Table 4.
Students without patient contact | Students with patient contact | Item description | Lecturers | |||
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M (SD) | N | M (SD) | N | M (SD) | N | |
2.21 (1.22) | 47 | 2.95 (1.27) | 60 | The quality and quantity of knowledge has remained unchanged among students during online learning (compared to solely face-to-face teaching). | 3.58 (1.23) | 36 |
2.57 (1.19) | 82 | 2.61 (1.19) | 62 | By participating on the online learning, I feel well prepared for the practical part of education./Preparing students for the practical courses works well with online learning formats. | 3.11 (1.22) | 37 |
1.99 (0.98) | 90 | 1.98 (0.97) | 64 | The theoretical teaching content is easy to learn with online learning./ The theoretical teaching content is easy to teach with online learning. | 2.38 (0.98) | 37 |
3.09 (1.34) | 89 | 3.17 (1.38) | 64 | In generally, I prefer face-to-face rather than online learning. | 2.12 (0.84) | 34 |
1.88 (1.07) | 90 | 1.83 (0.97) | 64 | I think online learning formats belong to modern teaching in dentistry. | 1.87 (0.78) | 38 |
2.15 (0.97) | 95 | 2.29 (1.07) | 63 | The use of new digital teaching methods (e.g. online teaching) motivates me to learn./ The use of new digital teaching methods (e.g. online teaching) motivates me to teach. | 2.4 (1.0) | 35 |
3.96 (1.08) | 89 | 3.63 (1.26) | 63 | I do not feel comfortable participating to online learning formats because I miss the communication in person with the lecturers./ I do not feel comfortable teaching online learning formats because I miss the communication in person with students. | 3.03 (1.45) | 33 |
4.02 (1.18) | 87 | 4.00 (1.22) | 63 | In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, online learning formats were useful, but beyond the pandemic, they should not find further application in dental curriculum. | 3.82 (1.27) | 38 |
n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | I perceived the students to be disciplined and attentive during the digital teaching formats. | 2.84 (1.27) | 31 |
M = mean, SD = standard deviation, N = number of valid answers. Type of answer: 1 = strongly agree, 5 = strongly disagree