TY - JOUR T1 - News from the Underground: Juniors’ education and ongoing training as additional research pillars of respiratory medicine JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 259 LP - 260 DO - 10.1183/20734735.008214 VL - 10 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/10/3/259.abstract N2 - Spring and summer are usually considered times for relaxation and leisure; however, this is not the case for the European Respiratory Society (ERS) Junior Members Committee (JMC). There was not much time to pack after 12th ERS Lung Science Conference before we met again in Berlin, Germany at the ERS Educational Research Seminar in May. The ERS Educational Research Seminar, organised by Anita Simonds (ERS Education Council chair), aimed to keep ERS at the cutting edge of medical education. The burning problems, key issues and future developments in medical education for respiratory specialists and trainees in Europe were discussed. The JMC was represented by: Indre Butiene, our chair and the only junior member in the Faculty; Anders Bjerg, Georgia Hardavella, Tiago Jacinto and Szymon Skoczynski, who were invited as participants; and Alexander Mathioutakis and Rica Zinsky, who were both active in the formation of the JMC.All junior members are grateful to the organisers for the opportunity to participate in this outstanding, dynamic and instructive 2-day seminar that covered all areas of respiratory education including medical trainees, specialists, allied healthcare professionals and patients.Great emphasis was given to competency-based training in Europe and its diversity throughout European countries, as well as ways to overcome implementation barriers. Lessons learnt from the HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) experience have generated ideas to overcome … ER -