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AIMS & OBJECTIVES: Medical education has changed in the last 10 years with a progressive involvement of blended and remote learning into graduate and postgraduate courses The COVID19 outbreak represents a true accelerator of digital evolution in medical communication and education During the pandemic the European Society of Pediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care (ESPNIC) offered a bundle of free updates about COVID19 management in children through a series of webinars for members and non members alike The success of this initiative promotes the emerging importance of social media channels and online platforms for the #PedsICU community METHODS: ESPNIC collected anagraphics and relevant data related to the participants and speakers including specialty, institution and country (written consents were obtained) A short evaluation form was also submitted to the attendees RESULTS: 10 webinars were realized with more than 10 hours of discussion, driven by 41 international speakers from 3 continents More than 1500 attendees participated in this initiative from more than 40 countries live and some 500 has watched the recordings later on CONCLUSIONS: During the COVID19 pandemic webinars were considered as a cheap and reliable way to diffuse information dealing with the management and the epidemiology of the children all over the world This platformtool allowed attendees from all over the world to join this educational activity and share rapidly important information for daily practice