How to Teach the Epidural Block in Obstetric Anesthesia

Giorgio Capogna is the Director of the European School of Obstetric Anesthesia and Maternal Neonatal Simulation Center EESOA, Rome. He was Research Fellow in Obstetric Anesthesia at Los Angeles County Med County, Assistant Professor in Obstetric Anesthesia at Pittsburgh University, Director of OB Anesthesia at Fatebenefratelli Hospital and Head Department of Anesthesiology at Città di Roma Hospital. He has been a member of the Editorial Board of Anesthesia & Analgesia, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology, European Journal of Anesthesiology, Obstetric Anesthesia Digest. He regularly performs multidisciplinary research and scientific dissemination on the issues of epidural analgesia, childbirth and maternal pain. He published with Springer the following volumes: Epidural Labor Analgesia (2015), Anesthesia for Cesarean Section (2017), Epidural Technique in Obstetric Anesthesia (2020) and Strategic Debriefing for Advanced Simulation (2022).

• 1. Teaching the Epidural Technique.- 2. Epidural Simulators.- 3. Assessing Learning.- 4. Learning curves.- 5. Teaching with ultrasounds.- 6. The Structured and Standardized EESOA Model.- 7. Future Perspectives.