Budding Scottish healthcare innovators are being urged to apply to the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme (CEP) as its new series of preparatory webinars gets underway.
Formal NHS Scotland partner InnoScot Health will be supporting CEP for a third year and is encouraging progressive health service thinkers and medical students to get involved in educational online sessions this month.
Head of Project Management at InnoScot Health, Gillian Henderson believes the programme is “transformative and inspirational for anyone looking to become an agent of change within NHS Scotland”.
The free CEP Prep Learning series of webinars aims to engage and inspire attendees who are keen to innovate and look for creative solutions amid challenges currently facing healthcare.
The sessions also provide an ideal introductory foundation for then applying to cohort 9 of the NHS Clinical Entrepreneur Programme this October. Criteria for webinar registrants is either working in the NHS – both clinical and non-clinical – or studying a healthcare course that could lead to eventually working in the NHS.
Such courses include, but are not limited to, medicine, nursing and midwifery, paramedic science, pharmacy, vision and hearing sciences, and clinical science. The four webinars cover essential innovation skills and will run from 10 June till 2 July.
The sessions – delivered via Zoom – all take place from 6-7.30pm and are:
- 10 June – Why innovation in healthcare is important
- 18 June – Researching your innovation
- 25 June – Lean canvas
- 2 July – How to pitch your idea
