Cork Academy of Regional Anaesthesia

After a number of years in the wilderness it’s time to kickstart the academy page back into action. We read ‘with interest’ this article by Neumann et al https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2113514

We would love to hear your thoughts.

Spinal Anesthesia or General Anesthesia for Hip Surgery in Older Adults | NEJM Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — Spinal Anesthesia or General Anesthesia for Hip Surgery in Older Adults

Delighted to be associate with this paradigm shift in skills training, worth reading:

Proficiency-based progression training: an ‘end to end’ model for decreasing error applied to achievement of effective epidural analgesia during labour: a randomised control study Background Training procedural skills using proficiency-based progression (PBP) methodology has consistently resulted in error reduction. We hypothesised that implementation of metric-based PBP training and a valid assessment tool would decrease the failure rate of epidural analgesia during labour w...

The 2018 Symposium on Perioperative Medicine, Exercise Physiology and Nutrition will take place from April 15-21 in sunny Mallorca. This year we have opened the programme to additional participants (50). This unique event combines medical education with cycling. Our event sold out last year and we are already nearly fully booked with early expressions of interest. If you or your friends or colleagues who would like to attend, please do get in touch with us as soon as possible.

This year we will host the event at the Hotel Son Caliu, Palmanova, Mallorca. Stephen Roche Cycling holidays have organised a group discounted half board rate for 6 nights to arrive on Sunday April 15 and depart on Saturday April 22. I have listed these rates below:

Sharing rooms:
• Cyclist with bike hire - €832
• Cycling with own bike - €720
• Non-cyclist - €575

Individual rooms:
• Cyclist with bike hire - €1,075
• Cycling with own bike - €960
• Non-cyclist - €815

PLEASE NOTE, a CPD fee of €200 per person applies for those attending the CPD programme to cover associated costs.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Brian

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Our November newsletter is available here...https://anaesthesiaacademy.ie/cara-news-issue-2/ Let us know what you think...comment below

CARA News Issue 2 - Cork Academy of Regional Anaesthesia Our November 2016 edition of CARA news is available here cara-news-november-2016

: Registration for our Majorca cycling and education trip is now open. Details on https://t.co/Tkh4tlQPld

Club Velo...Cycling and Continuing Medical Education Club Velo combines cycling with education for healthcare professionals in spectacular locations around Europe. Education, exercise, fun and friendship

PECS Vs Paravertebral
https://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/117/3/382.full
Does the new emperor have any clothes?

When research is not research: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/anae.2016.71.issue-5/issuetoc
Have you found the line between clinical audit and clinical research blurred and difficult to navigate? Please share your story.

Anaesthesia - Volume 71, Issue 5 - May 2016 - Wiley Online Library S. M. White, I. K. Moppett, R. Griffiths, A. Johansen, R. Wakeman, C. Boulton, F. Plant, A. Williams, K. Pappenheim, A. Majeed, C. T. Currie and M. P. W. Grocott

Beyond p values: http://www.oxfordjournals.org/podcasts/bja_podcast.xml.
How do you interpret inferential statistics? Does the published literature influence your daily practice?

BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia The BJAs free podcasts will take listeners on a tour of the world of anaesthesia; interviews with authors and commentaries from key experts on featured articles, plus hot topics in anaesthesia research and practice will be published with each issue.

Don't forget that our Children and Regional Anaesthesia Course will be held in UCC on Saturday 26th November. To reserve a place click the following link: https://anaesthesiaacademy.ie/regional-anaesthesia-children-rac-course/

Regional Anaesthesia in Children (RAC) Course - Cork Academy of Regional Anaesthesia Ultrasound-guided blocks of the upper limb on models Ultrasound-guided blocks of the lower limb on models Ultrasound-guided blocks of the trunk and neuraxis on models Parallel Workshop:

Beyond p values...this thought provoking podcast provides a template to objectively evaluate scientific publications. Definitely worth 15 minutes of your time https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/bja-british-journal-anaesthesia/id649829936?mt=2&i=366179004