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The background and purpose of the HERMES (Harmonising Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) initiative has been discussed at length in previous articles [1–3]. This article aims to provide more detailed and specific insight into the process and methodology of the Sleep HERMES Task Force in developing a core curriculum in respiratory sleep medicine.
Acknowledgements
The Sleep HERMES Task Force would like to thank Griet Peeraer (University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium) for her valued recommendations on how to improve the curriculum design and planning. Further acknowledgement must also go to the Education Council directors who are actively involved in overseeing all HERMES projects, Ernst Eber (Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria), HERMES director and Konrad Bloch (University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Austria), assessments director. Finally a word of thanks to the ERS Education Council Chair Gernot Rohde (Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands) whose support for HERMES and specifically the Sleep HERMES Task force has ensured that this important milestone has been reached.
Footnotes
Conflict of interest S. Mitchell is an employee of ERS.
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