TY - JOUR T1 - Summer schools of adult and paediatric respiratory medicine: course report JF - Breathe JO - Breathe DO - 10.1183/20734735.0305-2019 VL - 16 IS - 1 SP - 190305 AU - Stylianos Loukides AU - Gabor Kovacs AU - Kada Bentata AU - Thanh Huyền AU - Basant Kumar Shah AU - Oleksandr Mazulov AU - Ernst Eber Y1 - 2020/03/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/16/1/190305.abstract N2 - The European Respiratory Society (ERS) has a long tradition of organising major congresses and courses in various areas of respiratory medicine in order to share knowledge and promote clinical education. The courses are led by respiratory specialists committed to the ERS and having great experience in the field. One of the most important courses is the ERS Summer School of Adult Respiratory Medicine. This particular course aims to provide a detailed overview of up-to-date, established clinical knowledge, mainly for early career respiratory physicians. It discusses the most important questions of respiratory medicine, including obstructive airway diseases, respiratory infections, tuberculosis, cystic fibrosis, bronchiectasis, lung cancer, mesothelioma, pleural diseases, sleep disorders, vascular diseases, interstitial lung diseases, sarcoidosis, lung function tests and imaging. The course represents an ideal tool for the preparation for the HERMES diploma.The @EuroRespSoc summers schools of adult and paediatric respiratory medicine took place on June 12–15, 2019, in Barcelona, Spain http://bit.ly/38VPAc5 ER -