Schola Medica

What Schola Medica does

Schola Medica is a Dutch non-profit foundation (Stichting Schola Medica) operating since 2014 as the national training center for emergency care (spoedzorg) education of physicians outside the hospital setting. The organization delivers simulation-based medical education centered on the internationally recognized ABCDE methodology to three core customer segments: aios (medical residents) in family medicine, elderly care medicine, and physicians for intellectually disabled persons; qualified healthcare professionals including huisartsen (GPs), specialist ouderengeneeskunde (elderly care physicians), physician assistants, and nurse specialists; and external organizations that rent training and meeting facilities. Its product portfolio is anchored by the STARtclass mandatory curriculum series (Huisartsgeneeskunde years 1–2, Ouderengeneeskunde year 1) and the STARclass professional refresher series (Spoedzorg in de Huisartspraktijk, Opfriscursus, Acute Ouderengeneeskunde), all built around scenario-based teaching with trained simulation patients (simulatiepatiënten), skills labs equipped with ALS/BLS manikins and ABCDE carts, and the Canvas LMS for course administration.

Revenue flows from three streams: individual healthcare-professional course fees (€445–€2,595 per course, VAT-exempt), institutional B2B contracts with Dutch medical training institutes — all eight UMCs (UMC Utrecht, LUMC, UMCG, Amsterdam UMC, Radboudumc, Erasmus MC, Maastricht University) and national coordination bodies SBOH, SOON, and Huisartsopleiding Nederland — to deliver mandatory resident curricula, and zaalhuur (VAT-exempt room rental) across 25 meeting rooms, auditoria, and skillslabs in its Utrecht facility. The organization has developed three free public-facing serious games (Triage Game launched 2023 with 20,000+ plays, Acute Diabetes Game launched 2025, Spoedzorg Game launched 2026) co-developed with academic partners, alongside a free Kennisbank knowledge repository and spoedzorg podcast series. Schola Medica is governed by a Raad van Commissarissen (Supervisory Board) chaired by Martin Smalbrugge, with Petra Zoer as Directeur-bestuurder, and holds CRKBO quality certification for registered educational institutions.

Name

Schola Medica

Legal name

Stichting Schola Medica

Website

https://scholamedica.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Schola Medica is a Dutch non-profit foundation that delivers simulation-based emergency care (spoedzorg) education to medical residents and primary-care physicians using the ABCDE methodology. It operates the only national training center of its kind for family medicine, elderly care, and intellectually disabled-persons residency programs in the Netherlands.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Medical Education and Healthcare Training Services

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Healthcare & Clinical Simulation (Surgery, Nursing, EMT, Patient Interaction) (EDAFAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Healthcare & Clinical Professional Development (CME/CE) (EDAGANAJ), Healthcare & Life Sciences (EDAAAPAA), Health Sciences & Nursing (EDAGABAF)

Keywords

• Medical simulation training
• Emergency care education
• Residency curriculum courses
• Continuing medical education
• Acute care training

Headquarters

HQ city

Utrecht

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Course Fees — Healthcare Professionals: Individual healthcare professionals (GPs, elderly care specialists) pay tuition fees to attend STARclass courses. Fees vary by course and accommodation choices; registered trainers receive subsidized rates via SBOH/HDS fund contributions.
2. Institutional Contracts — Medical Training Institutes: B2B arrangements with Dutch medical training institutes (UMC Utrecht, LUMC, UMCG, Amsterdam UMC, Radboudumc, Maastricht University, etc.) and national bodies (SBOH, SOON, Huisartsopleiding Nederland) for delivering mandatory resident curricula. Fees are negotiated per institutional contract.
3. Meeting & Training Space Rental: 25 meeting rooms, auditoria, skillslabs, and practical rooms available for external parties (external course providers, companies, healthcare organizations) to rent. Zaalhuur (room rental) is VAT-exempt. Catering outsourced to Vitam.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Schola Medica develops and delivers simulation-based medical education courses for primary-care physicians and medical residents (aios) in the Netherlands, with emergency care (spoedzorg) as its core expertise. The portfolio includes the STARtclass curriculum courses (mandatory for family medicine, elderly care medicine, and physician-for-intellectually-disabled-persons residents) and STARclass continuing-education courses for practicing GPs, elderly care specialists, physician assistants, and nurse specialists, all built around the ABCDE methodology, trained simulation patients, and on-site skills labs. Adjacent offerings include free serious games (Triage Game, Acute Diabetes Game, Spoedzorg Game), a Kennisbank knowledge base, spoedzorg podcasts, and meeting/training room rentals at its Utrecht facility.

