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Six teams of aspiring health entrepreneurs comprising nine members have received financial awards and certificates after winning the
The certification and award program was held
The course participants represent six ventures that aim to address various gaps within the health sector:
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But she said fewer than 30 people were selected to participate in Ideation for three months and they learned business skills during the period.
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She said the teams participated in a world-class health entrepreneurship program.
"The instructors we've worked with have worked with the most talented people you can find around the world," said
Dr.
She said they knew that if you went to school as a doctor, nurse, or a midwife, you are supposed to be working in a hospital.
But she noted that the world is changing, and people are thinking differently about how they can support the economy as health workers.
Under the Health Entrepreneurship program, she said it is interesting how people have been able to come up with ideas in nine months that are going to be scaled up to support the economy.
Dr. Plenseh Paye McClain, CTLI Deputy Director, Innovation, expressed delight to celebrate the first cohort of the Creation program with the closing ceremony, awards, and dinner.
She explained that the Health Innovation and Entrepreneurship activity is a part of the
She said last year, Bridge-U supported ULCHS to launch the
This Center, she said, houses various programs that enrich academic activities at the college, to strengthen the health workforce pipeline and ultimately the health system.
"We are gathered here tonight to celebrate the latest milestone in the
She indicated that these programs range from faculty development and research projects to clinical simulation education and health innovation and entrepreneurship.
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To achieve this objective, she said they introduced the HEALR program, which consists of three phases: three-month-long ideation, six-month-long creation, and yearlong implementation.
"We cannot emphasize enough how glad we are of the delegated participants, who were always present and eager to learn,
because of our phenomenal instructors, who also served as mentors,"
She also thanked the hardworking judges who spent the entire time listening to the participants' pitches.
Additionally,
"We are so grateful that in addition to the BRIDGE-U award, the
"We consider ourselves lucky that we worked with phenomenal
Responding, the highest prize winner Mr.
The Chief Executive Officer of
"Before starting this program, I had ideas, but [not] compared to [the] knowledge gained now. However, I want to appreciate
He said he was super excited to be a part of the first cohort, noting that he appreciated all the mentors for the competitions they created throughout the process.
"I think our biggest takeaway from this program is that we all are going to compete," said
He said if any business in their competitive space has been having a free ride, it's over now.
"During the course, we had to meet Tuesday and Friday, but there were days that we had to work excluding our meeting days and even overtime."
"I think the issue of the money is a big thing, but most importantly, we all are equipped with the knowledge to do better and expand," he stated.
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