Virtual patient
Learning through playing. Play to learn.
Our Virtual patient platform brings gamified medical case studies created by experienced physicians, available to the professional community. The Virtual patient is an interactive simulation of a real clinical situation, serving to educate both current and future healthcare professionals. This form of “serious gaming” successfully complements traditional learning methods worldwide.
Gamification in medical education
Gamification helps develop specific skills such as clinical reasoning, decision-making, and critical thinking. The integration of these computer simulations has been repeatedly rated as highly beneficial for both students and educators.
At IBA, we champion this educational approach and believe in its educational power, which is why we have developed a web application for playing, presenting, and entering linear virtual scenarios. The application allows for the addition of optional questions and includes a scoring counter, thus expanding the possibilities of online education for both young and experienced doctors. The application is simple, universal, and, with minimal distractions, allows for complete focus on the storyline, content, and educational area of the case studies.
System description
Simple and user-friendly virtual scenario editing
The application allows easy management and modification of virtual scenarios, including their creation and updates, ensuring flexibility in enhancing or adapting them to current educational needs or changes in medical practices.
Wide multimedia integration options
The application enables easy integration of various multimedia files such as images, videos, audio recordings, and documents, enriching the scenarios and increasing the educational value of the studied topic.
Simulation progress tracking
The application automatically records both correct and incorrect steps taken during the simulation, providing valuable feedback for instructors and scenario analysis.
Certification for completing virtual patient simulation
After successfully completing the simulation, the system offers the option to receive an official certificate confirming the completion of the simulation, including the results achieved.
Evolving learning experience
The system tracks the time spent in each node of the simulation, allowing tutors to analyze and adapt scenarios to focus on problematic areas and improve the learning process. Agile development within our team enables quick and effective implementation of software changes, co-created by the people who use the tool every day.
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What customers say about the product
Publications
- Klincova M, Harazim H, Schwarz D, Kosinova M, Smekalova O, Stourac P. What Can Be Achieved With Motivation-Based Teaching of Medical Students? A Monocentric Retrospective Audit of Retention Among Highly Motivated Graduates Who Underwent the Learning-by-Doing Concept in Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine. JMIR Serious Games. 2019;7(2):e10155. doi:10.2196/10155
Realized educational projects
Emergency Medicine Educational Portal
A long-term collaboration between teachers, students, and IT specialists from Masaryk University’s Faculty of Medicine led to the creation of an educational portal with an extensive database of interactive algorithms for acute patient care.
HCC-VP.com
The HCC-VP project represents a series of virtual patient cases with liver cancer. The interactive educational content was created for lifelong learning, particularly in oncology, and aims to develop competencies in clinical reasoning.
LAURIE
The LAURIE project is an international educational initiative presenting a series of virtual patients suffering from schizophrenia. The collection includes individual case studies inspired by real patients as well as fictional stories.
RCC-VP.com
The RCC-VP project represents a series of virtual patient cases with renal cancer. The educational content was created for lifelong learning for doctors, particularly in oncology and urology, aiming to develop their clinical thinking.
VINCI-PROJECT.cz
The VINCI project features a series of virtual patients in cardiology and diabetology. The educational content was created for lifelong education of healthcare workers, particularly in internal medicine, cardiology, diabetology, nephrology, and neurology.
Widening Access to Virtual Educational Scenarios
The WAVES project (2016-2018) funded by the European Commission facilitated access to virtual scenarios and patients by integrating their systems with mainstream educational platforms. It also created a popular online course (MOOC) that attracted over 4,000 educators.
Offer
Web interface with expert services
We offer our own application with a fully functional editorial system.
Interested in this software?
If you’re interested, we’d be happy to offer you an experienced editorial specialist or a contracted copywriter who is passionate about these virtual scenarios and will enthusiastically take care of filling your application with content — your virtual scenarios.