Webinar: Growth and body composition of the preterm infant: Implications for Subsequent Health

December 13, 2021 at 2 PM CET - What is Optimal Growth? (Neena Modi, UK)

December 14, 2021 at 2 PM CET - Early Growth and Outcome (Tanis Fenton, Canada)
December 15, 2021 at 2 PM CET - Early diet and long-term consequence (Jae Kim, USA)
Registration fee: free of charge!
Link for registration:https://mcaevents.eventsair.com/webinar-uenps-nutrition-module-5/registration/Site/Register?fbclid=IwAR05NtWn1DEAWBkFior2szAfGAlGLji6zs9IC-Vd1b2Vm5OxQdr7w23QbWA
Link for registration: 

Dear colleague,
We are a group of neonatologists interested in neonatal pharmacology. We have launched worldwide this survey to study neonatal analgesia & sedation management.
We would really appreciate your expertise and input!
We´d suggest you to reflect the current management of analgesia and sedation in your NICU.
The name of the Hospital, that we offer to add at the end of the survey, is requested only to avoid duplicated responses and will be deleted before processing the data. No single person or institution will receive information regarding individual answers to the survey.
The survey will take 10 minutes or less to complete.
In case you have any questions or want to comment on something, you can do so via email carribass@unav.es .
We really appreciate your participation in advance!

https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/W92CYM7  
cover letter neonatologist analgesia survey.pdf

There is a module being run at London South Bank University aimed at caring for the neonate outside of neonatal units.  There are accredited and non-accredited versions. This may be of interest to colleagues who work outside of the NICU. Please feel free to share.  For more information  you can contact: alysia.humphrey@gosh.nhs.uk
External Accredited Module Poster '23.pdf External Non-accredited Module Poster '23.pdf

Perinatal Care of the Preterm Baby-Epidemiology and Ethics
This is an online module being organised by the MPROvE Academy starting from the 12th of February till the end of April 2021. The content covered includes limits of viability, prenatal counselling, communication, prognostication, decision making, and a lot more as outlined below. The course has been broken up into content that can be imbibed weekly with a webinar covering that topic. The course has online content, and videos for review by the participants. Participants can access this from anywhere in the world. For more details a video of the course is attached.
For registration please contact Dr Alok Sharma Consultant Neonatologist on draloksharma74@gmail.com 
 
 
 

Background
The MPROvE neonatal simulation instructor course was established in 2012. The concept MPROvE relates to multidisciplinary education of any kind (i.e. multidisciplinary neonatal simulation, or TEL) being used to improve the quality of care and or neonatal outcomes. The MPROvE team delivers the neonatal simulation instructor course in 2 modules.The intention is to help institutions, hospitals, teams and specialties develop faculty skilled in using simulation and technology enhanced learning as an educational tool for quality improvement, delivery of high quality neonatal care and to improve neonatal outcomes. The course is run in Southampton annually but can be delivered anywhere in the world over 2 days. The team brings the manikins and the trainers can come down to your institute to train your faculty.
Course Overview
The MPROvE neonatal instructor training course was established by Neonatologists, and experts in simulation education. The course helps to train individuals in becoming simulation instructors, but the aim is the faculty development of multidisciplinary teams. Training provided includes learning how to develop faculty, run and administer programmes cost-effectively and use simulation and TEL as a tool in their set-up. The course addresses the following over 2 days-
• Educational principles in simulation, Adult learning theory,
• Modelling delivery of your simulation programme
• Scenario design, Packaging of Scenarios, Manikin Modification and Moulage
• Debriefing principles, Debriefing styles, Difficult Debriefing
• Running high-fidelity simulation and equipment training
• Issues of confidentiality and ethics
• Simulating death
• An optional 3rd day can cover Advanced equipment training, Faculty development, Running and Administering Programmes, Task training methodology or Video debriefing and Accreditation.
Participants & Preparation For courses held in the UK, participants are limited to 15. The number of participants for courses abroad and days over which the course is held need to be discussed with the organisers. All participants must fill in a pre-course questionnaire for a needs assessment https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/Mproveinstructor. They also must complete 4 assignments for the course which can be accessed here. Wider reading around the assignments is encouraged and literature is available on request. Mentorship All the course participants are provided mentorship post-completion through the community forum of the website for a year after the course. This is also available via email contact to draloksharma74@gmail.com or drgunda@gmail.com. Please note as additional material is added to the website, participants have access to this as well and can contribute material which they would like to, under their own authorship, without MPROvE branding. Accreditation All course participants are provided with a simulation provider certificate after completion of the course feedback form. Course participants are mentored and those aspiring to can choose to complete the processes for accreditation to become a simulation instructor course provider as described in the section on accreditation. Resources After course completion course participants can access the following-
A library of scenarios covering the neonatal airway, difficult neonatal airway, preterm birth, cardiology, respiratory, neurology, neonatal surgical, neonatal transport, and ethics for implementation in their programmes.
A library of images explaining manikin modification and moulage in neonatal simulation. A repository of videos which cover task training covering, neonatal intubation, difficult neonatal airway management, use of airway adjuncts, central access, lumbar puncture, needle thoracentesis, chest drain insertion and arterial line insertion.
Neonatal Toolkits-There is multiple toolkits which contain training resources for a variety of quality improvement initiatives.
They are currently under development and will include the teaching resources, videos and interactive content.
Further details of modules:
Module 1 : Click here
Module 2 : Click here

