Teaching and Training - Unit of Vascular Access

The main teaching objective of the Vascular Access Unit at the Hospital Clínic is a multidisciplinary approach to vascular access management. Among the areas of teaching, the following should be highlighted:

1. Master’s Degree in Critical Patient Care and Emergencies. 'Vascular Accesses in Rental Replacement Techniques’. University of Barcelona and Autonomous University of Barcelona. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Teaching professor.
2. Practical clinical applications in engineering-II: 'Applicability of biosensors for volume overload control and monitoring of vascular access dysfunction’. University of Barcelona. Manso Applied Research Centre (DIRAC). Barcelona. Teaching professor.
3. International Symposium on Endovascular Therapeutics (SITE). School of Medicine, University of Barcelona, Barcelona.
4. Master’s Degree in Radiological Interventionism for Nurses (Haemodialysis Accesses). University of Barcelona (IPA-UFAV).
5. Management, care and ultrasound scanning of vascular access (VA) for haemodialysis. Training Area. Human Resource Management. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (IPA-UFAV).
6. Haemodialysis training course. Training Area. Human Resource Management. Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (IPA-UFAV).
7. Update in Dialysis Symposium. 'Advances in vascular access in haemodialysis'. Round table on Vascular Access. La Pedrera. Barcelona.
8. Active participation in the drawing up and revision of the European Guidelines on Vascular Surgery in Vascular Access. 2018 Clinical Practice Guidelines of the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS). Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg. 2018 June; 55: 757-818.
9. Vascular Active participation in the drawing up and revision of the Spanish Guidelines on Vascular Access. Spanish Clinical Guidelines on Vascular Access for Haemodialysis. Nefrologia. 2017 November; 37 Suppl 1: 1-193.
10. Active participation through the presentation of several studies, in presentations and moderation of panels in the field of vascular access in different national and international scientific societies: Spanish Multidisciplinary Group for Vascular Access (GEMAV), Catalan Group for Vascular Access (SCN), Vascular Access Society (VAS), Spanish Society of Angiology and Vascular Surgery (SEACV), and European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS).
11. Training of nephrology residents in the field of vascular access during their dialysis rotation.