The 21st James Cook Regional Anaesthesia and PoCUS Workshop – Thursday 26th and Friday 27th June 2025

Event details

  • Date: 26 June - 28 June 2025
  • Time: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
  • Address: Human Anatomy Resource Centre, 3rd Floor Sherrington Building, Ashton Street, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, L69 3GE

53 places remaining | Cost £425.00

Course fee:

£425 per candidate before 1st April 2025 £475 per candidate after this date.

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 60 delegates

Organising faculty:

  • Dr Ahmed Abdelaziz, FRCA, Course Director, American Hospital, Dubai (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 Sherif Elsayed, FRCA, Addenbrooke Hospital, UK
  • Dr Hywel Evans, FRCA, Prince Charles Hospital, Wales, UK
    Dr Ashwani Gupta, FRCA, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, UK
  • Dr Gabriella Iohom, FFARCSI, Cork University Hospital, Ireland
  • Dr Omar Itani, MD, FIPM, Clemenceau Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanone
  • Professor Brian Kinirons, MB, FFARCSI, FJFICMI, FCPSP (Hon.), Galway University Hospitals, Ireland
    Dr Mina Saad, FRCA, Prince Charles Hospital, Wales, UK
  • Dr Vel Velayutham, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals, UK

Accreditation:

The workshop has been accredited by the Royal College of Anaesthetists for 12 CPD credits, and ESRA recognised as an EDRA approved workshop with total 13 points (9 hands-on ultrasound and 4 hands-on cadaveric). The points are required for EDRA part 2 applications (check ESRA website for details and recognised workshops).

Programme and stations:

Day 1 – Thursday 26th June 2025

08:30               ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION

09:00               Station 1         Supraclavicular

09:30               Station 2         Axillary plexus

10:00               Station 3         Infraclavicular

10:30               Station 4         Erector spine & Paravertebral

11:00               Station 5         Neuroaxial and Caudal

11:30               LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS

12:30               Station 6         Phantom Needling & catheter technique

13:00               Station 7         Rectus sheath, TAP, QL

13:30               Station 8         FATE (Focused Assessment Transthoracic ECHO)

14:00               AFTERNOON REFRESHEMENTS

14:30               Station 9         Interscalene

15:00               Station 10       Cervical Plexus & Flexor Tendon Sheath

15:30               Station 11       Forearm blocks

16:00               CLOSE OF DAY 1

Day 2 – Friday 27th June 2025

08:45               ARRIVAL

09:00               Station 1         Ankle

09:30               Station 2         Saphenous & Obturator & Adductor Canal

10:00               Station 3         Femoral, LFCN & Fascia iliaca

10:30               Station 4         Popliteal

11:00               Station 5         Basic Lung & Upper Airway

11:30               LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS

12:30               Station 6         PECS & Serratus

13:00               Station 7         PENG/HIP & iPAK

13:30               Station 8         Free scanning

14:00               AFTERNOON REFRESHEMENTS

14:30               Station 9         Clavipectoral Fascial Block

15:00               Station 10       Axillary N & Suprascapular N

15:30               Station 11       Sciatic

16:00               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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