The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic has forced universities to find new ways to conduct learning and teaching, as traditional face-to-face teaching has been prevented or restricted to an absolute minimum in many instances. Therefore, we redesigned and taught second-year veterinary student microbiology laboratory exercises (labs) with a hybrid learning approach. For this, a novel ‘remote partner’ model was implemented in which students present on-site in the laboratory worked synchronously pairwise with their remote partner present online. A student feedback survey revealed that in this remote partner model, both on-site and online participation in the labs were experienced as being useful in improving their laboratory skills. The students' overall performance in hands-on microbiological laboratory skills and safe working practices was similar in the hybrid learning approach (the 2021 class) and in the traditional on-site participation approach (the 2018–20 classes). This study suggests that the remote partner model is an effective way to acquire microbiological laboratory skills. This learning approach can be used in the non-pandemic future and/or also be applied to other fields.

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在 COVID-19 大流行期间结合现场和在线参与，重新设计和教授兽医微生物学实验室练习

COVID-19（2019 年冠状病毒病）大流行迫使大学寻找新的学习和教学方式，因为在许多情况下，传统的面对面教学已被阻止或限制在绝对最低限度。因此，我们采用混合学习方法重新设计和教授二年级兽医学生微生物学实验室练习（实验室）。为此，实施了一种新颖的“远程伙伴”模型，在该模型中，在实验室现场的学生与在线的远程伙伴成对地同步工作。一项学生反馈调查显示，在这种远程合作伙伴模式中，现场和在线参与实验室都被认为有助于提高他们的实验室技能。学生们' 在混合学习方法（2021 班）和传统现场参与方法（2018-20 班）中，微生物实验室实践技能和安全工作实践的整体表现相似。这项研究表明，远程合作伙伴模式是获得微生物实验室技能的有效方式。这种学习方法可用于非大流行的未来和/或也可应用于其他领域。