Patient Simulator

A physician-facing digital platform designed to help pharmaceutical sales teams communicate complex clinical trial data in a clearer, faster, and more actionable way.
I co-led the end-to-end product design for a tablet-responsive web application that translated dense medical data into guided, scenario-based conversations, enabling more informed decision-making between sales reps and Healthcare Providers (HCPs).
Following initial release and user validation, the client expanded the approach to additional medications within their portfolio.

Role

Lead Product Designer

Scope

End-to-end Product Design

Impact

Improved clarity and usability of complex clinical information, supporting national field adoption and expansion across additional product lines.

Team

6 Designer · Product Manager · Clinical SMEs · Engineering Team · Brand & Content Partners

Case Summary

The Challenge

Sales representatives needed a more effective way to present complex clinical data during live conversations with HCPs. Existing materials were dense, static, and difficult to navigate in real time — limiting the clarity and impact of the medicine’s value proposition.

Approach

I led a structured discovery and validation process including stakeholder interviews, journey mapping, and usability testing with sales reps.
The goal was to transform static clinical information into an interactive, scenario-based tool that supported natural dialogue and faster insight retrieval.
Design decisions were validated through moderated testing sessions to ensure the tool aligned with real-world rep workflows.

Deliverables

Usability testing participants expressed strong enthusiasm to integrate the tool into their HCP engagements.
Sales reps reported increased confidence when explaining clinical value and treatment scenarios.The clarity and structure of the experience accelerated decision support conversations.
Prior to full rollout, the client expanded the design model to additional medications based on early success and stakeholder validation.
This validated the platform’s strategic value beyond a single product.

Design Process

Discovery & Ideation

  • Understand the problem
  • User research
  • Initial wireframes

Prototype and Test

  • Build Mid-fi clickable prototype
  • Usability testing
  • User testing report

Visual design

  • User test wireframe updates
  • Mood board exploration
  • UI Hi-FI Wireframes

Built

  • UI Screens production
  • Build visual style guide
  • Coordinate fabrication

Discovery & Ideation

To ensure adoption and clinical accuracy, I grounded the experience in real-world sales workflows and medical communication patterns.

  • Stakeholder alignment workshops
  • Sales rep interviews
  • Workflow mapping
  • Scenario prioritization

The insights revealed a need for structured conversation pathways rather than static information screens.

Our Users

Sales Reps

Primary users who require fast access to structured clinical insights during live conversations. Their workflow demands clarity, speed, and confidence.

HCPs (indirect user)

Recipients of clinical insights. The experience needed to support evidence-based discussions while remaining medically precise and digestible.

Site map

I restructured complex clinical content into guided, scenario-based pathways aligned with real-world sales conversations.The information architecture prioritized clarity, fast retrieval, and logical progression, reducing cognitive load while preserving medical accuracy.

Prototype & Testing

High-fidelity prototypes were developed and tested with representative users to validate navigation clarity, content hierarchy, and conversational flow.

Testing Goals:

  • Validate information findability
  • Measure clarity of treatment scenarios
  • Assess conversational usability during live simulations
Low-Fi wireframe
Mid-Fi wireframe + Prototype

Usability Testing

We tested the mid-fi prototype with potential users (sales reps) with 2 different kinds of test
Moderated Usability Tests: Conducted a usability test with 2 of the client's sales reps.
Collaborative Workshop: Collaborative workshop with the field advisory board to demo the prototype (10 sales reps)

Moderated usability sessions confirmed:

  • Strong alignment with real rep workflows
  • Improved clarity when explaining treatment differentiation
  • Faster navigation compared to legacy materials
  • High stated intent to adopt in future HCP engagements

12/12

Users agreed the product will be impactful during their meetings with the HCPs

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A more intuitive way of navigating clinical information in real time.”
- User 4

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Visual Direction

I established a modular UI system that balanced clinical precision with conversational clarity.
The visual language emphasized hierarchy, accessibility, and reusable components to ensure scalability across medications while aligning with brand standards.

Design Solution

The final solution was a tablet-responsive web application built around scenario-driven navigation rather than static content.
The experience enabled sales reps to move fluidly between treatment scenarios while clearly communicating clinical value in real time.

Landing Page
Cohort Details
Results
Search Cohorts

Style guide / Spec Doc

I delivered detailed interaction specs and component documentation to ensure implementation fidelity and alignment across engineering, product, and medical stakeholders.
Close collaboration during build reduced ambiguity and maintained design integrity.

Next Steps

Following successful validation, the framework was positioned to scale across additional therapeutic areas and evolve into a broader digital sales enablement platform.

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