title: HERMES European Accreditation of Training Centres in Adult Respiratory Medicine: criteria validation and revision.
abstract: Four respiratory medicine disease categories appear in the global top 10 causes of mortality [1], resulting in 600 000 people dying from respiratory disease in Europe each year. The economic burden of respiratory diseases in Europe exceeds 380 billion euros. In a fast-developing environment, new clinical challenges have arisen for pulmonary specialists; techniques and procedures have evolved and become more complex.
authors.affiliation: Educational Activities, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland; European Board for Accreditation in Pneumology, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sutter
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Care Division, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Daiana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Stolz
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Asklepios Hospital, Munich, Germany.
authors.forename: Ortrud
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Karg
authors.affiliation: Educational Activities, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mitchell
authors.affiliation: Educational Activities, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Niculescu
authors.affiliation: Educational Activities, European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Julie-Lyn
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Noël
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, -Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pippa
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Powell
authors.affiliation: European Lung Foundation, Sheffield, UK.
authors.forename: Szymon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Skoczyński
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology SP CSK, The Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland.
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verbraecken
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium; Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, -Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gernot
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rohde