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The University of Iowa Regional Anesthesia Fellowship program is managed by the division of Orthopaedic Anesthesia in collaboration with the Division of Pain Medicine and Regional Anesthesia, and, apart from equipping the Fellow with the required technical ability and knowledge to be able and proficient to perform advanced Regional Anesthesia on a consultant level, the program has the basic philosophy of putting Fellows in a position to “trouble-shoot” Regional Anesthesia procedures and programs and to set up Regional Anesthesia programs necessary for Orthopaedic Anesthesia. The emphasis is purely on acute pain management, and most regional anesthesia required for general surgery and thoracic surgery is also taught. A Fellow who completes his/her fellowship at the University of Iowa will be able to conduct high-level scientific research, be proficient with advanced Regional Anesthesia and be a consultant and teacher for other anesthesiologists interested in Regional Anesthesia. There is an emphasis on continuous nerve block and the management of acute post-operative pain with regional anesthesia. The teaching for continuous nerve blocks is to place perineural catheters by stimulating not only the needle for placing the catheter with a nerve stimulator, but by stimulating the catheter as well. This technology has been invented and developed by this program director in collaboration with a major equipment manufacturing company.
Additionally, fellows actively participate in the regular On- and Off-Campus RASCI Workshops. For further information please see http://anesthesia.healthcare.uiowa.edu/newrasci/.
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