Table 2.

Categorization of SAR guidelines based on stages and phases of assessment

Stage of assessment	Classified guidelines to enhance resilience
Pre-Assessment “Anticipation and Preparation:	Assessment direction: Improving candidate's knowledge of the assessment scope and process 1. Share of assessment mapping whenever applicable 2. Sharing of assessment rubric in modalities whenever applicable 3. Briefing on the overall assessment coverage 4. Establish a briefing session before exam 5. Familiarize students with assessment methods Assessment preparation: Improving candidates cognitive, mental, and psychomotor preparedness to maximize assessment performance 6. Advice students about study skills 7. Advice students about time management [80–83] 8. Direct students for good material for revision 9. Advice students on exam skills 10. Brief students about the grading system 11. Provide guidelines for students to reduce test anxiety 12. Provide self-care guidelines to students before assessment Increase assessment experience: Enriching the formative component of the assessment 13. Increase frequency of formative assessment 14. Increase continuous assessment 15. Encourage to have targeted mock exams 16. Promote/encourage collaborative assessment 17. Promote open book exam 18. Use peer assessment 19. Introduce progress testing
Intra-assessment	Examiner focus: Improving examiner behavior to maximize candidate performance reduce candidate anxiety 20. Establish non-threatening environment during exam: smiling face, welcoming, professional behavior, rapport, sense of humor [84–88]
Post-Assessment Reflection and feedback	Student reflection: promote student’s reflection 21. Add free space in the written assessment to get students feedback 22. Add free space in the written assessment to write self-reflection 23. Increase feedback by examiner 24. Sharing the key answer if applicable