Adult HERMES: criteria for accreditation of ERS European training centres in adult medicine

Abstract

Working towards consistent criteria for respiratory medicine, ERS, since 1990, continues to produce consensus statements and clinical practice guidelines on issues related to this field of medicine. In 2005, as part of the mission to advance the practice of the specialty, the HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) project was born to provide a shared framework for the training and certification of adult respiratory specialists across countries. Justification for the project grew from results of a number of surveys carried out by ERS [3] confirming the stark differences of medical educational programmes and lack of homogeneity of syllabus, curriculum and exit criteria for training of adult respiratory specialists.