpasses 1,500, other sites will be leased. No technical problems occurred during the implementation of CBT for the KMLE. All medical schools in Korea adopted CBT, and no examinee complained of any difficulties in taking CBT. However, further improvements should be made after the transition to CBT. First, the standard setting of CBT still has not been adopted, although there were some studies on the cut score in the 2022 volume of the Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions (JEEHP). Kim et al. [2] suggested that acceptable cut scores for Issues in the 3rd year of the COVID-19 pandemic, including computer-based testing, study design, ChatGPT, journal metrics, and appreciation to reviewers Sun Huh