Table 1

Questionnaire and sample of student responses

Student questionnaire

  1. What was good about today’s session?

  2. How could the teaching session be improved?

  3. Please share any other thoughts about this session or the online resources here.

What worked well?
“Thank you for giving me structure to my day in this strange rudderless world!”
“Great idea to do themed weeks, its made things so easy and manageable.”
“I love these sessions …We like that you push us to think about different answers and although we love knowing the right answer it’s nice that you make us think on our feet.”
“I’m loving these new sessions which are more interactive and aren’t just presentation based but have a range of resources.”
“Thank you so much this was very useful and really enjoyed the use of polls to vote.”
“It’s really useful knowing the topic so we can read about it and then we can contribute more to the session.”
“Love how the tutors always try to cheer us up (loved the magic tricks!).”
“I like the nice catch up questions at the beginning…[they] bring a bit of lightness to the tone of this whole Covid thing.”
“I liked the reflective/discursive part of it, it was good to understand what people were thinking.”
“Honestly this teaching is probably a lot better than what we would receive if placements were still on because this way we all have access to the same teaching and it is done by a highly dedicated team who want to teach us!”
“These sessions have really helped my learning and I have really enjoyed the community feel.”
What were the challenges?
“Please can you try to sort your mic; at times it was difficult to hear.”
“Quite time consuming to break into groups.”
“Keep to time.”
“To restrict the number of cases to 1 case only in the interest of time.”
“Even the practical sessions like the SIM session taught me so much even though it was over camera.”
“These things are really scary and not being on placement to experience them makes it more scary! So having a SIM was the next best thing.”
“I really enjoyed this teaching and it helps fill some of the gaps in practical teaching that we are missing. Thank you!”
“Like videos/pics of equipment as I worry about not seeing that stuff in hospital!”
“I think some kind of debrief would have been nice but works better in person I guess.”