FreeStyle living with diabetes: learning from case studies 2025 competition

Submit your case study about the care, education, and self-management of diabetes involving the use of flash glucose monitoring and LibreView and the ambulatory glucose profile (AGP) report for your chance to win a share of $5000 in scholarship prizes, including $3,000 for first prize.

You’ll also go into the running to receive full registrations to the Australasian Diabetes Congress (ADC) 2025 and your case study could be featured in the Abbott FreeStyle Case Study booklet, a prominent publication that will be printed and showcased at the congress.

Important 2025 dates

• 10 February: Submissions open
• 18 May at 11:59 pm: Submissions close
• May–June: Selection of finalists and results
• August: Case studies presentation at ADC 2025
• August: Announcement of Judges Choice Awards and the Early Career Award

More about the competition

1. Criteria for case study submissions

2. Selection process

3. Prize structure

4. Resources to help you get started

5. Consent process and terms and conditions

Criteria for case study submissions 

Each case study should address the following:

1. How has the client’s clinical diabetes outcomes improved with this technology?
2. How has the technology been used to impact the client’s quality of life?
3. How has this technology changed the practice of an individual health professional or the diabetes care team?
4. How has this technology helped prevent an adverse clinical event?
5. What challenges have clients faced with this technology, and what has been done to address them?
6. Discuss ways that LibreView reports have been used to inform diabetes management changes and what these changes were and the effectiveness of them to increase time in range.
7. How has the Freestyle Libre CGM helped facilitate freestyle living with diabetes?
8. Case studies referencing the use of the NovoPen 6 in conjunction with the LibreLink App is encouraged when clinically relevant.

Format

Please submit your entry following the guidelines and using this TEMPLATE.

Case studies should reflect principles of person-centred care and adhere to the Diabetes Australia language position statement and the Reconciliation Australia language guide when discussing the use of flash glucose monitoring and LibreView that incorporates the AGP Report.

Selection process

Judges’ Choice Award

Round one

Selected by a reviewing panel.

1. Reviewers will select the top 10 winning case studies for publication.
2. Among these 10, authors of the top four will be invited to round two (to be eligible for round two, you must be available to present in person at ADC 2025).

Round two

The Judges’ Choice Award will be selected by delegates at the ADC.

1. The top four candidates will be invited to present their case studies orally at the ADC.
2. Delegates will vote on the quality of presentations and the criteria being met. Case study winners will be ranked and presented 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th for the Judges’ Choice Awards.

Early Career Award

• One entrant will be selected for the Early Career Award and invited to present their case study at ADC.
• Entrant must be a current ACTIVE Full Member of ADEA.
• Entrant must have less than 2 years’ experience as a CDE or working towards initial credentialling.
• Entrant must not have entered the Abbott Case Study Competition previously.

Prize structure

Top 10

• Full registration to attend the ADC.
• Publication in the Abbott FreeStyle Case Study booklet

Judges’ Choice Award

• First prize: $3,000 scholarship to attend professional development activities.
  • Case study to be published in The Australian Diabetes Educator Publication.
• Second prize: $500 scholarship to attend professional development activities.
• Third prize: $300 scholarship to attend professional development activities.
• Fourth prize: $200 scholarship to attend professional development activities.

Early Career Award

• Full registration to attend ADC.
• $1,000 scholarship to undertake professional development activities.
• Case study to be published in The Australian Diabetes Educator Publication.

Resources to help you get started

FreeStyle living with diabetes: lessons from 2024 case studies

Read the top 10 case studies in 2024 here: Abbott Case Study Booklet 2024.

Congratulations to Sabrina Sharp for receiving the top honour, the Judges’ Choice Award, for her case study titled Supporting our patient by enhanced technology to achieve safe glucose levels and autonomy in palliative self-care during chemotherapy.

2024 Abbott Case Study Competition: showcase your expertise in using flash glucose monitoring to improve quality of life

This webinar featured expert judges and previous winners of the competition. The webinar presents all facets of the competition, including guidance about the judging criteria and other valuable tips to kickstart your entry and showcase your expertise in using flash glucose monitoring technology. Revisit the webinar recording here.

Celebrating previous winners

Below are ADEA’s articles celebrating the winners of recent competitions:

• Excellence in diabetes care: Celebrating the winners and finalists of the 2024 Abbott Case Study Competition
• Diabetes case study competition ‘makes our work more meaningful’, winner says
• ‘Makes me proud to be a CDE’: Diabetes competition win ‘validates our work’

Consent process

Applicants must obtain written consent from people living with diabetes discussed in the submitted case studies, giving permission that they are happy for the selected case studies to be published via print and/or online by ADEA.

• Online Consent Form
• PDF Consent Form

Terms and conditions

1. Submitted case studies must include any principle(s) of person-centred care and adhere to the Diabetes Australia language position statements while answering the identified questions.
2. 2. All written case studies must be completed using the Microsoft Word template and submitted to education@adea.com.au via email with FREESTYLE LIVING WITH DIABETES: LEARNING FROM CASE STUDIES in the subject line. Any part of a submitted case study that exceeds the word limit (i.e. from the 1501st word onward) will not be considered.
3. Submitted case studies must de-identify all details of the person to ensure confidentiality. This means no names, initials, or specific locations should be included in the submission. For example, use general descriptions such as: “A 32-year-old woman with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes attended our health service for …”.
4. Applicants must obtain the consent of people living with diabetes discussed in the submitted case studies, giving permission that they are happy for the selected case studies to be published via print and/or online by ADEA. Submitted case studies without matching consent will not be reviewed.
5. Submitted case studies must follow the Vancouver referencing style.
6. Authors of the top 10 ranked case studies will receive one registration per case study for ADC 2025, financially supported by Abbott Diabetes Care.
7. Authors who submit a case study must be prepared to attend and present at ADC 2025, should they reach the final 10 and the final 4 for oral presentations or win the Early Career category. You will be ineligible for top 4 placing or winning the Early Career category if you are unable to attend ADC 2025 in-person.
8. Winner of the Abbott Case Study Competition may have their case study published in The ADE Publication.
9. Members of the Reviewing Panel and members of the Abbott Libre Advisory Committee are not eligible for this competition.
10. Any adverse events experienced by health professionals or people living with diabetes should be reported to Abbott Diabetes Care’s customer service.

The competition is managed and facilitated by ADEA based on consultation with a review panel of experienced endocrinologists and CDEs.

Abbott financially supports this program.