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THE AMBASSADOR PROGRAM: THE JOINING COUNTRY PERSPECTIVE
In a medium-sized country like
of the Ambassador Program Committee, Professor Marc van De
Romania, formerly of the Eastern
Velde, also contributed to the success of the meeting.
Bloc, there are 1,600 registered
anesthesiologists serving a
The scholarly interest was genuine, and participants were
population of 18 million. In
extremely active with questions and comments during the
2016, the ESRA Ambassador
sessions and workshops. Despite the enthusiasm, one of the
Program supported the initiative
main challenges at the moment seems to be the lower income
to create the ARAR. One of the
of the practitioners as well as lack of financial support from the
main purposes of creating this
institutions in the postgraduate education. With the joint efforts
national society was to provide
of ARAR and ESRA, we hope to find a pertinent solution to this
Romanian anesthesiologists
problem and offer quality education in regional anesthesia and pain
with evidence-based medicine
management at affordable prices.
Dan Sebastian Dirzu, MD
and practice guidelines that
Assistant Professor of Anesthesia
are currently endorsed in other
On a more particular note, many participants were intrigued by
and Intensive Care
European countries and the
the topics presented during chronic pain sessions. While regional
University of Medicine and
world. The inaugural symposium
anesthesia is well taught during the anesthesiology residency,
Pharmacy, Iuliu Hat‚ieganu
of the society was greeted
chronic pain teachings are little if at all present in the academic
President, Romanian Association of
with great interest from the
curriculum; in addition, interventional pain management is very
Regional Anesthesia and
Romanian anesthesiologists,
little represented as a clinical practice in Romania, with only a
Pain Management
with more than 260 participants.
handful of anesthesiologists, most trained in Europe or the United
Cluj Napoca, Romania
The support from ESRA and
States, currently engaging in performing routine procedures to
quality of the scientific program
treat patients with chronic pain. Gauging the participants' interest,
along with a large number of workshops were factors that resulted
perhaps it may be possible, with ESRA's help and guidance,
in the success of the meeting. The 2017 meeting almost doubled,
through education and standardized protocols, to overcome several
with 420 participants. There were 15 international speakers and
hardships that are inherent in countries like Romania and develop
17 national experts, with a total of 43 lectures divided in 10 panels
robust best practices guidelines for implementing acute and
and 15 workshops with nine different topics, covering regional
chronic pain treatments in clinical and academic practice.
anesthesia, from basic anatomy to advanced procedures. New for
2017 was the introduction of interventional chronic pain therapies,
As a new generation of physicians is formed worldwide with the
a domain of great novelty for Romania, where pain practitioners
clear concept of the fact that they are citizens and physicians of
are nonexistent as a specialty. The feedback from the participants
the world, the select professional skills that these highly trained
was encouraging, and the ARAR seemed to have taken valuable
physicians should possess may need to be consistent and evidence
first steps in establishing a solid organization built upon ESRA's
based. Aligning clinical practice, education, and research to a
goals to improve regional anesthesia and pain management clinical common denominator worldwide, a modern day "Lingua Franca"
practice, education, and scholarly prospects within the country. The would allow better and faster progress in all sections of regional
excellent collaboration between local and European leadership as
anesthesia and pain medicine practice, whether clinical or scholarly
well as the enthusiasm and personal involvement of the chairman
work.

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