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Dear colleagues
The European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA) and the European Society of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ESAIC) are looking to expand their pool of Visitors for the ATAIC, an accreditation programme for the training in anaesthesiology and/or intensive care for European hospitals organised by EBA and ESAIC.
The duties of ATAIC Visitors are:
Take part in one or more ATAIC accreditation visits scheduled throughout the year in various European hospitals (depending on the availability of the Visitor and the needs of the EBA/ESAIC).
Apply the ATAIC audit and accreditation procedures.
Strive to maintain the high standard of the ATAIC.
Review the documents submitted by the applying hospital before the visit.
Strive to conduct a fair and impartial interview of the trainees, Hospital Manager, Head of Department and Director of Training during the visit.
Keep all documents and information including the contents of the interviews strictly confidential.
REQUIREMENTS
The candidate must have the following profile:
Must be consultant (i.e. anaesthetists who are retired or in training cannot apply) in one of the European member states of the World Health Organisation.
Must be an experienced clinician (at least 5 years’ experience after specialisation).
Must be in clinical practice (i.e. not working for research only).
Must be proficient in English.
Must be familiar with audit procedures.
Must be familiar with accreditation procedures.
Must be actively involved in teaching anaesthesia.
Must be an ESAIC Active Member or EBA Member, or ready to become one.
HOW TO APPLY
Join us as an ATAIC visitor !
The Accreditation of Training in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ATAIC) is an audit and accreditation programme run by a unique EBA-ESAIC joint committee. Its aim is to improve and harmonise training in anaesthesiology and intensive care throughout Europe. The accreditation inspection focuses on structure as well as process. Structure addresses resources whereas process refers to the educational environment and to how existing educational resources are used. Accredited centres will, as centres of excellence, serve as references for national visiting programmes.
The ATAIC Committee accredits several departments every year, and those are listed on the ESAIC website and are invited to the Awards Ceremony of the Euroanaesthesia congress for the granting of their certificate. Two ATAIC Visitors are sent to each applying centre.
Please apply by sending your CV with information about your experience in accreditation and your language skills to iwona@esaic.org by 31 December 2022.
EBA Position Statement on Anaesthesia Providers
EBA position Regarding Nurse Anaesthesia Providers.pdfFatigue Survey from the European Board of Anaesthesiology
Fatigue is known to have detrimental effects on patient and staff safety, staff performance and health. Logical reasoning, vigilance, empathy, flexibility of thinking and ability to learn and retain information are all impacted by tiredness. Night shift workers have higher incidences of hypertension, diabetes and some forms of cancer.
Other safety-critical industries are required by law to have fatigue risk management systems in place, but this is not so in healthcare.
The combined effects of the very high workload and staff shortages during the Covid-19 pandemic, mean anaesthesiologists are potentially more fatigued.
There are some simple things we can do to mitigate the effects of fatigue, potentially making our service safer and improving our morale.
To implement these effectively we first need to quantify how much of a problem it is in Europe.
A 'fightfatigue' campaign started in the UK after a trainee died driving home after a night shift. The survey, first of trainees and then of consultants has played a vital part in raising awareness and encouraging people to implement change. From over 2000 responses; 57% of trainees and 45% of consultants had had an accident or near miss driving home, and many did not have rest facilities during or after an on-call period.
The Workforce, Working Conditions and Welfare Committee of the European Board of Anaesthesiology have re-designed the questionnaires so that they work in Europe.
Please help us take action on this important issue by completing either the consultant or trainee survey below.
Consultant survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/ConsultantFatigueSurvey
Trainee Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.de/r/TraineeFatigueSurvey
Congratulations to Professor Fernando Gilsanz (EBA member 2006-2016) on Membership of the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine (Real Academia Nacional de Medicina-RANME) !
The European Board of Anaesthesiology supports the #FightFatigue Campaign (more)
The European Board of Anaesthesiology (EBA) fully supports the WHO World Patient Safety Day 17th September 2021. (pdf)
Membership Fee (deadline 30 June 2021)
European Board of Anaesthesiology thanks
EBA-thanks_signed.pdfPage updated
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