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About

The ESAIC is dedicated to supporting professionals in anaesthesiology and intensive care by serving as the hub for development and dissemination of valuable educational, scientific, research, and networking resources.


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Congresses

The ESAIC hosts the Euroanaesthesia and Focus Meeting congresses that serve as platforms for cutting-edge science and innovation in the field. These events bring together experts, foster networking, and facilitate knowledge exchange in anaesthesiology, intensive care, pain management, and perioperative medicine. Euroanaesthesia is one of the world’s largest and most influential scientific congresses for anaesthesia professionals. Held annually throughout Europe, our congress is a contemporary event geared towards education, knowledge exchange and innovation in anaesthesia, intensive care, pain and perioperative medicine, as well as a platform for immense international visibility for scientific research.


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Professional Growth

The ESAIC's mission is to foster and provide exceptional training and educational opportunities. The ESAIC ensures the provision of robust and standardised examination and certification systems to support the professional development of anaesthesiologists and to ensure outstanding future doctors in the field of anaesthesiology and intensive care.


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Research

The ESAIC aims to advance patient outcomes and contribute to the progress of anaesthesiology and intensive care evidence-based practice through research. The ESAIC Clinical Trial Network (CTN), the Academic Contract Research Organisation (A-CRO), the Research Groups and Grants all contribute to the knowledge and clinical advances in the peri-operative setting.


Learn more about the ESAIC Clinical Trial Network (CTN) and the associated studies.

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EU Projects

The ESAIC is actively involved as a consortium member in numerous EU funded projects. Together with healthcare leaders and practitioners, the ESAIC's involvement as an EU project partner is another way that it is improving patient outcomes and ensuring the best care for every patient.


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Patient Safety

The ESAIC aims to promote the professional role of anaesthesiologists and intensive care physicians and enhance perioperative patient outcomes by focusing on quality of care and patient safety strategies. The Society is committed to implementing the Helsinki Declaration and leading patient safety projects.


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Sustainability

To ESAIC is committed to implementing the Glasgow Declaration and drive initiatives towards greater environmental sustainability across anaesthesiology and intensive care in Europe.


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Partnerships

The ESAIC works in collaboration with industry, national societies, and specialist societies to promote advancements in anaesthesia and intensive care. The Industry Partnership offers visibility and engagement opportunities for industry participants with ESAIC members, facilitating understanding of specific needs in anaesthesiology and in intensive care. This partnership provides resources for education and avenues for collaborative projects enhancing science, education, and patient safety. The Specialist Societies contribute to high-quality educational opportunities for European anaesthesiologists and intensivists, fostering discussion and sharing, while the National Societies, through NASC, maintain standards, promote events and courses, and facilitate connections. All partnerships collectively drive dialogue, learning, and growth in the anaesthesiology and intensive care sector.


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Guidelines

Guidelines play a crucial role in delivering evidence-based recommendations to healthcare professionals. Within the fields of anaesthesia and intensive care, guidelines are instrumental in standardizing clinical practices and enhancing patient outcomes. For many years, the ESAIC has served as a pivotal platform for facilitating continuous advancements, improving care standards and harmonising clinical management practices across Europe.


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Publications

With over 40 years of publication history, the EJA (European Journal of Anaesthesiology) has established itself as a highly respected and influential journal in its field. It covers a wide range of topics related to anaesthesiology and intensive care medicine, including perioperative medicine, pain management, critical care, resuscitation, and patient safety.


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Membership

Becoming a member of ESAIC implies becoming a part of a vibrant community of nearly 8,000 professionals who exchange best practices and stay updated on the latest developments in anaesthesiology, intensive care and perioperative medicine. ESAIC membership equips you with the tools and resources necessary to enhance your daily professional routine, nurture your career growth, and play an active role in advancing anaesthesiology, intensive care and perioperative medicine.


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Accreditation of Training in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care

ATAIC

The ATAIC is offered on a voluntary basis to the academic departments of anaesthesia which apply for teaching accreditation in accordance with the European Training Requirements.

About

The Accreditation of Training in Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (ATAIC) is a programme that aims to promote and improve the quality of anaesthesiology and intensive care training across Europe and beyond. 

The ATAIC programme offers accreditation to hospitals and training centres that provide high standards of education and training in anaesthesiology and intensive care. The accreditation process involves an application, a site visit, a report, and a certificate of accreditation.

The ATAIC is offered on a voluntary basis to the academic departments of anaesthesia which apply for teaching accreditation in accordance with the European Training Requirements.

Accreditation may be valid for up to five years depending on the visitors’ recommendations and the decision of the ATAIC Joint Committee.

