
DATE: 3rd – 4th March 2023
PLACE: Innsbruck, Austria
SCHEDULE:
- Friday, 3rd March 2023 | 08:30AM – 5:00PM
- Saturday, 4th March 2023 | 8:15AM – open end
OPENING HOURS REGISTRATION
- Friday, 3rd March 2023 | 07:30AM – 5:00PM
- Saturday, 4th March 2023 | 8:00AM – open end
LANGUAGE: English
WORKSHOP TICKETS
VERY LIMITED SPACE ONLY!
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WORKSHOP VENUE
Medical University Innsbruck
Institute of Clinical and Functional Anatomy
Müllerstraße 59, 6020 Innsbruck
WORKSHOP STRUCTURE
Unique and intimate hands-on learning experience. Lectures, practical sessions and stimulating discussions will be led by leading experts in the field of Regional Anaesthesia.
This is a two-days intensive hands-on cadaver workshop offered to physicians to improve their skills in Regional Anaesthesia. After expert lectures the workshop is focused on hands-on practice using fresh frozen and fixed/standard cadavers. Participants will acquire a sound knowledge of ultrasound imaging and needling techniques.
EDRA
This workshop is eligible to apply for the EDRA exam. For more information, click here.
“Lifeless Meets Living”
33rd ESRA RA Cadaver Workshop Innsbruck
Department of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology: Division of Clinical and Functional Anatomy
Friday, 03 March 2023
07:30-08:30
Registration
08:30-08:45
Welcome
P. Kessler, Co-Chair ESRA Workshops
P. Merjavy, Co-Chair ESRA Workshops
B. Moriggl, Vice Chair Division of Clinical and Functional Anatomy, MU
08:45-10:15
Session 1 - Upper Extremity Blocks
Chair: A. Makris
Anatomy of the brachial plexus
B. Moriggl, AUT
Nerve blocks above the clavicule
I. Kostadinov, SLO
Nerve blocks below the clavicule
P. Merjavy, UK
Organising remarks
L. Kirchmair, AUT
10:15-10:45
Coffee Break
10:45-12:30
Workshop I - Upper extremity blocks
Ultrasonography for peripheral nerve blocks
12:30-13:30
Lunch Break
13:30-15:00
Session 2 - Lower Extremity Blocks
Chair: P. Kessler
Anatomy of the lumbo-sacral plexus
B. Moriggl, AUT
Nerve blocks of the lumbar plexus
A. Sauter, NOR
Nerve blocks of the sacral plexus
D. Dirzu, ROM
15:00-15:30
Coffee break
15:30-17:00
Workshop 2 - Lower extremity blocks
Ultrasonography for peripheral nerve blocks
Saturday, 04 March 2023
08:15-10:00
Session 3 - Thoraco-abdominal nerve blocks
Chair: P. Merjavy
Anatomy for thoraco-abdominal nerve blocks
B. Moriggl, AUT
Thoracic wall blocks
S. Coppens, BEL
Abdominal wall blocks
P. Kessler, GER
10:00-10:30
Coffee Break
10:30-12:00
Workshop 3 - Thoraco-abdominal wall blocks
Ultrasonography for peripheral nerve blocks
12:00-13:00
Lunch Break
13:00-15:00
Session 4 - Miscellaneous
Chair: R. Eichholz
How to improve success and safety of peripheral nerve blocks?
L. Kirchmair, AUT
How to prolong PNBs
M. Wolmerans, UK
Landmarks and ultrasonography for peripheral nerve blocks on live models
Demonstrations and discussion with faculties
15:00-15:30
Coffee Break
15:30-17:00
Workshop 4 - Mixed blocks
Ultrasonography for peripheral nerve blocks
REGISTRATION FEES (RATES ARE IN EUR)
- Non-member – RA CAD 950€
ESRA member – RA CAD 850€SOLD OUT!
ESRA Trainee (Students/Fellows/Nurses) RA CAD 650€SOLD OUT!
