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Editorial
. 2024 Jan 30:9:100260.
doi: 10.1016/j.bjao.2024.100260. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Training in regional anaesthesia: there is much to do

Emmanuel Boselli  1   2
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Editorial

Training in regional anaesthesia: there is much to do

Emmanuel Boselli. BJA Open. .

Abstract

This editorial discusses a survey of anaesthesia trainees and trainers from the UK concerning training in regional anaesthesia. The study found a large disparity in the number and diversity of regional anaesthesia procedures carried out by trainees during their initial training and that the presence of a departmental regional anaesthesia training lead improves the quality of teaching of these techniques. This study emphasises the fact that there is still a huge effort required to provide adequate training in regional anaesthetic techniques in the UK if patients are to benefit from the optimal postoperative analgesia they provide: the same probably applies also in many other European countries.

Keywords: central neuraxial procedures; peripheral nerve block; regional anaesthesia; survey study; teaching; training.

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  • Regional anaesthesia training in the UK - a national survey.
    Bellew B, St-Laurent DB, Shaw M, Ashken T, Womack J, Debenham J, Getty M, Kajal S, Verma N, Samuel K, Macfarlane AJR, Kearns RJ; Regional Anaesthesia UK Research Network. Bellew B, et al. BJA Open. 2023 Dec 5;8:100241. doi: 10.1016/j.bjao.2023.100241. eCollection 2023 Dec. BJA Open. 2023. PMID: 38089849 Free PMC article.

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