TY - JOUR T1 - Defining a training framework for clinicians in respiratory critical care JF - European Respiratory Journal JO - Eur Respir J SP - 572 LP - 577 DO - 10.1183/09031936.00104914 VL - 44 IS - 3 AU - Antonio Artigas AU - Julie-Lyn Noël AU - Laurent Brochard AU - Jamiu O. Busari AU - Dominic Dellweg AU - Miguel Ferrer AU - Jens Geiseler AU - Anders Larsson AU - Stefano Nava AU - Paolo Navalesi AU - Stylianos Orfanos AU - Paolo Palange AU - Paolo Pelosi AU - Gernot Rohde AU - Bernd Schoenhofer AU - Theodoros Vassilakopoulos AU - Anita K. Simonds Y1 - 2014/09/01 UR - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/44/3/572.abstract N2 - As intensive care medicine (ICM) advances through technological developments, diagnostics and therapeutics, there are increasing demands on resources and healthcare budgets.For these reasons, there is a need to create adequate legal and administrative structures. There is also an increasing requirement for qualified specialised personnel and an internationally recognised high-standard training programme [1]. This is especially relevant considering the multidisciplinary nature of ICM.Bearing these developments in mind, a way to progress ICM would be to involve, among other specialties, more respiratory physicians, who can be significant care providers for critically ill respiratory patients [2].Furthermore, respiratory intermediate care units providing non-invasive monitoring and non-invasive ventilation allow for a more efficient and cost-effective management of respiratory failure patients without decreasing the quality of care or adversely affecting outcome [3], [4]. Additionally, the development of weaning centres and long-term care facilities, including home ventilation, provide important economic advantages that decrease the burden on regular intensive care units (ICUs) by reducing admissions and facilitating discharge to step-down areas [1]. As a result, the respiratory physician with specialist critical care training can provide advantages to patients in these critical care settings [2].Historically in Europe, respiratory physicians have not usually been in the forefront of assuming the care of the critically ill respiratory patient compared with other countries such as the USA [5]. However, growing interest in Europe in the role of the respiratory physician is manifested by joint consensus papers and employment of respiratory physicians in ICUs [6].To facilitate this movement, the Respiratory Intensive Care Assembly of the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the ERS Education Committee supported the creation of a Respiratory Critical Care HERMES (Harmonised Education in Respiratory Medicine for European Specialists) Task … ER -