Research
VirtualSP is developed at the Simulation and Communication Lab (SCoLa) of the Medical School OWL, as a teaching offer and as a subject of research.
Key figures
950
completed training sessions
190
registered users
94%
of students in the pilot phase rated repeated training as very relevant for their learning success
n = 53
As of: September 2026
Publications
Bittner, A., von Schlippe, J., Bittner, J., Malchus, K. (2026): VirtualSP: Kommunikationstrainings mit virtuellen Simulationspersonen. 20. Internationales SkillsLab Symposium, Mannheim, 12.–14. März 2026.
Collaborate instead of developing in parallel
We are opening VirtualSP to other sites. Anyone who wants to try or study communication training with virtual simulated persons does not have to build the infrastructure a second time: the platform, the competency framework and scenario development are ready, and the data basis grows with every participating site.