Background
The MPROvE Point of Care Ultrasound-Lung (POCUS)was established in 2023. MPROvE relates to multidisciplinary education of any kind (i.e. multidisciplinary neonatal simulation, or TEL) being used to improve the quality of care and or neonatal outcomes. The MPROvE team delivers this POCUS course in 2 modules. The intention is to help institutions, hospitals, teams and specialties develop skills in POCUS using simulation and technology-enhanced learning as an educational tool POCUS helps with the delivery of high quality neonatal care and to improve neonatal outcomes. The course can be run locally in your department or delivered anywhere in the world over 2 days. The team can provide hands-on training on day 2 with parental consent. The intention is to train you as a team.
Course Overview-Module 1 and Module 2
The MPROvE LUS is the first of 5 modules in learning neonatal POCUS. It has been developed by Neonatologists, and experts in TEL education. Each course has a didactic theoretical component followed by hands-on training in knobology, image optimisation, image acquisition, storage, interpretation and reporting.
Training provided includes learning how to develop an evidence-based approach to LUS-Video
The course addresses the following over 2 days-
• Educational principles of learning LUS, Adult learning theory, Competency acquisition and logbooks
• Basic principles in LUS Physics, Artefact, and LUS patterns
• Recognition of the Normal versus the Abnormal Lung
• Recognition of Lung Pathology in the Term and Preterm Neonate (Qualitative LUS)
• Approach to Lung US scoring and Quantitative LUS
• Role of LUS algorithms in diagnosis of relevant clinical symptomatology
• Medico-legal implications of LUS versus CXR whilst learning; Guideline development ,Training and Privileging
• The 2nd day has a hands-on component covering Knobology, Image optimisation, Image acquisition, storage, Interpretation and Reporting. Participants & Preparation For courses held in the UK, participants are limited to 15. The number of participants for courses abroad and days over which the course is held need to be discussed with the organisers.
All participants must fill in a pre-course questionnaire for a needs assessment. Mentorship Please note that this course is face to face and all materials are provided as PDFs. There is also access to library of videos and articles that are open access. Formal mentorship is only available as part of the online LUS course runs annually over 3 months. Please note as additional material is added to the video content, participants have access to this as well and can contribute material which they would like to, under their own authorship, without MPROvE branding. Resources After course completion course participants can access the following
1. Presentations 2. LUS Library 3. A repository of youtube videos in neonatology 4. Any material that you might want to teach LUS is available on request by emailing mproveonline@gmail.com
 
For more details contact mproveonline@gmail.com or go to www.mproveacademy.com
 
 

