The Clinician Entrepreneurship Change Agents Program (CECAP) has wrapped with a strong story of success!
From high demand leading to extra cohorts for the clinician workshop series, to novel ideas implemented and expanded across Queensland Health, CECAP has demonstrated the appetite for innovation amongst diverse clinical professionals and the power of entrepreneurial education to inspire them with confidence to be change agents in our healthcare system and aspiring healthtech entrepreneurs.
Developed within the Gold Coast Health and Knowledge Precinct, and led by Griffith University in partnership with Gold Coast Health, CECAP was supported by the Queensland Government through an Advance Queensland Regional Futures Grant. Initially planned to offer three workshop programs, demand saw five programs delivered, including the final one which was taken to Townsville.
Outcomes included Senior Occupational Therapist Hannah Kennedy from Gold Coast Health securing a $330,000 grant from the Queensland Technology Futures Fund to take her Virtual Reality (VR) for Pain Management program across six health and hospital services throughout Queensland. Hannah has recently been announced as Gold Coast Health’s Emerging Researcher of the year.
Dr Jeremy Fernando, a junior doctor at Gold Coast Health, pivoted from his original CECAP idea to establish a new health tech startup, Zendu, which provides purely digital, clinician-quality physical rehabilitation at a fraction of the current cost, without requiring referrals or clinician availability. He’s now been accepted into the Precinct’s signature LuminaX Healthtech Accelerator for 2025.
BIG thanks goes to Professor Naomi Birdthistle of Griffith University for her leadership of such a successful initiative.
Check out our wrap video and gallery below.
