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NEW this year!!! HERMES European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine for In-training Assessment and Self-Assessment

2008 Examination Berlin

The 2010 HERMES European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine

2009 Examination Vienna            The European Examination in Adult Respiratory Medicine is now open for use as an in-training and self-assessment test.  All Adult Respiratory Medicine trainees and specialists can participate. Detailed individual feedback according to syllabus topics will be provided.

This will allow you to assess your progress and guide you in assigning priorities for further studies and continuous professional development. Participation in the in-training and self-assessment examination will not result in a European Diploma. For more pertinent information,  click here.

The European Examination for the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine was a great success marking a cornerstone in continuing medical education. It takes place in the ERS Annual Congress. View our successful candidates and their profiles in the European Diploma in Adult Respiratory Medicine Registry.  

Registration for the 2010 is NOW CLOSED

Adult HERMES

The Adult HERMES Task Force is working on the accreditation phase whereby a series of recommendations will be given. Training centres can aspire to be recognised as European training centres by the ERS in the frame of the HERMES initiative. This Task Force has published its European consensus-based syllabus in 2006 and curriculum in 2008. The HERMES booklet of "European Standards for Training in Adult Respiratory Medicine: Syllabus, Curriculum and Diploma" is now available. This is a compendium of the documents produced from the wide-ranging consensus processes. This booklet contains the syllabus, the curriculum, the examination as well as the editorials regarding HERMES. Order this unique reference of medical education. Click here.

The Adult HERMES Task Force has paved the way for other HERMES initiatives across respiratory medicine specialties. It has become a model for its wide-ranging consensus process involving experts, academicians, practitioners, educators and trainees.

Paediatric HERMES

As one of the most successful offshoots of the HERMES initiative, the Paediatric HERMES continues in its fast paced developments. The Paediatric Respiratory Medicine European consensus-based syllabus was published in March 2009. Curriculum development is nearing completion and will be a dynamic document which will operationalise the syllabus and seeks to standardise training in the field. The Task Force has began groundwork on the European Examination in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine. Keep updated with the Task Force's developments Click here.

ESDL

The European Spirometry certification program will give recommendations at a European level which will constitute the basis for an "ESDL", a European Spirometry Driving License. This Task Force following the HERMES initiative seeks to review and give recommendations on spirometry training across Europe. Click here.

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