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. 2024 Aug 12;19(8):e0307150. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307150

Table 4. Overall assessment of the online virtual class- student’s learning and preferred teaching method.

Variables Count %
Total 267 100.0
To what extent do you feel that the Virtual pathology lab reinforced the information that you received in the lecture? I do not feel that any of the information from the Virtual pathology lab reinforced the information we received in the lecture. 50 18.7
I feel that the Virtual pathology lab somewhat reinforced the information we received in the lecture. 178 66.7
I feel that the pathology virtual lab experience completely reinforced the information we received in the lecture. 39 14.6
To what extent do you feel that you learned new information from your experience with the Virtual pathology lab this academic year? 1 Insufficient 11 4.1
2 Fairly sufficient 27 10.1
3 Moderately sufficient 141 52.8
4 Sufficient 66 24.7
5 Abundant 22 8.2
What was your level of enjoyment as you went through the virtual pathology lab experience this academic year? I enjoyed the Virtual pathology lab learning experience and felt it helped me learn the pathology related material. 138 51.7
I did not enjoy the Virtual pathology lab learning experience but did feel that it helped me learn the pathology related material. 107 40.1
I did not enjoy the Virtual pathology lab learning experience and did not feel that it helped me learn the pathology related material. 22 8.2
PPT presentation and PDF handout accompanied virtual session are useful Totally Disagree 3 1.1
Disagree 15 5.6
Neither agree nor disagree 85 31.8
Agree 115 43.1
Totally Agree 49 18.4
Based on your experience, please describe how you believe your ideal pathology lab experience would be structured. Glass slides only 18 6.7
Combined glass slide and virtual slide 223 83.5
Virtual slide only 26 9.7
Based on your experience, please describe how you believe your ideal pathology lab experience would be structured. 100% in lab 27 10.1
75% in lab; 25% virtual 74 27.7
50% in lab; 50% virtual 99 37.1
25% in lab; 75% virtual 57 21.3
100% virtual 10 3.7