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The Eris Project

The ERIS project seeks to tackle the challenge of making high-quality electrophysiology training for healthcare professionals more accessible throughout Europe through the creation of an independent educational institution: the ERIS Institute.

Cardiovascular Diseases: A Critical Challenge for Europe

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death in Europe, with cardiac arrhythmias affecting millions — particularly as the population ages.

The field of cardiac electrophysiology (EP) is advancing rapidly, with innovative technologies offering safer and more effective treatments. Yet across Europe, training for healthcare professionals is still fragmented, inconsistent, and often driven by private industry.

The Need for a Unified Educational Framework

At present, there is no unified, academically led framework that guarantees comprehensive training for professionals — one that combines theory, simulation, and laboratory-based practice.

This gap leads to:

Disparities in patient care.
Barriers to professional mobility.
Delays in adopting innovations that could save lives.

With the support of the European Commission, ERIS is co-developing an inclusive, simulation-based, and performance-certified educational model.

ERIS ensures that all healthcare professionals — wherever they are in Europe — have access to state-of-the-art training and are equipped to deliver the highest standards of cardiac care.

ERIS: Transforming Medical Education

ERIS is created to address this challenge. It is a European initiative that brings together:

Universities

Hospitals

Scientific societies

Industry (Medtech and simulators)

Patient groups

A Step Towards Equitable and Modern Medical Education

With ERIS, Europe is taking a decisive step towards equitable, modern, and excellence-driven medical education.

Objectives:

To establish an independent, flexible, and sustainable educational institution with a modern governance model that embraces open science and strengthens public-private collaboration. We unite academia, hospitals, scientific societies, and industry to deliver cutting-edge academic training across Europe, with a firm commitment to open access and knowledge sharing.
To integrate comprehensive theoretical and practical training, combining simulator-based learning and hands-on experiences within advanced clinical and research environments.
To expand and innovate simulation-based medical education by enhancing existing simulators and creating new ones. We start in the field of electrophysiology (EP), with the ambition to address a wide range of clinical scenarios and medical specialties.
To develop and secure EU-level accreditation for an academic program in interventional cardiac electrophysiology, offering the most advanced theoretical and practical training in the latest therapies.
To promote excellence and standardization in the training of electrophysiologists across Europe.
To implement objective, performance-based metrics to evaluate training outcomes, using the Proficiency-Based Progression (PBP) model tailored to each course.
To accelerate the adoption of innovative, scientifically validated procedures and technologies, ensuring that professionals stay at the forefront of medical advancements.
To enhance and equalize the quality of healthcare for all European citizens, fostering a consistent standard of excellence.
To drive meaningful innovation through structured dialogue and collaboration between patients, professionals, and industry.
To build a strong and engaged alumni community, maintaining lifelong connections with the institution.
To create a European academic network linking leading universities and fostering collaboration.
To encourage mobility and networking among healthcare professionals across Europe.
To identify the conditions for expanding the ERIS Institute model to other medical specialties, ensuring scalable and impactful growth.

The educational program and the PBP methodology

The ERIS educational program is designed to set a new benchmark in cardiac electrophysiology training. It delivers a structured, inclusive, and innovation-driven curriculum that blends clinical excellence with hands-on learning through advanced simulation technologies.

Each ERIS educational track focuses on a single innovative, scientifically validated intervention within a medical specialty, developed in collaboration with the broader ERIS ecosystem — including academia, hospitals, scientific societies, and industry partners.

At the core of ERIS is the Proficiency-Based Progression (PBP) methodology — a rigorous, data-driven approach where participants advance only after demonstrating measurable competence at each stage. Unlike traditional time-based models, PBP emphasizes outcomes and performance by integrating theoretical learning, simulation-based training, and real-world clinical experience. This methodology will be progressively implemented across all ERIS training modules. Initially, it will be validated during project execution with at least one pilot module.

The educational program is built on three key pillars:

Simulation-based training: Participants master complex cardiac electrophysiology procedures using state-of-the-art simulators before performing them in real clinical settings.
Collaborative curriculum development: The curriculum is co-created by experts from academia, industry, and scientific societies to ensure relevance and excellence.
Structured methodology: Each program follows a robust, seven-stage lifecycle, designed to guide learners from foundational knowledge to advanced clinical practice.