Certification in Neonatal Therapy 2021
Requirements for Certification in Neonatal Therapy include Qualified and Licensed Therapist who is holding Elite membership of Association of Neonatal Therapists. He/she should have completed 40 hours of training in neonatal therapy/care (direct teaching and or webinar), upto 350 hours of Direct Mentoring in Affiliated Set up. Kindly use following checklist for your reference.
1) Completed Post Graduation (Final year student can apply) 
2) Active License
3) Elite Member of Association of Neonatal Therapists
4) Active professional membership of ANT
5) 40 hours of training in neonatal therapy (direct teaching / online webinar) ...scrutiny about validity of the courses will be done.
6 ) 350 + hours of Direct mentoring in affiliated set up - after examination 
Cost Rs. 40000/- (Approximately)
7) Exam fees INR 1000/- Rs
😎 TRAIN Workshop completion (during mentorship)

Attend the first ever European Perinatal and Pediatric Epidemiology Conference (EPEC), on September 27-28 in beautiful Stockholm, Sweden. 
This first EPEC wish to create an arena for collaboration, development and fostering of perinatal and pediatric epidemiological research in Europe as well as world-wide by bringing together world-class researchers in the field. The conference is aimed at researchers interested in epidemiologic research applied on life-course epidemiology combined with reproduction, and child health.
Confirmed speakers for the conference, in alphabetical order are: Cande Ananth, Sven Cnattingius, Siri Eldevik Håberg, Deshayne Fell, Håkon Gjessing, KS Joseph, Deborah A Lawlor, Nils-Halvdan Morken, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen, Jonathan Snowden, Olof Stephansson, Allen Wilcox, and Jennifer Zeitlin.
More info on the web site: https://www.epec2023.se/

The 17th of November each year is the World Prematurity Day. Originally started by parent organisations in Europe in 2008, the World Prematurity Day is an international event aiming at high-lighting the ~15 million infants born preterm each year.
Read more about this day on the March of Dimes web site, and on Facebook.

World Prematurity Day 2022
Individualized Newborn Developmental Intervention Application – Evidence-based (INDIA EBUS) for Preterm Babies
Introduction
Because advances in preterm neonatal survival have overtaken advances in preterm birth prevention, the impact of long-term problems on these survivors is becoming more well recognised. Extreme prematurity's neurologic implications range from moderate behavioural and cognitive abnormalities to severe impairment. The goal of perinatal neuroprotection is to reduce these effects. Let's discuss about how we can make a difference with new and revolutionary INDIA EBUS (Individual Newborn Developmental Intervention Application – Evidence-based & Ultra SMART).
Objectives
At the end of presentation, the participants will be able to
• Enumerate five different aspects of Developmental care of the preterm babies.
• Justify the need of Individualized Developmental Intervention in the NICU
• Explain at least three environmental modifications and stimulation as per the age of the premature baby.
 
Duration – 45 minutes
Date – 17th November, 2022 @1730 hours.
Venue –
Ace children’s Hospital, Dombivli
Star Colony, Nandivali Panchanand, Dombivli East, Dombivli, Maharashtra 421201

Speaker –
Hemant Nandgaonkar, Occupational Therapist, Mumbai.
Hemant is Mumbai based Occupational Therapist. He is currently the President of the Association of Neonatal Therapists in India and the Faculty for Development and Supportive Care for Newborns and Children.
 
Audience
Neonatal nurses, neonatologists, paediatricians, Gynaecologists, Neonatal therapists and all other stakeholders involved in NICU care
 
To register
https://forms.gle/a1brhKpR7XAqeyna7
 
World Prematurity Day Ace.pdf

Each year, an estimated 15 million babies are born prematurely. There is an urgent need to improve long-term outcomes in addition to increasing survival.
At the outset of care, neonatal therapists assist with the same goal. The Association of Neonatal Therapists will hold a quiz to raise awareness, empower people, and sensitize them to the issue. Simply register to take the quiz on World Prematurity Day 2021.
Venue - Online
Day - 17th November 2021
Time - 6.30pm to 7.15pm (IST)
 
Registration link: 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf8tZuziBOTtDFGWi7Lz-EGykYVJNFwcIU-hp1zzGysSCdNhA/viewform