Paediatric HERMES: update of the European Training Syllabus for Paediatric Respiratory Medicine.

B y providing free access for European medical specialists to the European job market via two relevant directives (issued in 1975 and 2005), the European Union (EU) has effected an automatic recognition of the diplomas and certificates of qualification in medicine in all member countries. This is only acceptable on the basis of harmonised training standards across the entire EU. Thus, it is mandatory to work towards such harmonised standards in all medical specialties.