Program

Day 1 (Thursday, May 9, 2024)

Conference Centre Faculty of Medicine
Jagiellonian University Medical College
ul. św. Łazarza 16, 31-530 Kraków
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9:00-18:00

Session A: Clinical Cases in Internal Medicine: Learning Through Practice

During this session 20 selected case reports submitted to the Best Case Report Contest will be presented by the authors and discussed by world-renowned experts.

Session B: Medical Education Forum

Session under auspices of the Society of Bedside Medicine

8 presentations with Q&A panels

Challenges and opportunities to giving feedback at the bedside

Prof. Maja Artandi

Co-President of the Society of Bedside Medicine, Stanford University, USA

The 10 Minute Moment: A tool to assess physical examination skills at the bedside

Prof. Stephen Russell

Co-President of the Society of Bedside Medicine, University of Alabama, USA

Challenges and opportunities to teaching and assessing physical examination skills in undergraduate medical education

Prof. Janet Record

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Workshops

Parallel to Sessions A and B

Day 2 (Friday, May 10, 2024)

ICE Kraków Congress Centre
ul. Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków
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8:30-18:00
 

Opening lecture: Artificial intelligence in medicine: Where we are now and what future may bring

Prof. Dan Perri

Canada

Session I: Current management of arterial hypertension
Session under the auspices of the European Society of Hypertension
Chairs: Prof. Guido Grassi (Italy), Prof. Andrzej Januszewicz (Poland)

Thresholds for initiation of antihypertensive treatment and targets for the treatment

Prof. Giuseppe Mancia

Italy

General recommendations for drug treatment in hypertension

Prof. Reinhold Kreutz

Germany

Perioperative management of hypertension and hypertensive emergencies

Prof. Lorenza Maria Muiesan

Italy

Management of hypertension in patients with cardiac diseases

Prof. Konstantinos Tsioufis

Greece

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Session II: Cardiology and Hematology

Acute coronary syndromes management: 2024 update

Prof. Vijay Kunadian

UK

Endocarditis: current management according to the latest practice guidelines

TBA

Antithrombotic treatment: 2024 update

Prof. James Douketis

Canada

Hypereosinophilia: A practical approach for internists

Prof. Florence Roufosse

Belgium

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Session III: Rheumatology and Nephrology
International Society of Internal Medicine (ISIM) session
Chair: Prof. Virginia Hood (USA)

Sharpening rheumatological diagnoses with point-of-care rheumatology ultrasonography (POCRUS)

Prof. Bhaskar Dasgupta

UK

Treating osteoarthritis: What works and what doesn’t work

Prof. Sharon L. Kolasinski

USA

Inflammatory rheumatic disease: When to search for malignancy

Prof. Kim Legault

Canada

Nephrology update 2024

Prof. Jürgen Floege

Germany

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Session IV: The Multimorbid Patient
European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM) session
Chair: EFIM Multimorbidity Working Group

Prescription appropriateness: A case-based practical tool

Prof. Jan Václavík

Czech Republic

Frequent clinical scenarios for deprescribing in elderly patients with multimorbidity

Prof. Annette Kürrle

Germany

Managing osteoporosis in patients with comorbidities

Prof. Alexandra Papaioannou

Canada

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Day 3 (Saturday, May 11, 2024)

ICE Kraków Congress Centre
ul. Marii Konopnickiej 17, 30-302 Kraków
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8:30-18:00
 

Opening lecture: Medical cannabis 2024 update: Benefits and dangers

Prof. Kevin Hill

USA

Session V: Gastroenterology

Managing gastroesophageal reflux disease: The state of the art

Prof. Paul Moayyedi

Canada

Functional abdominal pain: How to diagnose and treat

TBA

Prevention and management of bleeding and thrombosis in patients with liver disease

TBA

Current management of chronic pancreatitis

Prof. Marianna Arvanitakis

Belgium

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Session VI: Endocrinology and Diabetology
Chair: Dr. Adri Kok (South Africa)

Young-onset diabetes in adults: How to diagnose and treat

Prof. Leszek Czupryniak

Poland

Assessment and treatment of diabetic emergencies

Prof. René Rodríguez-Gutiérrez

Mexico

Hyponatremia: An approach to diagnosis and management

Prof. Ally Prebtani

Canada

Best Case Report Contest – Award Ceremony

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Session VII: Pulmonology and Intensive Care

Acute dyspnea: Emergency management

Prof. Simon Oczkowski

Canada

Asthma exacerbations management

Prof. Paul O’Byrne

Canada

Sepsis management: Practical tips for nonintensivists

Prof. Bram Rochwerg

Canada

Anaphylaxis and other life-threatening allergic emergencies: Current management

Prof. Derek Chu

Canada

Questions & Answers

All speakers

Session VIII: Infectious Diseases

Endocarditis: Current management according to the latest practice guidelines

Prof. Margarita Brida

Croatia

Current challenges in infectious diseases: What a non-specialist should know

Prof. Zain Chagla

Canada

Signs and symptoms of tropical infections as clues for the diagnosis in the returned traveler

TBA

Unravelling travel vaccination

Prof. Somia Iqtadar

Pakistan

Questions & Answers

All speakers


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