Day 1 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)
Clinical Cases in Internal Medicine: Learning Through Practice (9:00–14:00)
During this session 20 selected case reports submitted to the Best Case Report Contest will be presented by the authors and discussed by experts.
Medical Education Forum
Session I: Assessment in medical teaching
Entrustable Professional Activity (EPA) in competency-based education
Prof. Reinold Gans
President, UEMS Section of Internal Medicine; President, European Board of Internal Medicine, The Netherlands
Using artificial intelligence as a tool for assessment in medical teaching
Prof. Tomasz Francuz
Medical University of Silesia, Poland
European medical specialist examinations: UEMS experience
Prof. Romuald Krajewski
Liaison Officer and Past President, UEMS; National Research Institute of Oncology, Poland
Panel discussion
Session II: Bedside teaching and grand rounds
Are medical grand rounds dead?
Prof. Wieslaw Oczkowski
McMaster University, Canada
Teaching procedural skills
Dr. Michał Nowakowski
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Understanding the evidence as a part of clinical reasoning
Prof. Roman Jaeschke
McMaster University, Canada
Panel discussion
Day 2 (Friday, May 12, 2023)
Welcome and introduction – Organizing Committee
Bronchiectasis: what non-specialists need to know in 2023
Prof. John Kolbe
President of ISIM, New Zealand
Session I
Cardiovascular resuscitation in 2023
Prof. Bernd W. Böttiger
University Hospital of Cologne, Germany
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: diagnosis and management
Prof. Harriette Van Spall
McMaster University, Canada
Cardiovascular assessment and management of patients undergoing non-cardiac surgery
Prof. Wojciech Szczeklik
Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland
Questions & answers
All speakers
Refreshment break
Session II
Biologics for the treatment of severe asthma
Prof. Paul O’Byrne
McMaster University, Canada
Chronic cough: advances in diagnosis and management
Prof. Imran Satia
McMaster University, Canada
When to order a chest CT scan: an evidence-based approach
Prof. Julian Dobranowski
McMaster University, Canada
Managing COPD according to GOLD 2023
Prof. Jadwiga Wedzicha
Imperial College London, UK
Questions & answers
All speakers
Lunch break
Session III
Management of adrenal incidentalomas according to current practice guidelines
Prof. Ally Prebtani
McMaster University, Canada
Kidney stones: how to diagnose and treat
Prof. Felix Knauf
Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany
Hypercalcemia: approach to diagnosis and management
Prof. Ally Prebtani
McMaster University, Canada
Vitamins in kidney disease
Prof. Jürgen Floege
RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Questions & answers
All speakers
Refreshment break
Session IV
ISIM & EASD Session: Current management of diabetes
Chair: Dr Adri Kok (South Africa), Past President of ISIM
Best clinical practice in type 1 diabetes mellitus management
Prof. Pratik Choudhary
University of Leicester, UK
Completing the change in type 2 diabetes mellitus treatment paradigm: 2022 EASD/ADA consensus report
Prof. Melanie Davies
University of Leicester, UK
Injectable therapies for type 2 diabetes mellitus: now and tomorrow
Prof. Leszek Czupryniak
Warsaw Medical University, Poland
How to manage diabetes effectively when resources are limited
Prof. Somia Iqtadar
King Edward Medical University, Pakistan
Questions & answers
All speakers
Refreshment break
Day 3 (Saturday, May 13, 2023)
Opening lecture: Non-invasive management of respiratory failure: an evidence-based approach
Prof. Simon Oczkowski
McMaster University, Canada
Session V
Antithrombotic treatment: current challenges
Prof. James Douketis
McMaster University, Canada
A practical approach to a patient with leukopenia
Prof. Madeline Verhovsek
McMaster University, Canada
Long COVID: a review of the evidence
Prof. Mark Loeb
McMaster University, Canada
Fever in a patient returning from a tropical country: diagnostic approach
Prof. Jyotirmoy Pal
R.G. Kar Medical College, India
Questions & answers
All speakers
Refreshment break
Session VI
Gut microbiota, dysbiosis and probiotics: implications for everyday practice
Prof. Hanna Szajewska
Warsaw Medical University, Poland
Current management of inflammatory bowel disease
Prof. Paul Moayyedi
McMaster University, Canada
Blood products transfusion strategies in hospitalized patients
Prof. Joanna Dionne
McMaster University, Canada
Serious skin manifestations of drug hypersensitivity
Prof. Mohannad Abu-Hilal
McMaster University, Canada
BCRC Award Ceremony
Questions & answers
All speakers
Lunch break
Session VII
Current management of acute and chronic gout
Prof. Robert McLean
Yale School of Medicine, USA
Raynaud’s phenomenon: a diagnostic approach and management
Prof. Maggie J Larché
McMaster University, Canada
Giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica spectrum disease: from diagnosis to treatment
Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta
Southend University Hospital, UK
Back pain: when to refer to surgery
Prof. Andrzej Maciejczak
Medical Faculty of the University of Rzeszów, Poland
Questions & answers
All speakers
Refreshment break
Session VIII
EFIM Session: The Multimorbid Patient
Chair: Prof. Michal Holecki (Poland), EFIM Multimorbidity Working Group
Approaching multimorbidity in clinical practice
Dr. Martha Díaz Gomez
Virgen Del Rocio University Hospital, Sevilla, Spain
Management of chronic kidney disease in patients with multimorbidity: key messages for everyday practice
Prof. Jerzy Chudek
Medical University of Silesia, Poland
Deprescribing in long term elderly care
Prof. Nandini Chatterjee
Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India
Questions & answers
All speakers
Closing remarks
Organizing Committee
