Activities

The ERS School contributes to the coordination of educational activities in respiratory medicine across Europe. The ERS School is the educational arm of the ERS and is probably best known for its work on the Postgraduate Courses and "Meet the Professor" Seminars, which take place within the Annual ERS Congress.

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The Educational Arm of the Society

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School Courses

The ERS School organises approximately eight courses each year. These courses have been created with the aim of helping you improve your medical practice. These courses occur over 2-4 days and are targeted at small audiences. With a faculty of 10 speakers who are experts in their field, participants will have a unique opportunity to get the most up-to-date knowledge available.

Consult the list of future courses

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Postgraduate Courses

These courses are designed for clinicians and allied respiratory health professionals and provide an update on specialised topics and new developments that could help in their practice. The more broad-based Core Curriculum Courses specifically address essential topics in respiratory medicine, providing information at a basic-to-intermediate level. All courses run on the Saturday of Congress and each last half a day, allowing participants to attend two.

The scientific programme of the ERS Berlin 2008 Congress will be one of the richest ever on lung health and disease. It will address the latest advances in the areas of clinical diagnosis and treatment and includes 22 Postgraduate Courses, one Educational Workshop and 18 "Meet the Professor" seminars

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GRACE

                                            

GRACE is an EU 6th Framework Programme Network of Excellence to combat resistance to antibiotics in the community.

This project aims to integrate and coordinate the activities of physicians and scientists from many institutions in 14 European countries to combat antibiotic resistance in community-acquired lower respiratory tract infections.

Please refer to the official  GRACE website for more details on the project.

Please refer to the GRACE Educational portal for educational material.

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School Seminars

The ERS School provides financial assistance for seminars held during meetings organised by local or national societies in low-income European countries. The ERS School can provide monetary support up to a maximum of €5,000 (8,000 CHF) per seminar to help cover speakers' expenses.

 For more information

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e-Learning

The ERS e-Learning Centre has been specifically designed to provide valuable educational tools to anyone working in the field of respiratory medicine. It gives members centralised access to all the educational material produced by the ERS.

 Access the e-Learning Resources

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HERMES

The ERS School, together with the FERS, the UEMS Section of Pneumology, EBAP and the Permanent Working Group of European Junior Doctors, have developed the first generally accepted European syllabus in adult respiratory medicine.

 Access the HERMES website

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Breathe

Breathe is the official educational journal of the ERS School. It provides up-to-date information on topics of interest for pneumologists, general practitioners and allied health professionals in their daily practice.

 Access Breathe

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Task Forces

The ERS School sponsors educational Task Forces. It is intended that such Task Forces will produce position papers, consensus statements or guidelines, which then become official ERS documents on issues related to education.

 For more information