Perspectives in the medical Latin language E-testing

The study is dedicated to e-testing of knowledge of Medical Latin terminology among international medical students at Rīga Stradiņš University (Latvia). It offers examples of e-test models and evaluation algorithms using Moodle environment. The research population were 149 first year medical students who took the end-of-semester test in the study course "Medical Terminology in Latin". E-test results were expressed in percentage (n = 140; 1^st quartile - 61%, 2^nd - 71%, 3^rd - 77%). Structured questionnaire and open-ended survey questions were used to reveal complexity and usefulness of e-testing from students' point of view. No statistically significant difference of opinions was found among e-test takers - those who considered e-tests useful for checking their knowledge and those who did not - on such e-test taking factors as immediate feedback, paper and time economy, stress and additional influencing factors (computer literacy, time restriction, technical failures). Statistically slight significant difference of opinions was found among e-test takers - those who considered e-tests more complicated to perform and those who did not - on such e-test taking factors as immediate feedback and additional influencing factors (computer literacy, time restriction, technical failures). Students who did not considered e-tests more complicated to perform were more critical of these factors. Students acknowledged e-testing as a modern testing mode.