Last weekend Te Papa Hauora supported the University of Canterbury Centre for Entrepreneurship (UCE) and the ‘Future of Health’ Disrupt Challenge, held at Manawa. This event involved over 50 undergrad and graduate students, mixed in multi-disciplinary teams, over an intense weekend exploring solutions to some of the big problems facing the health sector. Assisted by mentors from around the Waitaha health system, they were invited to be part of ‘imagining a better health system for Ōtautahi’.
Final projects from students included better ways of promoting health and wellbeing in the community, with the goal of reducing long-term pressures on the health system. These future health influencers also created suggestions of addressing inequities whilst supporting vulnerable communities. We are excited to see what lays ahead for these students and their outlook on creating a better health system for the future.