Meeting challenges in delivery of patient care: a reflection on the involvement of ERS in CPD of respiratory physicians

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Miller's pyramid. Reproduced and modified from [9] with permission from the publisher.
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Professional groups across the spectrum of respiratory medicine.

Table 1

European Respiratory Society major respiratory diseases, key methods and professional groups

Major respiratory diseases	Methods in basic, translational, clinical and epidemiological research and clinical practice	Professional groups
Respiratory critical care Sleep and breathing disorders Airway diseases Paediatric lung diseases Respiratory infections Thoracic oncology Interstitial lung diseases Pulmonary vascular diseases	General respiratory patient care Respiratory intensive care Pulmonary function testing (including gas exchange) Endoscopy and interventional pulmonology Imaging Surgery Transplantation Epidemiology Physiology Cell and molecular biology Public health	Adult pulmonologists/clinicians Scientists (basic and translational) Clinical researchers Paediatricians Thoracic surgeons Thoracic oncologists Radiologists Respiratory critical care physicians Allied healthcare professionals General practitioners Physiologists Pathologists