Stand out of the crowd – winning startup ideas from medical students

At the latest event of Semmelweis University’s Science and Business Salon, four winning teams from the Hungarian Startup University (HSUP) talent management programme presented their most innovative ideas from Semmelweis, who will develop these concepts further with the help of their mentors. The winning projects include a smart medicine dispenser, an educational card game, an educational platform for university students and a dance training video for wheelchair users.

03 August 2022

The Hungarian Startup University (HSUP) is Hungary's first nationally unified e-learning startup programme at the higher education level. It was launched two years ago at the initiative of the National Research Development, and Innovation Office (NKFIH), and since then more and more Hungarian higher education institutions have joined, including Semmelweis University, said Dr. Gyula Péter Szigeti. At the Semmelweis Science and Business Salon, four winning teams from Semmelweis University presented their ideas.

Marianna Matányi, a third-year medical student and her team, Dimedser, won the competition with their idea of a smart medication dispenser, which allows the patient's condition to be monitored, so the therapy can be changed at any time from home using a phone app.

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Dr. Margit Dalos, the mastermind behind the WheelDance team wanted to introduce the joy of dance to wheelchair users. As a recent medical student, she wrote her thesis on "Music Therapy in Rehabilitation Medicine", which made her realize that arts have demonstrably beneficial effects on our health.

The Life Hacks team led by Helga Hampó designed an educational card game with health content. The preventive, educational game introduces children to important health topics in a cheerful way. The action-packed card game features a variety of character cards, as well as basic diseases and the cards that 'cure' them, with useful information about each disease at the bottom of the cards.

Kevin Sághi, a sixth-year medical student, and his team, Resiruin have dreamed up an educational platform where students, mainly from the Faculty of General Medicine, can practice microbiology and pharmacology in their first three years and test their knowledge by using various tests.

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