Specialists to take exams, interviews in metaverse
The UAE'S Ministry of Health and Prevention (MOHAP) on Wednesday announced the launch of a metaverse programme for specialists and consultants to take exams and interviews remotely.
Dr Amin Hussein Al Amiri, assistant undersecretary for the Health Regulation Sector at the MOHAP, said metaverse will be used to support medical exams of healthcare professionals like consultants and specialists while they are in their own country.
"For example, if the doctor is in Australia or any other country and we have three examiners in different locations in the UAE, they all will log in to metaverse and start the exam. The three doctors in the UAE will be in their own healthcare facilities, but they will be together as panellists in the metaverse," he said.
Al Amiri added that examiners would monitor the movement of the face and eyes of examinees using artificial intelligence (AI) to figure out if they were trying to get support from someone or looking
at papers in any direction. This will help avoid any sort of external support or cheating. The interview and exam details will be sent electronically. Hence, they don't need to come to the UAE and can do it from their home country, he added.
The UAE has been conducting electronic exams for healthcare professionals below the level of consultants and specialists for more than eight years now. But some consultants and specialists had to come to the UAE for interviews, which they will no longer need to now with the launch of the metaverse platform.
Al Amiri said the ministry had used metaverse for customer services and succeeded in improving customer happiness. "We saw a need to expand metaverse to help healthcare professionals and decided to use it for exams and interviews," he said, adding that this new technology will be implemented from next Monday.