Abstract Question/objective Expertise from multiple professions is often required to solve complex problems in healthcare. This requires interprofessional clinical decision-making processes, which should be learned during training. Interprofessional digital patient cases offer the opportunity to train clinical reasoning. As part of the HEDS project at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, interprofessional virtual patient cases were developed by interprofessional case development teams. The aim of the study was to document the findings and experiences of the case developers to inform future interprofessional case development. Methods Seven individual interviews with case developers from different professions were conducted and qualitatively analyzed (Kuckartz & Rädiker 2022). The case developers were asked about their experiences in interprofessional case development using a semi-structured interview guide. Results The findings offer insights into personal experiences as well as lessons learned regarding content, structure and collaboration during the development of interprofessional virtual patient cases. Although interprofessional case development is described as laborious and time-consuming, the overall conclusion is positive. The personal knowledge gain and added value in terms of content are summarized as worthwhile. Discussion Given the need to strengthen interprofessional education and digital transformation in healthcare, technology-supported learning in an interprofessional context is essential. Preparing students for collaborative and digital healthcare during their education is a crucial goal for the future. Recommendations from this study may be support future developments of interprofessional virtual patient cases in interprofessional education.
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