The 22nd James Cook Regional Anaesthesia and PoCUS Workshop – Thursday 25th and Friday 26th June 2026

Event details

  • Date: 25 June - 26 June 2026
  • Time: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
  • Address: Human Anatomy Resource Centre, 3rd Floor Sherrington Building, Ashton Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GE

24 places remaining | Cost £475.00

Course fee:

Early Registration until Friday 10th April – £475 per candidate.

£525 per candidate from 11th April

Course overview:

  • Small group work teaching (5 delegates per instructor)
  • Live scanning on volunteers with cadaveric workshop
  • Hands-on learning of needle techniques and catheters on phantoms
  • Tips and tricks with international experts in ultrasound regional anaesthesia
  • Spaces limited to 50 delegates

Organising faculty:

  • Dr Ahmed Abdelaziz, FRCA, Course Director, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (Course Director)
  • Dr Ranj Khaffaf, FRCA, Prince Charles Hospital, UK (Course Co-Director)
  • Dr Amr Abdelaal, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
  • Dr Moataz Abdelrahman, FRCA, Manchester University Hospitals, UK
  • Dr Graham Barker, FRCA, Oxford University Hospital, UK
  • Dr Alistair Bond, BSc, MSc, PhD, Deputy Director, Human Anatomy Resource Centre, UK
  • Dr Parameswari Chockalingham, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
  • Dr Sherif Elsayed, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
  • Dr Hywel Evans, FRCA, Prince Charles Hospital, Wales, UK
  • Dr Ashwani Gupta, FRCA, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK
  • Dr Omar Itani, MD, FIPM, Clemenceau Medical Centre, Beirut, Lebanon
  • Professor Brian Kinirons, MB, FFARCSI, FJFICMI, FCPSP (Hon), Galway University Hospitals, Ireland
  • Dr Vel Velayutham, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK

Accreditation:

Accreditation by the Royal College of Anaesthetists and ESRA 2 cadaveric hands-on and 8 ultrasound hands-on points.

Programme and stations:

Day 1 – Thursday 25th June 2026

08:00               REGISTRATION

08:30               Station 1         Ankle

09:15               Station 2         Saphenous & Obturator & Adductor Canal

10:00               Station 3         Femoral, LFCN & Fascia iliaca


10:45               MORNING REFRESHMENTS

11:15               Station 4         Sciatic & Popliteal

12:00               Station 5         Gastric Scanning

12:45               Station 6         Serratus, & PEC 1/2

13:30               LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS

14:15               Station 7         PENG/HIP & iPAK

15:00               Station 8         Lung, Upper Airway & Cricothyroid

15:45               Station 9          Phantom Needling & catheter technique

16:30               CLOSE OF DAY 1

Day 2 – Friday 26th June 2026

08:00               ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

08:30               Station 1         Supraclavicular & Interscalene

09:15               Station 2         Axillary plexus and forearm

10:00               Station 3         Infraclavicular & Cervical Plexus

10:45               MORNING REFRESHMENTS

11:15               Station 4         Erector spine & Paravertebral

12:00               Station 5         Neuroaxial and Caudal

12:45               Station 6         Clavipectoral Block, Axillary & Suprascapular N

13:30               LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS

14:15               Station 7         Rectus sheath, TAP, QL

15:00               Station 8         FATE (Focused Assessment Transthoracic ECHO)

15:45               Station 9         Free Scanning

16:30               CLOSE OF COURSE

Bookings and enquiries:

Please book early to avoid disappointment – online applications only. All previous courses have sold out early with extensive waiting lists.

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