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. 2023 Aug 8;23:556. doi: 10.1186/s12909-023-04544-2

Table 5.

Comparison of descriptive statistics of students’ and lecturers perceptions regarding the overall assessment of online learning versus face-to-face learning

Students without
patient contact
Students with patient contact Item description Lecturers
M (SD) N M (SD) N M (SD) N
2.91 (0.99) 92 2.62 (0.73) 63

Online learning

Follow-up effort/ Preparation effort

2.25 (0.91) 32
2.11 (0.81) 92 2.54 (0.74) 63

Face-to-face learning

Follow-up effort/ Preparation effort

2.59 (0.74) 34
2.10 (0.71) 92 2.38 (0.83) 63

Online learning

Knowledge transfer

2.54 (0.82) 35
2.51 (0.83) 93 2.25 (0.78) 64

Face-to-face learning

Knowledge transfer

2.00 (0.68) 36
2.52 (1.02) 92 2.58 (1.01) 64

Online learning

Opportunities to ask questions

2.82 (0.87) 34
2.22 (1.06) 94 1.83 (0.87) 64

Face-to-face learning

Opportunities to ask questions

1.59 (0.73) 37
2.60 (0.89) 88 2.76 (0.98) 63

Online learning

Number of tips from lecturer

2.76 (0.96) 34
2.52 (1.04) 91 2.08 (0.88) 61

Face-to-face learning

Number of tips from lecturer

1.86 (0.88) 35
2.43 (0.95) 92 2.55 (1.13) 64

Online learning

Fun factor

2.88 (1.17) 33
2.39 (1.03) 93 2.16 (0.83) 62

Face-to-face learning

Fun factor

1.74 (0.75) 34
3.82 (1.02) 93 3.65 (1.10) 63

Online learning

Stress during the course

3.47 (0.83) 34
2.43 (1.04) 95 3.10 (0.98) 61

Face-to-face learning

Stress during the course

3.19 (1.09) 36
2.99 (1.01) 86 3.11 (1.06) 62

Online learning

Threshold of interaction

2.71 (1.06) 34
3.17 (1.10) 87 3.40 (1.06) 62

Face-to-face learning

Threshold of interaction

3.53 (1.40) 36

M = mean, SD = standard deviation, N = number of valid answers (total: N=).Type of answer: 1 = very high, 5 = very low