Each application is sent by the Head of a Department or Institute to the ESAIC Secretariat and reviewed by the ATAIC Joint Committee who will determine whether an accreditation or re-accreditation is applicable.
A questionnaire outlining the structure of the hospital, the composition of the staff and the organization of teaching and training is then completed by the applicant and submitted together with supporting documents to the ESAIC Secretariat.

The questionnaires that each trainee of the applying department send individually to the ESAIC office constitute another important source of information for the visitors and reviewers.

Useful information

  • Why apply for ATAIC accreditation?
  • Site visit
  • Report
  • Certificate of Accreditation
  • Fee

Why apply for ATAIC accreditation?

  • The detailed ATAIC report gives recommendations on how to possibly improve the training of the residents, which can benefit both the personnel and the patients.
  • ATAIC accreditation is given jointly by the UEMS and by the ESAIC, giving a maximum of visibility and credibility to the accredited departments.
  • All accredited departments are listed on the ESAIC website.
  • A representative of each accredited department is invited to receive the official ATAIC certificate from the hands of the ATAIC Committee Chairperson during the Awards Ceremony of the Euroanaesthesia congress.
  • A preferential low registration fee for Euroanaesthesia will be offered to one representative of each accredited department.
  • Each accredited department is automatically invited to consider organising the Home On-Line Assessment.
  • Each accredited department is automatically invited to consider joining the Exchange Programme network.
  • Each accredited department is automatically invited to consider joining the CEEA network.
  • Each accredited department is invited to consider hosting the EDAIC Part I examination provided that there is no nearby EDAIC Part I centre; additionally, the accredited department is exempted from the formal application to run the EDAIC Part I (opening an EDAIC Part I centre always requires the express approval of the Examinations Committee).

Site visit

The team is made of three visitors appointed by the ATAIC Joint Committee: one from the ESAIC, one from the EBA and one from the country in which the hospital visit will take place. The latter is appointed by the National Society of Anaesthesiology of the visited country.

The 2-day visit consists of a detailed presentation of the hospital staff, the organisation of the hospital, the department (or the institute) and the training structure (see template visit schedule). This forms the basis for a discussion and evaluation of all aspects of the teaching and training process with the staff members involved.

The purpose of the evaluation is to complement and build upon the strengths of the department and to encourage development and change in order to address areas of weakness. This step is followed by an interview with trainees at different levels of training in the absence of supervifsing staff.

Report

The visiting team should formulate its conclusions, conditions and recommendations in a fully agreed and dated report. There should be two aspects to this recommendation: duration of approval and conditions for re-accreditation.

The draft report from the visiting team is discussed within the ATAIC Joint Committee and then sent to the visited centre to correct any factual errors.

After the report has been finalised, it is sent again to the visited centre (within 6 months of the visit), forwarded to the ESAIC and EBA Boards and is finally archived at the ESAIC Secretariat.

Certificate of Accreditation

Any department that has submitted an application for certification and has subsequently been visited and approved will receive a certificate of accreditation during the Euroanaesthesia Award Ceremony. Accreditation may be valid for up to five years depending on the visitors’ recommendations and the decision of the ATAIC Joint Committee.

Fee

International travel expenses will be covered by the applicable fee (see table below) but costs incurred within the country are met by the visited institution. The host or the National Society will also cover the cost of an independent interpreter should the visitor request it.

Accreditation or Re-accreditation: €3500. The price mentioned excludes 21% VAT.

Application Documents

ATAIC Accredited Centres

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Masaryk Hospital Usti nad Labem

Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care (January 2023 – December 2028)

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Mersin University Hospital, Çiftlikköy Campus

Turkey

Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (November 2019 – November 2024)

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Oulu University Hospital

Finland

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (August 2019 – August 2024)

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Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine

Istanbul, Türkiye

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care (November 2019 – November 2024)

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Ankara Gazi University School of Medicine

Ankara, Turkey

Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (October 2023 – September 2028)

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Ankara Hacettepe University Hospital

Ankara, Turkey

Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (December 2019 – December 2024)

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Ankara University School of Medicine Ibni Sina Hospital

Ankara, Turkey

Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation (July 2022 – July 2026)

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University Medical Centre Ljubljana

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Clinical Department of Anaesthesiology and Surgical Intensive Care (May 2022 – May 2027)

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Centro Hospitalar São João

Porto, Portugal

EPE Department of Anaesthesiology (March 2020 – March 2025)

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Hospital Santo Antonio

Porto, Portugal

Centro Hospitalar Do Porto Serviço de Anestesiologia (August 2022 – August 2027)

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AZ Maria Middelares

Gent, Belgium

Department of Anaesthesiology (December 2022-December 2027)

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Klinik für Anästhesiologie

Düsseldorf, Germany

Department of Anaesthesiology (June 2022 – June 2027)

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