Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists

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Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for
European Specialists

• European Respiratory Society

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The Global HERMES Project
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HERMES Family of Projects
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Adult HERMES
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Paediatric HERMES
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European Examination in Adult respiratory medicine
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Inaugural Examination
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Examination Overview

• Fee 250 euros
• Date 2nd Edition on September 12, 2009
• Venue ERS Annual Congress (2nd edition in
  Vienna)
• Language English

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Examination Overview

• Blueprint based on HERMES European syllabus
  published in 2006

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Examination Overview

• 2 dimensional examination blueprint

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Examination Overview

• Voluntary, no legal standing
• Reserved to specialists who have already received
  their national qualification

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Examination Overview

• European Diploma from ERS upon successful
  completion of the examination
• HERMES Diplomates

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• HERMES Diplomates Registry

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Examination Characteristics

• 3 hour examination
• 90 items multiple-choice examination
• Type A Items with single choice
• Type K prime Items with four right/wrong
  decisions

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2008 Candidate Demographics

• 85 candidates
• Pass rate 67.1
• 57 successful candidates
• 27 countries represented
• Switzerland, Germany
• Other Western Europe countries
• Eastern Europe and Arab Countries
• India and Malaysia
• USA and other continents

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HERMES Examination and National Societies

• The Hellenic National Society have congratulated
  the 2008 successful candidates in an awarding
  ceremony last February 2009

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HERMES Examination and exit examinations

• Beginning 2009 , the Swiss Society of Pneumology
  (SGP/SSP) (Schweizerische Gesellschaft für
  Pneumologie) will have the HERMES European
  Examination as the part 1 (knowledge-based part)
  of their exit examination

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What can FERS do?

• Promote the HERMES European Examination in their
  respective societies
• Promote the HERMES European Examination to the
  respective health authorities
• Open avenues for the adoption of the HERMES
  European Examination as the knowledge-based part
  of national exit examinations

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Thank you for your attention