- Analyse a real‑world health or human performance challenge using biological, psychological and social lenses to understand the factors influencing wellbeing.
- Design and prototype an innovative, user‑centred solution that addresses a genuine health need using technology, creative tools or applied design thinking.
- Apply human‑centred design principles to develop solutions that are ethical, practical and tailored to specific communities or user groups.
- Communicate their ideas professionally through a pitch framed as a startup, health team or specialist provider presenting to real‑world stakeholders.
Health is something every person needs — yet staying healthy is complex.
The Health & Human Performance Enterprise Program invites students to step into the roles of researchers, health professionals, designers, and innovators. Over three days, they’ll tackle real, multidimensional health challenges and build solutions that could genuinely change lives.
Students dive into the biological, psychological, and social factors that influence human health and performance.
They explore issues such as:
- Why do people struggle to stay healthy even when they want to?
- Why do rehab and exercise programs fail when they don’t fit real life?
- How can we use data, technology, and design to improve wellbeing?
- How do we address addiction, chronic stress, injury prevention, or health inequity?
- Why don’t campaigns or warnings work for behaviours like vaping or substance use?
These are real‑world problems — complicated, sensitive, and deeply human.
Details
Available: Term 1-4
Levels: 9-10
Duration: 3 days
Capacity: 50-100 Students
- Science
- Health & Physical Education
- Design & Technologies
- Digital Technologies
- Critical & Creative Thinking Capability
- Ethical Capability
- Allied Health & Clinical Practice:
Students explore real challenges faced in physiotherapy, rehabilitation, exercise physiology, and injury‑prevention sectors — including program adherence, motivation, and daily‑life habit formation. - Public Health & Community Wellbeing:
Links to work addressing addiction, chronic stress, mental resilience, and health inequities in marginalised groups — all key themes in modern public health strategy. - Health Technology & Biotech Innovation:
Students design solutions using digital platforms, sensors, apps, wearables, and prototypes similar to what health‑tech startups and biotech companies develop. - Aged Care & Population Health:
Direct alignment with industries responding to ageing populations, comorbidities, accessibility needs, and supports for independent living. - Sports Science & Human Performance:
Connections to careers in coaching, sports analytics, exercise science, and performance optimisation — including reaction‑time tech, motivation science, and injury prevention.
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