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Regional Anesthesiology Education

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Expertise in the practice of regional anesthesia is not achieved with technical skill alone. Although the technically adept can adequately deliver local anesthetic adjacent to target nerves, it is the regional anesthesiologist who combines such applied anatomy with the practice of perioperative medicine. The nontechnical aspects of the practice of regional anesthesia cannot be ignored: clinical judgment, patient selection and communication, complication management and avoidance, a wide breadth of knowledge of physiology and pharmacology, and the formulation of an appropriate care plan with contingencies, are examples. A discussion of regional anesthesia education should first acknowledge that the discipline, at its core, is the practice of medicine. Maintaining this perspective, this chapter aims to provide a pertinent overview addressing past, present, and future challenges and directions within this exciting, rapidly evolving field.

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    Jonathan C. Beathe MD

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  1. University Hosp and Ochsner Kenner Hosp, Prof and Chairman,Dept of Anesthesiology, Director of Interventional Pain Mgmt., Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, 70112, USA

    Alan David Kaye

  2. Harvard Medical School, Director, Proced Sedation Mgmt & Safety, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Anesthesiology, Perioperative & Pain Med, Boston, 02115, USA

    Richard D. Urman

  3. Yale University School of Medicine, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology, New Haven, 06520, Connecticut, USA

    Nalini Vadivelu

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Beathe, J.C. (2012). Regional Anesthesiology Education. In: Kaye, A., Urman, R., Vadivelu, N. (eds) Essentials of Regional Anesthesia. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1013-3_31

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