Education and Training Committee
The Education and Training Committee is in charge of all the educational and training projects organised by ESAIC, defining key focus areas of education activities that meet your community’s needs.
The Committee discusses projects and areas of interest related to education, CME and CPD in the fields of anaesthesia, intensive medicine, emergency medicine and pain management in Europe. The Education and Training Committee gathers the Chairpersons of the different ESAIC Committees involved in education and training activities.
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Chairperson
Joana Berger-Estilita (CH)
Members
| Stefan De Hert (BE) | Past Chairperson |
| Eric HPA Van Dongen (NL) | CEEA Committee Chair |
| Yitzhak Brzezinski Sinai (IL) | eLearning Committee Chair |
| Crina L. Burlacu (IE) | Simulation Committee Chair |
| Aeyal Raz (IL) | Train the Trainer Committee Chair |
| David Nagore Setien (ES) | Exchange Programme Committee Chair |
| Maria Iulia Crisan (CH) | Trainee Committee Chair |
| Michel Struys (NL) | Scientific Committee Chair |
| Humberto Machado (PT) | ATAIC Committee Chair |
| Maria Iulia Crisan (CH) | Trainee Committee Representative |
| Benedikt Preckel (NL) | Ex-officio member |
| Emilia Guasch (ES) | EBA Representative |
Accreditation of Training in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ATAIC) Committee
The Accreditation of Training in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ATAIC) Committee is a Joint Committee of the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESAIC) and the European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA).
Chairperson
Humberto Machado (PT)
Members
| Joana Mourão (PT) | Member (EBA) |
| Vladimir Cerny (CZ) | Member (EBA) |
| Anna Malisiova (GR) | Member (EBA) |
| Leila Niemi-Murola (FI) | Member (ESAIC) |
| Thomas Sieber (CH) | Member (ESAIC) |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |
| Yotam Lior (IL)* | Trainee Committee Representative |
*No Voting Rights
Committee for European Education in Anaesthesiology (CEEA)
The CEEA is a Committee for Continuing Medical Education. It represents around 50 regional centres, which organise refresher courses designed for specialists in Anaesthesiology, Pain, Intensive Care and Perioperative Medicine.
Contact the CEEA.
Chairperson
Eric HPA Van Dongen (NL)
Members
| Enrique Carrero (ES) | Member (CEEA Director) |
| Paula Panagiota Stratigopoulou (GR) | Member (CEEA Director) |
| Federico Bilotta (IT) | NASC Chair |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |
| Emilia Guasch (ES) | EBA Representative – Ex-officio member |
eLearning Committee
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Chairperson
Yitzhak Brzezinski Sinai (IL)
Members
| Andreas Kollmann Camaiora (SE) | Past Chairperson |
| Mariann Kotorman (HU) | Member |
| Diogo Sobreira Fernandes (PT) | Member |
| Armen Varosyan (AM) | Member |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |
| Antonia Kustura (HR) | Trainee Representative |
Exchange Programme Committee
The Exchange Programme Committee aims to select the residents and specialists and allow them to visit, for a period of up to 3 months training, the best training centres that Europe can offer. The Committee organises the Exchange Programme, sets the selection criteria and scores the applications.
Chairperson
David Nagore Setien (ES)
Members
| Gabriella Iohom (IE) | Past Chairperson |
| Charalampos Pantazopoulos (GR) | Member |
| Nicolas Leister (DE) | Member |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |
Simulation Committee
The ESAIC Simulation Committee is active in building bridges, not only with other committees within the ESAIC but also between centres all over Europe. We are currently conducting the first survey to establish the status of simulation training across Europe. We have also started running Simulation Masterclasses, which form a valuable connection with our Patient Safety and Quality Committee, as the focus is on running scenarios based on recommendations found in the Helsinki Declaration on Patient Safety in Anaesthesiology.
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Chairperson
Crina L. Burlacu (IE)
Members
| Doris Østergaard (DK) | Past Chairperson |
| Stefan Gisin (CH) | Member |
| Petr Štourač (CZ) | Member |
| Gustavo Norte (PT) | Member |
| Dan Benhamou (FR) | Member |
| Isaac Sinai (IL) | Member |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |
| Argyro Zoumprouli (UK)* | Patient Safety and Quality Committee Representative |
| Olivia Dow (UK)* | Trainee Representative |
*No Voting Rights
Trainees Committee
The mission of the ESAIC Trainees Committee (ESAICTC) is to establish a network between the approximately 22.000 European Anaesthesiology Trainees (EAT) (the ESAIC Trainee Network (ESAICTN)), from the countries represented in the ESAIC Council and National Anaesthesiologists Societies Committee (NASC) and to strengthen their visibility within the Society.
The aims of the ESAICTC overlap with the aims of the ESAIC, and it coordinates and conducts the ESAICTN activities and projects. The ESAICTN includes 3 levels of communication:
- Between all the European trainees and the ESAICTC through social networks, regardless of the ESAIC membership status. The goal is to connect an estimated number of 22.000 European trainees;
- Between all European trainees committees or sections and the ESAICTC through the National Trainee Representatives. The goal is to enable a representative flow of information from the trainees from each European country and the ESAICTC;
- The ESAICTC and ESAIC Leadership. The ESAICTC is the interface between the data collected from the ESAICTN and the ESAIC Leadership.
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Chairperson
Maria Iulia Crisan (CH)
Members
| Igor Abramovich (DE) | Past Chairperson |
| Antonia Kustura (HR) | Council Trainee Representative |
| Olivia Dow (UK) | Council Trainee Representative |
| Alexandra Trinks (DE) | Trainee Representative |
| Diogo Mendes Morais (PT) | Trainee Representative |
| Georgios Karras (GR) | Trainee Representative |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |
| Elija Januškevičiūtė (LT)* | EJD representative |
| Donika Borisova (BG)* | PSQ Committee Trainee Representative |
| Yotam Lior (IL)* | ATAIC Committee Trainee Representative |
| Roberta Südy (CH)* | Guidelines Trainee Representative |
*No Voting Rights
Train the Trainer Committee
The “Train the Trainer” Masterclass (formerly known as Teach the Teacher Masterclass) is a project designed to train last year’s residents and young specialists in Anaesthesiology to develop their skills as teachers. The course has been established to provide effective tuition in teaching anaesthesiologists how to become instructors capable of producing competent young specialists.
Additionally, emphases are placed on different types of assessment and feedback as important tools in Faculty development for competency-based education. One of the focuses is to create a culture of learning for patient safety and quality of care.
Chairperson
Aeyal Raz (IL)
Members
| Lesley Bromley (UK) | Member |
| Vojislava Neskovic (RS) | Member |
| Cármen Oliveira (PT) | Member |
| Federico Bilotta (IT) | NASC Chair |
| Joana Berger-Estilita (CH) | Education and Training Committee Chair |