Workforce Innovation program goes global with live webinar

Update | Friday, January 15, 2021

Pictured, above left, Marsha Dumm, a neonatal nutritionist, conducts a webinar. On the right, Kelley Marginean, a makeup artist, works on makeup and hair with Susan Konek, a pediatric nutrition specialist. Dumm and Konek are consultants/instructors for Columbus State’s Formula/Human Milk Technician Certification program. 

Columbus State's Formula/Human Milk Technician Certification Program has gone global. Late last semester, the program delivered two, four-hour live webinars on infant and pediatric nutrition in the hospital at Bartha Production Studios in Columbus. The webinars were viewed by several thousand neonatal physicians, nurses, dietitians, and technicians in hundreds of hospitals and medical clinics throughout Latin America and Asia.

“Our team was thrilled to present these programs to health care audiences in other countries on behalf of Columbus State,” said Charles Boltwood, senior consultant for Workforce Innovation.  

The first program was presented on Monday, November 30 at 7 p.m. local time, which was 8 a.m. Tuesday, December 1, for Asian audiences in China, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Malaysia. They presented the same program the next day to audiences in ten Latin American countries. Each time, they were simultaneously translated into Mandarin, Malay Indonesian, and Spanish depending on the country.  

During a 45-minute Q & A session at the end of the program, Boltwood says, “We found many of the issues and concerns were similar, whether in Mexico City, Beijing, or Columbus!”  

Both programs were presented in partnership with London-based Reckitt Benckiser. The company managers say the Columbus State program is having a huge impact on babies' lives worldwide.

 

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