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The American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy, and the Asian Australasian Federation of Pain Societies Joint Committee Recommendations for Education and Training in Ultrasound-Guided Interventional Pain Procedures
  1. Samer N. Narouze, MD, PhD*,
  2. David Provenzano, MD†,
  3. Philip Peng, MBBS, FRCPC‡,
  4. Urs Eichenberger, MD§,
  5. Sang Chul Lee, MD, PhD,
  6. Barry Nicholls, MD∥ and
  7. Bernhard Moriggl, MD, FIACA**
  1. From the *Center for Pain Medicine, Summa Western Reserve Hospital, Cuyahoga Falls, OH;
  2. †Institute for Pain Diagnostics and Care, Ohio Valley General Hospital, McKees Rocks, PA;
  3. ‡Department of Anesthesia and Pain Management, University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;
  4. §Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive care and Pain Therapy, Clinic St Anna, Lucerne, Switzerland;
  5. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Seoul National University Hospital Seoul National University College of Medicine Seoul, Korea;
  6. ∥Department of Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, Somerset, UK; and
  7. **Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Embryology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
  1. Address correspondence to: Samer Narouze, MD, PhD, Center for Pain Medicine, Summa Western Reserve Hospital, 199 23rd St., Cuyahoga Falls, OH, 44223 (e-mail: narouzs{at}hotmail.com).

Abstract

Abstract The use of ultrasound in pain medicine for interventional axial, nonaxial, and musculoskeletal pain procedures is rapidly evolving and growing. Because of the lack of specialty-specific guidelines for ultrasonography in pain medicine, an international collaborative effort consisting of members of the Special Interest Group on Ultrasonography in Pain Medicine from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, the European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy, and the Asian Australasian Federation of Pain Societies developed the following recommendations for education and training in ultrasound-guided interventional pain procedures. The purpose of these recommendations is to define the required skills for performing ultrasound-guided pain procedures, the processes for appropriate education, and training and quality improvement. Training algorithms are outlined for practice- and fellowship-based pathways. The previously published American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine and European Society of Regional Anaesthesia and Pain Therapy education and teaching recommendations for ultrasound-guided regional anesthesia served as a foundation for the pain medicine recommendations. Although the decision to grant ultrasound privileges occurs at the institutional level, the committee recommends that the training guidelines outlined in this document serve as the foundation for educational training and the advancement of the practice of ultrasonography in pain medicine.

https://doi.org/10.1097/AAP.0b013e318269c189

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    • This study was not supported by any grants or by any manufacturer or third-party research funding.