Welcome to the SCFHS–MIRCIM portal, which is brought to you through a unique partnership between the Scientific Board of Internal Medicine at the Saudi Commission for Health Specialties (SCFHS), the McMaster University Department of Medicine, and the McMaster International Review Course in Internal Medicine (MIRCIM).
On this website you can review over 10 hours of specific lecture recordings from the 3rd McMaster International Review Course in Internal Medicine (MIRCIM 2017), which took place in Kraków, Poland on 12–13 May 2017. The lectures were delivered by outstanding experts, from authors of clinical practice guidelines to researchers behind the breakthrough trials that shape the modern standards in medicine. In addition, lectures from MIRCIM 2015 and 2016 can be conveniently accessed from the SCFHS–MIRCIM portal.
The content on this website has been released specifically for physicians associated with SCFHS to deliver up-to-date and reliable knowledge that is useful to general internists, subspecialists, hospitalists, family physicians, residents and fellows in training specialising in internal medicine.
We also invite you to explore and use McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine. It is the first Canadian textbook of internal medicine developed at McMaster University, the birthplace of problem-based learning (PBL) and evidence-based medicine (EBM), and one of the leading medical schools in the world. Covering the essential fields of internal medicine, the textbook is aimed at answering the needs of medical professionals as well as residents and students who seek access to updated, verified medical knowledge useful in everyday practice.
As a fully electronic resource, McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine takes advantage of the digital format to supplement the text with additional materials, such as lectures, talks, and reviews. On the textbook website you can also review a full archive of lectures from MIRCIM 2015 and 2016.
We sincerely hope that you find these resources useful in your continued medical education and professional development.
Dr. Fahad Ibrahim Al Sohaibani
Chairman, Scientific Board of Internal Medicine
Saudi Commission for Health Specialities
Dr. Riyadh Al Sehli
Deputy Chairman, Scientific Board of Internal Medicine
Saudi Commission for Health Specialities
Dr. Paul O’Byrne
Dean and Vice-President, McMaster University
Dr. Akbar Panju
Acting Chair (May 2017), Department of Medicine, McMaster University
Dr. Piotr Gajewski
Co-Chair, MIRCIM
