Introducing a core curriculum for respiratory sleep practitioners

Sharon Mitchell¹, Anita Simonds², Stefan Andreas³, Maria R Bonsignore⁴, Brendan Cooper⁵, Viliam Donic⁶, Walter T McNicholas⁷, Mary Morrell⁸, Paolo Palange⁹, Gianni Prest¹⁰, Renata Riha¹¹, Ha Trang¹², Winfried Randerath¹³, Chris van der Grinten¹⁴, Johan Verbraecken¹⁵, Wilfried de Backer¹⁶

Affiliations

¹ European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Academic Department of Sleep and Breathing, Royal Brompton Hospital,London, UK.
³ Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen, Immenhausen, Germany.
⁴ University of Palmero, Palermo, Italy.
⁵ Lung Function and Sleep, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ Medical Faculty, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Košice, Slovakia.
⁷ Respiratory Sleep Disorders Unit, St. Vincent's University Hospital,Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ Clinical and Academic Unit of Sleep and Breathing, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London.
⁹ Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ S.C. Pneumologia, ASL 1, Imperia, Italy.
¹¹ Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹² Department of Physiology, University of Paris, Paris, France.
¹³ Bethanien Hospital, Institute of Pneumology, University Witten/Herdecke, Solingen, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
¹⁵ Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Centre, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹⁶ Respiratory Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.

PMID: 26306103
PMCID: PMC4487381
DOI: 10.1183/20734735.020414

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Introducing a core curriculum for respiratory sleep practitioners

Sharon Mitchell et al. Breathe (Sheff). 2015 Mar.

. 2015 Mar;11(1):50-6.

doi: 10.1183/20734735.020414.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ European Respiratory Society, Lausanne, Switzerland.
² Academic Department of Sleep and Breathing, Royal Brompton Hospital,London, UK.
³ Lungenfachklinik Immenhausen, Immenhausen, Germany.
⁴ University of Palmero, Palermo, Italy.
⁵ Lung Function and Sleep, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
⁶ Medical Faculty, Faculty of Medicine, Pavol Jozef Safarik University, Košice, Slovakia.
⁷ Respiratory Sleep Disorders Unit, St. Vincent's University Hospital,Dublin, Ireland.
⁸ Clinical and Academic Unit of Sleep and Breathing, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London.
⁹ Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica, "La Sapienza" University, Rome, Italy.
¹⁰ S.C. Pneumologia, ASL 1, Imperia, Italy.
¹¹ Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
¹² Department of Physiology, University of Paris, Paris, France.
¹³ Bethanien Hospital, Institute of Pneumology, University Witten/Herdecke, Solingen, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
¹⁵ Department of Pulmonary Medicine and Multidisciplinary Sleep Disorders Centre, Antwerp University Hospital and University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
¹⁶ Respiratory Medicine, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium.

PMID: 26306103
PMCID: PMC4487381
DOI: 10.1183/20734735.020414

Abstract

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.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest S. Mitchell is an employee of ERS.

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**Figure 1**
The situational analysis model emphasises the importance of context in curriculum design.

**Figure 2**
Miller's Model of clinical competence. Reproduced from [17] with permission from the publisher.

**Figure 3**
Implementation structure for harmonisation of training.

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References

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1. Pitta F, Mitchell S, et al. . A core syllabus for post-graduate training in respiratory physiotherapy. Breathe 2014; 10: 221–228.
1. Mitchell S, Bloch KE, Butienne I, et al. ‘Education is the passport to the future’ - Enabling today's medical teachers to prepare tomorrow's respiratory health practitioners’. Eur Respir J 2014; 44: 578–584. - PubMed
1. The Royal Australasian College of Physicans. Sleep Medicine: Advanced Training Curricululm. Available from http://handbooks.racp.edu.au/?y=2013#/respiratory-medicine-and-sleep-med... Date last accessed: January 12, 2015.
1. BaHammam AS, Al-Jahdali H. Saudi regulations for the accreditation of sleep medicine physicians and technologists. Ann Thorac Med 2013; 8: 3–7. - PMC - PubMed

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