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Non-member – Combined CAD RA/Pain 1270€* SOLD OUT!ESRA member – Combined CAD RA/Pain 1150€* SOLD OUT!ESRA Trainee (Students/Fellows/Nurses) – Combined CAD RA/Pain 694€* SOLD OUT!
*The combined tickets are only purchasable from this workshop homepage.
Due to technical limits of our registration platform, kindly note that only the title and dates of the RA course will be shown on the confirmation email when purchasing a combined ticket. However, the ticket type prevails on the rest and proves that your access is granted for both workshops. Thank you for your understanding.
If a ticket type is not shown when trying to register, it probably means that this specific category is sold out. Please contact events@esraeurope.org for more information.
PAYMENT METHODS
Payment of registration fees (in EUR) can be made as follows:
By Credit Card: Visa or MasterCard
By Bank Transfer (additional 30 EUR handling fee is required):
- Please ensure that the name of the Workshop and of the participant are stated on the bank transfer.
- Bank charges are the responsibility of the participant and should be paid at source in addition to the registration fees.
Please make drafts payable to:
ESRA
KBC Grimbergen
IBAN BE72 7340 2880 9716 EUR
BIC KREDBEBB
- Registration will only be valid upon receipt of the full payment by the registration department according to the deadline indicated. An email confirming registration will only be sent after receipt of the required fees.
- Outstanding payments will be collected on-site and charged with the on-site rate. A copy of the bank transfer (or other proof of payment) will be required in the event that registration fees were not credited to the Society account on time.
REGISTRATION CANCELLATION POLICY
All cancellations must be electronically mailed to office@esraeurope.org
Refund of registration fee will be as follows:
- Cancellations received until and including January 8th, 2023 – full refund
- Cancellations received between January 9th to February 5th, 2023 – 50% will be refunded
- As of February 6th – no refund will be made
Note that in case of an offline payment the 30 Euro bank transfer charge will not be reimbursed.
ESRA FACULTY 
- Paul Kessler – Workshop Chair
Frankfurt am Main - Peter Merjavy – Workshop Chair
Craigavon - Steve Coppens
Leuven - Morné Wolmarans
Norwich - Lukas Kirchmair
Schwaz - Dan Sebastian Dîrzu
Cluj-Napoca - Ivan Kostadinov
Ljubljana - Rüdiger Eichholz
Stuttgart - Axel Sauter
Oslo - Alexandros Makris
Athens
LOCAL FACULTY IN INNSBRUCK
- Bernhard Moriggl
Accreditation Statement and Credit Designation
The 33rd ESRA RA Cadaver Workshop, Innsbruck, Austria, 03/03/2023-04/03/2023 has been accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME®) with 13 European CME credits (ECMEC®s). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
Through an agreement between the Union Européenne des Médecins Spécialistes and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME® credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Information on the process to convert EACCME® credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/education/earn-credit-participation-international-activities.
Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognised by the UEMS-EACCME® for ECMEC®s are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
Credit Breakdown
Each participant can only receive the number of credits he/she is entitled to according to his/her actual participation at the event once he/she has completed the feedback form. Cf. criteria 9 and 23
In order to help you issue individual certificates to each participants, please find below the breakdown of ECMEC®s per day:
Day | Maximum Credits |
Friday, 3 March 2023 | 6 |
Saturday, 4 March 2023 | 7 |
The EACCME® awards ECMEC®s on the basis of 1 ECMEC® for one hour of CME with a maximum of 8 ECMEC®s per day. Cf. Chapter X of UEMS 2016.20.
Certificates
A feedback survey will be sent by email to all participants after completion of the event. Once this form completed, your certificate will be delivered automatically in 24h time.
Please check (https://www.austria.info/en/service-and-facts/coronavirus-information) for current restrictions in Austria.
The EDRA points for the 33rd ESRA RA Cadaver Workshop are the following:
Total: 9.5 points
Hands-on Cadaver: 3.5 points
Hands-on Ultrasound 3.5 points
Other points: 2.5 points
These points will be shown on the Certificate of Attendance delivered upon completion of the feedback survey.