Publication date: Jul 08, 2026
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the adoption of virtual learning in medical education. Pathology, a key preclinical course, was delivered online at the University of Bahri. Understanding students’ perceptions of virtual learning in a low resource setting is essential for optimizing educational strategies. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 271 medical students using total coverage sampling and only 160 valid questionnaires were returned. Data were collected via a structured self-administered online questionnaire assessing demographics, socioeconomic status, preferred virtual learning platform, resource availability, attitudes, motivation, interactions, course-specific perceptions, and perceived academic performance comparisons in virtual versus traditional learning. The data were analyzed via SPSS version 25 with a significance level set at p
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| Concepts | Keywords |
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| Medical education | |
| Online learning | |
| Pathology | |
| Student perception | |
| Sudan | |
| Virtual learning |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 pandemic |
| pathway | REACTOME | Reproduction |
| disease | MESH | included |
| drug | DRUGBANK | Coenzyme M |