PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Troosters, Thierry AU - Tabin, Nathalie AU - Langer, Daniel AU - Burtin, Chris AU - Chatwin, Michelle AU - Clini, Enrico M. AU - Emtner, Margareta AU - Gosselink, Rik AU - Grant, Kathleen AU - Inal-Ince, Deniz AU - Lewko, Agnieszka AU - Main, Eleanor AU - Mitchell, Sharon AU - Niculescu, Alexandra AU - Oberwaldner, Beatrice AU - Pitta, Fabio TI - Introduction of the harmonised respiratory physiotherapy curriculum AID - 10.1183/20734735.0124-2019 DP - 2019 Jun 01 TA - Breathe PG - 110--115 VI - 15 IP - 2 4099 - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/15/2/110.short 4100 - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/15/2/110.full SO - Breathe2019 Jun 01; 15 AB - Building on the core syllabus for postgraduate training in respiratory physiotherapy, published in 2014, the European Respiratory Society (ERS) respiratory physiotherapy task force has developed a harmonised and structured postgraduate curriculum for respiratory physiotherapy training. The curriculum outlines the knowledge, skills and attitudes which must be mastered by a respiratory physiotherapist working with adult or paediatric patients, together with guidance for minimal clinical exposures, and forms of learning and assessment.This article presents the rationale, methodology and content of the ERS respiratory physiotherapy curriculum. The full curriculum can be found in the supplementary material.The respiratory physiotherapy curriculum describes the knowledge, skills and attitudes that must be mastered by a respiratory physiotherapist working with adults and/or children. http://bit.ly/2Do7Vll