Legal notice
Last updated: 21 September 2026
Information required under Section 5 of the German Digital Services Act (Digitale-Dienste-Gesetz, DDG) and Section 18 of the German Interstate Media Treaty (Medienstaatsvertrag, MStV).
Provider
Universität Bielefeld
Universitätsstraße 25
33615 Bielefeld
Germany
Bielefeld University is a public-law corporation with legal capacity, maintained by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its legal representative is the Rector, Prof. Dr. Angelika Epple, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
Phone: +49 521 106-00
Fax: +49 521 106-5844
E-mail: post@uni-bielefeld.de
Web: www.uni-bielefeld.de
Publishing institution
VirtualSP is a service of the Medical School OWL at Bielefeld University. It is developed and maintained at the Simulation and Communication Lab (SCoLa) of the Medical School.
Medical School OWL
Simulation and Communication Lab (SCoLa)
Bielefeld University
Universitätsstraße 25
33615 Bielefeld, Germany
Dr. med. Anja Bittner
E-mail: anja.bittner@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-67420
Technical questions about the application: Dr. med. Johannes Bittner
E-mail: johannes.bittner@uni-bielefeld.de
Phone: +49 521 106-86433
Competent supervisory authority
Ministry of Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
Völklinger Straße 49
40221 Düsseldorf, Germany
VAT identification number
DE811307718 (under Section 27a of the German VAT Act, Umsatzsteuergesetz).
Responsible for content
Responsible for the content of this application under Section 18 (2) MStV:
Dr. med. Anja Bittner
Medizinische Fakultät OWL, Simulation and Communication Lab (SCoLa)
Bielefeld University, Universitätsstraße 25, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany
The scenarios and simulated persons used for practice in VirtualSP are fictional cases. They are written according to the role script template for simulated persons (RTSP) and come from the sp-szenarien.de catalogue; the rights to the individual cases remain with the authors named there.
About the application
VirtualSP is a practice environment for clinical communication. The simulated persons are played by an AI language model. What they say belongs to a fictional case; it is not medical advice and no basis for decisions about the treatment of real people.
Liability for content
The content of virtualsp.de has been prepared with the greatest possible care. Nevertheless, no guarantee is given for its accuracy, completeness or currency.
Liability for links
Links to third-party services are recognisable as such. Bielefeld University has no influence over their content; the respective providers alone are responsible for it. No unlawful content was apparent at the time of linking. Should an infringement become known, the link will be removed.
Copyright
The texts, graphics, design and source code of virtualsp.de are protected by copyright. Unless stated otherwise, the rights belong to Bielefeld University. Reproduction, modification and distribution require its permission. Components published under free licences and the rights to the scenarios are unaffected.