8th ESRA Residents & Trainees Workshop

Registration will open beginning of January 2026

ESRA designed this workshop for anaesthesiology residents who want to get started in the art of regional anaesthesia.

At a very attractive price and in one of Europe’s most vibrant cities, beginners can learn basic anatomy and regional blocks with hands-on sessions and simulation in emergency situations and common complications associated with regional anaesthesia.

VENUE

Hands-on workshops and simulation scenarios in one place:

SIMFMUP – Centro de Simulação da FMUP
Alameda Prof. Hernâni Monteiro
4200-319 Porto
Portugal

SCHEDULE

• Friday, 8^th May 2026 | 08:45 – 18:30, Registration 8:00 – 8:45
• Saturday, 9^th May 2026 | 09:00 – 18:30

OPENING HOURS REGISTRATION

• Friday, 8^th May 2026 | 08:00 – 18:30
• Saturday, 9^th May 2026 | 08:45 – 18:30

The 2024 edition in pictures

Why should I attend this meeting?

• It gives me opportunity to learn and practice blocks which are mostly used in everyday aesthetic clinical practice on live and anatomical models.
• It gives me unique opportunity to train management of acute and/or common complications/side effects of regional anaesthesia techniques in simulation settings – no other workshop offers this possibility!
• Because this workshop offers best value for money education in regional anaesthesia – two days workshop led by several ESRA instructors and examiners.
• It gives me opportunity to meet my fellow colleagues from all over Europe and enjoy wonderful Porto!

International

• Vedran Frkovic 🇸🇪
• Peter Merjavy 🇬🇧
• Geert-Jan van Geffen 🇳🇱
• Oya Cok 🇹🇷
• Peter Poredos 🇸🇮
• Roman Zürcher 🇨🇭

Local 🇵🇹

• Raquel Fernades
• More coming soon

• Each group (A, B, C and D) consists of 3 subgroups with 6 participants
• There are a total of 9 hands-on-workshops:
  – POCUS: airway, gastric, thoracic
  – Shoulder: interscalene, superior trunk; supraclavicular brachial plexus
  – Elbow: infraclavicular, axillary, terminal branches radial, ulnar, median
  – Hip: lateral cutaneous, femoral, fascia iliaca, PENG
  – Knee: femoral triangle, adductor canal
  – Foot: sciatic popliteal approach , ankle block
  – Abdominal Wall: TAP subcostal and lateral approach, rectus sheath, ilioinguinal
  – Thoracic Wall: pectoserratus block, erector spine
  – Ultrasound neuroaxial block
• Each subgroup will rotate every workshop station (70min per workstation).
• Simulation scenarios will be played by three participants in the simulator room, with the rest of the group observing remotely via video display in the teaching room. A joint debrief and discussion will follow each simulation scenario.
• Simulation scenarios:
  – Total spinal
  – LAST
  – Epidural hematoma
  – Malfunction of peripheral nerve catheter
  – Compartment syndrome
  – Embolic cement syndrome
  – Post dural puncture headache
  – Neurologic nerve damage after regional anaesthesia

More information coming soon

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