title: Pediatric respiratory medicine--an international perspective.
abstract: Although Pediatric Respiratory Medicine as a subspecialty has a long tradition and is well established in some countries, there is a wide variation across different regions of the world with regard to e.g. recognition of the discipline, training requirements, training facilities and clinical needs. This review summarizes the situation in North America (US and Canada), South America, Asia, Australia, Israel and Europe with the aim to highlight commonalities and differences and, ultimately, to further support continuous development of paediatric Respiratory Medicine Worldwide.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital and Research Institute for the Prevention of Allergies and Respiratory Diseases in Children, Marien Hospital, Wesel, Germany. monika.gappa@marien-hospital-wesel.de
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gappa
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ferkol
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kovesi
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McColley
authors.forename: Ignacio
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sanchez
authors.forename: Asher
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tal
authors.forename: Gary W K
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zar
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000379:methods; D002648:Child; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000379:methods; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D038622:Internationality; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*; D011361:Professional Competence; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods*