Assessing the Impact of a Regional Anesthesia Workshop on Anesthesiology Residents' Perceived Comfort in Performing Peripheral Nerve Blocks.

Background: Different methods of regional anesthesia education have been described in the literature, but none have proven to be superior. The objective of this study was to evaluate the educational value as perceived by the anesthesia resident of a regional anesthesia workshop.

Methods: Twenty-eight anesthesia residents participated in a workshop, which reviewed nerve blocks of the upper and lower extremities.

Anesthesia and analgesia-related preferences and outcomes of women who have birth plans.

Introduction: This study described anesthesia and analgesia-related preferences and outcomes of women who used a birth plan for labor and birth.

Methods: A prospective cohort study was conducted (N = 63). Data were abstracted from medical records, birth plans, and a follow-up survey.

Can parturients identify the midline during neuraxial block placement?

Study Objective: To determine whether parturients can reliably identify their midline during epidural or spinal needle insertion, and to determine whether parturient feedback helps the anesthesiologist successfully identify the midline.

Design: Survey instrument completed by anesthesiologists.

Setting: Labor and delivery unit of a university-based, tertiary-care hospital.