Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has faced many challenges in various areas of social life. 
Education was limited with restrictions that were imposed to prevent the spread of the virus 
and proved to be one of the most sensitive areas.
Modern technologies and learning platforms have offered opportunities to support the 
learning process and maintain its normal pace. Practical lessons are extremely important for 
making sense of theoretical knowledge, and their application in an electronic environment is a 
new approach and allows them to take place in a pandemic. The purpose of this article is to 
present the implementation of a practical lesson in the discipline "Maritime Healthcare, 
Medical Care of Marine Facilities and Coastal Zones" for students from specialty "Health 
Management and Medical and Social Care" at the Medical University "Prof. Dr. Paraskev 
Stoyanov" - Varna. This non-standard form of practical lesson was conducted through a virtual 
classroom. It provided an opportunity for students to meet with specialists in Maritime 
Healthcare, who presented their work activities and technical equipment used in their 
professional sphere. The tasks that are considered are: sequence of the lesson and difficulties 
in its implementation, description of the students' opinion through a survey and analysis of the 
effectiveness of the practical lesson by studying the results of the survey.
The positive attitude of students to this type of lessons emphasizes their high value as an 
integral part of the learning process. Such realizations can be further developed in various 
disciplines and specialties.
Keywords: practical lesson, virtual classroom, maritime healthcare, COVID-19 pandemic, 
higher education

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