The original Virtual Patient ran as a simple Microsoft Teams plugin where learning was a top-down process. Medical trainers would start a scenario from their editorial web application, which would trigger the Teams plugin to play the scenarios for the medical residents. They were encouraged to play through the scenario and to discuss the questions with their peers.
A revamp was needed due to the Teams API being phased out by Microsoft. With the choice being between migrating their Teams plugin to the new API or taking the success from their proof of concept and re-envision Virtual Patient, UMCG chose the latter and reached out to Xebia to guide them on this journey. From this collaboration came the vision to create a mobile application that could reach medical professionals outside of UMCG and open up Virtual Patient to established and aspiring medical professionals worldwide.
The project’s primary objective was to re-create and improve upon the core functionality of Virtual Patient. With this aim, Xebia collaborated with UMCG to re-conceptualize Virtual Patient into a mobile application. Envisioning not only new and enhanced functionalities but also opening up the library of patient care scenarios so knowledge would be widely accessible to medical professionals around the world.
A Race Against The Clock
Xebia dispatched two of its expert software consultants to spearhead the development of a new infrastructure, a new editorial web application and a new mobile application for Virtual Patient. Together with UMCG, we realized a complete overhaul of the editorial application was needed to tailor to the needs of the mobile application. This overhaul also provides UMCG with a future-proof editorial environment that lays a solid foundation for introducing new functionalities.
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