The spread of COVID-19 has markedly impacted college education. At Kobe Gakuin University, the regular exam as a method to assess academic performance was cancelled. Although a policy to achieve educational effects comparable with those before the spread of COVID-19 infection was announced, the reality is unknown. The objective of this study was to Comparison of the academic performance of COVID-19 infection on the academic achievements of subject of the Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty

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... f Rehabilitation, Kobe Gakuin University. Academic achievements in the 15 required subjects taught under the same titles by the same instructors in the past 2 years were reviewed among subjects for which classes were held after the spread of COVID-19 infection in the first half of the 2020 school year. Significant differences were observed in the distribution of achievement grades after the spread of COVID-19 infection in all 15 subjects reviewed. The grade point average (GPA) was significantly higher in the post COVID-19 group than in the pre COVID-19 group in 5 of the 7 subjects in the third semester and in 6 of the 8 subjects in the fifth semester.