title: "Education is the passport to the future": enabling today's medical teachers to prepare tomorrow's respiratory health practitioners.
authors.affiliation: European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland sharon.mitchell@ersnet.org.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Division, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Konrad E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Bloch
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Science, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Indre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Butiene
authors.affiliation: Lung Function and Sleep, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: Brendan G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.affiliation: Lung Function Laboratory, Isala Klinieken, Zwolle, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Steenbruggen
authors.affiliation: Sleep and Ventilation, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
authors.forename: Alanna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hare
authors.affiliation: 2nd Respiratory Medicine Department, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostikas
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Medicine, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
authors.forename: Ian M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Adcock
authors.affiliation: Royal Hospital for Sick Children, School of Medicine, College of Medical, Veterinary, and Life Sciences University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paton
authors.affiliation: Chair of European Lung Foundation, Education for Health, Warwick, UK.
authors.forename: Monica
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.affiliation: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of European CME.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rohde
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Sleep and Breathing, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK.
authors.forename: Anita K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Simonds
mesh_terms: D015897:Comorbidity; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016730:Program Development; D015272:Pulmonary Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D012120:Respiration Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012955:Societies, Medical