Product overview

Schola Medica is a national medical education centre offering a portfolio of simulation-based emergency care courses for huisartsen (GPs), specialist ouderengeneeskunde (elderly care physicians), aios (residents in training), and other primary care professionals. The core offering consists of structured curriculum courses — the STARtclass series for aios (STARtclass Huisartsgeneeskunde jaar 1, STARtclass Huisartsgeneeskunde jaar 2, STARtclass Ouderengeneeskunde jaar 1) and the STARclass series for practicing professionals (STARclass Spoedzorg in de Huisartspraktijk, STARclass Huisarts: Opfriscursus, STARclass Acute Ouderengeneeskunde) — all built around the ABCDE methodology, simulated patient scenarios, and skills labs. Adjacent to the course portfolio, Schola Medica offers digital learning tools including the Triage Game, Acute Diabetes Game, and Spoedzorg Game (serious games for independent practice), a Kennisbank of free reference materials and e-books, spoedzorg podcasts, and venue rental for meetings and skills training (Vergader- en onderwijsruimten). The courses are delivered via the Canvas LMS.

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Products and services

• STARtclass Huisartsgeneeskunde jaar 1 Four-day mandatory curriculum course for first-year huisartsgeneeskunde (GP) residents covering emergency care in primary care settings using the ABCDE method, BLS/AED training, and practical skills such as suturing, nasopacking, and catheter placement.
• STARtclass Huisartsgeneeskunde jaar 2 Six-day mandatory curriculum course for second-year GP residents preparing for clinical internships at the SEH (emergency department), covering trauma reception, X-ray diagnostics, ECG interpretation, and scenario-based training with simulated patients.
• STARtclass Ouderengeneeskunde jaar 1 Three-day mandatory curriculum course for first-year specialist ouderengeneeskunde (elderly care medicine) residents, providing a foundation in the ABCDE method for acute situations in nursing homes, revalidation centres, and patients' homes.
• STARclass Spoedzorg in de Huisartspraktijk Four-day (2x2 days) emergency care course for practising huisartsen (GPs) and GP trainers using the ABCDE method, covering acute life-threatening conditions and realistic scenarios with simulated patients. Awards 24 accreditation points (ABC1).
• STARclass Huisarts: Opfriscursus One-and-a-half-day refresher course for huisartsen who previously completed the STARclass Spoedzorg or STARtclass, refreshing emergency care knowledge and intensive ABCDE method practice with realistic scenarios. Awards 11 accreditation points (ABC1).
• STARclass Acute Ouderengeneeskunde Three-day emergency care course for specialist ouderengeneeskunde (elderly care physicians), physician assistants, and verpleegkundig specialisten working in nursing homes, covering the ABCDE method for acute elderly care situations. Awards 20 accreditation points for specialists.
• Triage Game Web-based serious game for triage training developed with Radboudumc, based on the Nederlandse Triage Standaard (NTS). Allows huisartsen and triagisten to practise telephone triage decision-making through 12 patient scenarios across 3 difficulty levels (~60 minutes total). Free and publicly accessible.
• Acute Diabetes Game Interactive serious game developed jointly with Stichting Langerhans for practising acute diabetes care at the huisartsenpost. Content based on 180+ real cases from huisartsenposten in the Nijmegen region. Targets huisartsen, aios, and practice support staff. Free and publicly accessible.
• Spoedzorg Game (Sepsis edition) Interactive serious game co-developed with UMC Utrecht Julius Centrum for training GPs and primary-care urgent-care professionals in rapid and accurate assessment of urgent questions at the huisartsenpost, including a dedicated module on sepsis recognition. Free and publicly accessible.
• Vergader- en onderwijsruimten (Meeting and Educational Room Rental) Rental of 25 meeting rooms, auditoria, skillslabs, and practical rooms across three floors at Schola Medica's Utrecht facility. Includes AV equipment, BLS/AED mannequins, SimPad, I-simulate, ABCDE carts with medical materials, and fantomes. Catering outsourced to Vitam. Priced per 4-hour half-day session (VAT-exempt).

Named customers7 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Feature6 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Erasmus MC — AVG-opleidingcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Since 2016, Schola Medica develops and organizes emergency care education for physicians for intellectually disabled persons (arts VG). Once per year, residents from all three training years attend a 2-day course at Schola Medica.
• SBOHcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSchola Medica originated on the initiative of SBOH, which is the employer of approximately 3,500 medical residents (aios) and financier of 12 medical training programs in the Netherlands. SBOH and Schola Medica collaborate on improving Dutch healthcare education. SBOH provides subsidy funding for registered trainers to attend STARclass courses at reduced rates.
• SOON (Stichting Opleidingen Ouderengeneeskunde Nederland)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSOON is the national body responsible for elderly care medicine training in the Netherlands. Schola Medica develops and delivers the national emergency care curriculum (STARtclass O1, O2, and STARclass Acute Ouderengeneeskunde) for elderly care residents and trainers on behalf of SOON. Schola Medica also organizes national curricular education and the Framework Training for Trainers for SOON.
• Huisartsopleiding NederlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHuisartsopleiding Nederland is the national coordination body for Dutch family medicine training. Schola Medica develops and delivers the national emergency care curriculum (STARtclass H1, H2, H3, STARclass Spoedzorg in de Huisartspraktijk, STARclass Huisartsopleider: Opfriscursus) for family medicine residents and trainers.
• Radboudumc (UMC Nijmegen)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerRadboudumc is a key institutional partner. Schola Medica collaborates with Radboudumc's family medicine department on the Triage Game (developed by Boukje van Dijk of Radboudumc, co-developed and owned/maintained by Schola Medica). Additionally, Radboudumc is one of the training institutes that enrolls residents in STARtclass courses.
• Julius Centrum (UMC Utrecht)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn collaboration with UMC Utrecht's Julius Centrum and practicing family physicians, Schola Medica developed the Spoedzorg Game — an innovative serious game training GPs in rapid and accurate triage of urgent care questions, with a special focus on early sepsis recognition. The game is free to play.
• Stichting LangerhansmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerStichting Langerhans and Schola Medica jointly developed the Acute Diabetes Game — an interactive serious game for training GPs and residents in acute diabetes care. The game is based on 180+ real cases from GP posts in the Nijmegen region and is free to play. Supported by the HDS-fonds.
• CBKZ (Centraal Bureau Klachtenmanagement in de Zorg)minorOthersSchola Medica is affiliated with CBKZ for independent complaints handling. CBKZ provides an independent complaints handler (Mevrouw mr. Jeanette Schenk) for external complaints resolution, beyond Schola Medica's internal complaints procedure.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• CAE Healthcare: Canadian incumbent in healthcare simulation with broad portfolio of manikins, simulation centers, and learning management software. Overlaps with Schola Medica on simulation-based emergency care education but serves a global, hospital-system customer base rather than a national primary-care niche.

Direct peers

• Surgical Science: Sweden-based provider of virtual reality simulation solutions for medical training, including emergency and interventional procedures. Comparable as a medical simulation training company, though focused on hospital/procedural simulation rather than primary-care ABCDE.
• Operative Experience: US-based company specializing in high-fidelity simulation systems for surgical, trauma, and emergency care training. Comparable as a simulation-first emergency care training provider serving healthcare professional markets.
• Laerdal Medical: Norwegian global leader in healthcare simulation, resuscitation training (ALS/BLS manikins, SimPad), and emergency care education products. Directly comparable in the simulation-based emergency care training category that anchors Schola Medica's methodology, though Laerdal is product/vendor-side and Schola Medica is curriculum/delivery-side.

Emerging players

• FundamentalVR: UK-based medical VR training platform for surgery and procedural skills with haptic feedback. Comparable as a technology-driven medical simulation training company, though focused on hospital procedural skills rather than primary-care emergency training.
• Level Ex: US-based medical game company building serious games and simulations for healthcare professionals. Directly comparable to Schola Medica's Triage Game, Acute Diabetes Game, and Spoedzorg Game as a serious-games-for-clinicians peer, though focused on specialties like cardiology and GI.
• Skillstat Learning: Canadian provider of emergency cardiac care training tools (ECG interpretation, ACLS) for healthcare professionals. Comparable as a niche continuing education provider for emergency care skills with digital delivery components.

Regional players

• NVSHA: Nederlandse Vereniging voor Spoedeisende Hulp Artsen — Dutch Association of Emergency Physicians providing training, curriculum, and accreditation for hospital-based emergency physicians. Comparable in Dutch emergency care medical education, though hospital- rather than primary-care-oriented.
• Radboudumc Health Academy: Dutch academic medical center that delivers medical training and continuing education programs. Comparable as a national Dutch medical training institution, and a current Schola Medica partner that could also represent a potential competitor for in-house emergency care curriculum delivery.
• NHG (Nederlands Huisartsen Genootschap): Dutch scientific society for general practitioners that develops guidelines, standards (including the Dutch Triage Standard), and continuing education for huisartsen. Comparable as a Dutch GP-focused education and standards body that intersects with Schola Medica's curriculum authority.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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