Posts by: Nina Holmes

Watch: workshop and webinar for EI Clinical Innovation Award, 27th June 2019.

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Enterprise Ireland’s Clinical Innovation Award is a €15,000 to investigate the commercial feasibility of an innovative idea in Ireland and international markets. The winner will also receive travel costs to visit the Cleveland Clinic in 2019/2020. It is open to clinicians and healthcare professionals currently employed in the Irish health service.

On 27th June, Health Innovation Hub Ireland hosted a workshop and webinar on the application process for the Enterprise Ireland Clinical Innovation Award in our Galway offices. The workshop was delivered by Dr Claire Walsh, Enterprise Ireland, and John McSweeney, NUI Galway. A video of the session is now available to view for anybody who missed it or would like a recap: http://bit.ly/2JKw7C1

For more information about the Clinical Innovation Award and application process see: https://www.enterprise-ireland.com/en/funding-supports/Researcher/Funding-to-Commercialise-Research/Clinical-Innovation-Award.html

 

Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation

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Applications are open for a new NFQ level 9 Postgraduate Diploma in Healthcare Innovation – the first focused on the development of ‘Healthcare Innovation Ambassadors’ in Ireland. Uniquely, this programme aims to develop the person to be innovative in their approach and thought processes within healthcare, rather than current offers where the focus is on the innovation itself. The result being the creation of Ambassadors who will lead development and improvements in Irish healthcare overall. Places on the course are mixed, both industry and HSE, with one third offered at a reduced rate for the HSE applicants. Please note, the closing date for HSE Scholarships is 30th June 2019 (closing date for all other applications is 31st July).

To apply please see: https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/clinical-medicine/postgraduate/healthcare-innovation/

Please contact Eimear Galvin of HIHI for more information: galvinei@tcd.ie

 

 

 

Hands-on challenges at HIHI Workshop 2: ‘Design Thinking in Healthcare Innovation’

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Health Innovation Hub Ireland today welcomed an enthusiastic group for Workshop 2 – ‘Design Thinking in Healthcare innovation’ in the TCD Institute of Population Health, Tallaght. The workshop was opened by CEO of Tallaght University Hospital – Lucy Nugent – who shared her insight on the practical value of innovation, outlining that ‘there is no such thing as a bad idea’.

This HIHI workshop series is purpose-designed for those working in the Irish healthcare settings. HIHI workshops are free to attend, with the only stipulation being you must currently be a HSE employee, or working in Irish primary care or voluntary hospital setting. The five workshops guide and encourage participants to explore the potential for innovative approaches within their own healthcare environment. The programme is delivered as a continuum and attendees must have completed Workshop 1 to progress with the remaining four.

Workshop 2 was designed and led by Prof. Barry McMahon, Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Medicine, Trinity College Dublin and Chief Physicist and Head of Department of Medical Physics & Clinical Engineering at Tallaght University Hospital.
Following an introduction to the key concepts of Design Thinking, this hand-on workshop entailed multiple sessions and a variety of challenges, with participants working collaboratively in groups with a wide range of materials. The group learned to implement aspects of design thinking such as empathy; definition; ideation; prototyping; and testing in order to develop user-centered solutions which could be translated to healthcare settings.

If you are interested in hearing more and keeping up to date with opportunities please email – Eimear Galvin, Manager HIHI Dublin – galvinei@tcd.ie.