Table 2.

Number and percentage of veterinary student responses to multiple-choice questions regarding LCs

Multiple-choice question	Multiple-choice answer options	Number and percentage of student responses
1. Have you heard of learning communities?	No	54 (32.73%)
	Maybe	16 (9.70%)
	Yes	95 (57.57%)
4. Have you ever participated in a learning community?	No	99 (60.00%)
	Maybe	25 (15.15%)
	Yes	41 (24.85%)
5. In your opinion, members of a learning community should be…	Assigned	47 (28.48%)
	Selected by students of the learning community	118 (71.52%)
7. In your opinion, should faculty members be involved with a learning community?	No—learning communities should be student driven	13 (7.88%)
	Yes—faculty members should be mentors for learning communities	109 (66.06%)
	Yes—faculty members should only be involved when social dynamic issues arise	4 (2.42%)
	Yes—faculty members should only be involved when content-based questions arise	39 (23.64%)
11. In your opinion, learning communities should…	Be curriculum related only	30 (18.18%)
	Have social aspects, but focused mostly on course-work	128 (77.58%)
	Be focused on social outings, but involve some coursework	7 (4.24%)
14. To you, the ideal number of people in a learning community should be…	3–5	62 (37.58%)
	5–7	63 (38.18%)
	7–9	29 (17.58%)
	9 +	11 (6.66%)
18. In your opinion, learning communities should…	Have cool group names	78 (47.27%)
	Be nameless	87 (52.73%)
20. Ideally, members of a learning community should be…	Friends	121 (73.33%)
	Just peers	44 (26.67%)
22. Preferably, learning communities should meet…	During class and after	109 (66.06%)
	Only during class	15 (9.09%)
	Only after class	41 (24.85%)
25. In your opinion, a learning community…	Requires face-to-face contact	88 (53.33%)
	Can be virtual/remote (i.e., email, texting, instant/direct messaging, etc.)	77 (46.67%)
27. In your opinion, a learning community should…	Share similar demographics (i.e., age, sex, etc.)	25 (15.15%)
	Be diverse	140 (84.85%)