Info market and final presentations Software project (module 12202) and Software engineering project (module 11290)

On 7 February 2025, the info market and the final presentation of the winter semester took place as part of the software project.

At the info market, there was the opportunity to talk informally with the teams about the software product at a demo stand. At the final presentations, each of the four student teams presented their software product.

This year's project again focussed on the potential of wearables, e.g. smart watches, as a driving force in the healthcare sector. By continuously measuring and analysing vital signs, wearables can support medical treatment and contribute to better healthcare.

At the beginning of the semester, the students were given a guest lecture by Dr Dominic Wist (BIOTRONIK) to give them a deeper insight into the practice of software development for medical devices.  Each team then had the task of developing a post-operative sepsis monitoring app. Sepsis can occur particularly in the case of post-operative complications and can be life-threatening if symptoms are not recognised and treated early enough. Based on a medical guideline for the treatment of sepsis, the app will record relevant measured values, integrate them with EHR data, evaluate them and visualise them for medical staff in a web application. Relevant measurements are collected by a smart watch and can be supplemented via a mobile application using Patient Reported Outcomes. Each of the four teams consisted of 5-6 Bachelor students and was supervised by a tutor (Agile Coaching). The teams were also supervised by Master's students (architecture and quality coaching) from the software engineering project (module 11290).

As part of the software internship, the Bachelor's students acquired knowledge and practical experience in the planning and implementation of a larger and practice-relevant software project. This includes technical skills such as analysis, design, testing and programming as well as social skills such as group coordination, time management and presentation.