Initial assessment of competence in regional anaesthesia: facilitating the translation of curriculum into training opportunities

Initial assessment of competence in regional anaesthesia: facilitating the translation of curriculum into training opportunitiesWe thank Elmer [1] for their thoughtful response to our letter [2].We agree wholeheartedly that residents require greater access to supervised clinical experience and share their support for departmental regional anaesthesia educational leads and dedicated training periods.However, we respectfully suggest that a structured assessment, such as