“Optimizing Learning in Integrated Curriculum”—Comparative Effectiveness of Online and Face-to-Face Formative Assessments: Mixed Methods Study

Amira Salem Ismail   ^{1, 2 *} , MBBS, MSc, PhD ;   Sarah Mohamed Hussein   ^{3, 4 *} , MBBS, MSc, MD ;   Mohamed El-Shafey   ^{5, 6 *} , MBBS, MSc, PhD ;   Ahmed Farid Al-Neklawy   ^{3, 7 *} , MBBS, MSc, MD ;   Ahd A Mansour   ^{8 *} , MLS, MSc, PhD ;   Shatha Ghazi Felemban   ^{8 *} , MLS, MSc, PhD ;   Shimaa Elaraby   ^{1, 2 *} , MBBS, MSc, PhD

¹ Medical Education Department, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Fakeeh Care Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

² Medical Education Department, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

³ Clinical Sciences Department, MBBS Program, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Fakeeh Care Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

⁴ Department of Public Health, Community Medicine, Environmental Medicine and Occupational Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

⁵ Physiological Sciences Department, MBBS Program, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Fakeeh Care Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

⁶ Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt

⁷ Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

⁸ Medical Laboratory Sciences Department, MLS Program, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Fakeeh Care Group, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

*all authors contributed equally