The INMEDEA Simulator

The INMEDEA Simulator is a web-based e-learning platform for medical education and advanced training. The users examine virtual patients in an interactive graphically designed clinic. In a playful way, they acquire fundamental and expert medical knowledge and learn to make clinical decisions close to reality. Throughout realistically presented case-stories, medical guidelines which can be included in lectures and seminars are communicated. They are also particularly suitable for self-learning at home.

General learning objectives:

• To diagnose and identify clinical disease patterns

• To deepen knowledge in a problem-oriented and independent way

• To recognize the relevance of certain examinations for certain diseases and to apply them in a reasonable way

• To experience and to test clinical situations in a work environment free of fear and pressure

• To develop an increased awareness for costs and time expenditure

• To gain basic skills in information and communication technologies and to test them in a pleasant environment.