Finalist
The Global Neo Learning Summit: Navigating Nutrition for the Preterm Infant
Summary of work
Every year, ~15 million babies are born preterm facing a high risk of postnatal growth failure stemming from increased metabolic requirements, as well as physiological immaturity. A major priority for preterm infants to maximise neurodevelopmental outcomes is ensuring that nutritional intake meets requirements. Insights from paediatricians and neonatologists from across the world highlight the struggle to keep up to date with latest thinking in preterm nutrition resulting in a lack of confidence in decision-making. 2022 saw the first virtual Global Neo Learning Summit focused on navigating nutrition for preterm infants designed to build a network of like-minded clinicians, advance knowledge addressing self-identified learning gaps, build competency in optimising nutritional management and create lasting clinical impact. The virtual educational event (hosted via Medscape) combined bite-sized learning, interactive panel discussion sessions, poll-led clinical conundrums and MedChallenge (gamified learning evaluation and reinforcement), all supported by a connected engagement journey. 605 paediatricians and neonatologists from 70 countries attended, with >1,000 registering interest in joining the enduring programme. Over 95% respondents reported improved knowledge in key areas of preterm infant nutrition, with 84% of respondents recognising the benefit of human milk fortifiers with different protein concentrations (increasing from 73% pre-event).
Judges’ comments
The Global Neo Learning Summit campaign had good situation analysis and the benchmarking gave a solid overview. It had clear objectives and measurable strategic pillars. It was robust, with a good learning platform.
