ESIM 9 SINTRA Granja do Marquês 30/8 a 6/9 de 2006

ESIM 9 SINTRA Weds ARRIVAL Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Weds DEPART R E S I D E N T S A R I V E T O D A Y 7.00 pm Meet & Greet Ceremony 9.00 – WELCOME CEREMONY 9.00 – LECTURE – LECTURE 5 FULLDAYFREE-TIMEFULLDAYFREE-TIME – LECTURE – LECTURE 10 RESIDENTSDEPARTTODAYRESIDENTSDEPARTTODAY – LECTURE – COFFEE BREAK – COFFEE BREAK – COFFEE BREAK – COFFEE BREAK – COFFEE BREAK – WORKSHOP – WORKSHOP – WORKSHOP 4 (RESEARCH) – WORKSHOP 5 (ESIM ITSELF) – WORKSHOP – CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE – LECTURE – CLINICO-PATHOLOGICAL CONFERENCE – LECTURE – LUNCH – LUNCH – LUNCH – LUNCH – LUNCH – CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATIONS – CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATIONS – CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATIONS – CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATIONS – CLINICAL CASE PRESENTATIONS – TEA BREAK – TEA BREAK – TEA BREAK – TEA BREAK – TEA BREAK – LECTURE – LECTURE – LECTURE – LECTURE – CLOSING REMARKS Evening Social programme Evening Social programme CLOSING DINNER

What’s new and forthcoming in diagnostic procedures? a – New applications of PET, MRI and CT scan. b – What’s new in pathology markers, with clinical implications? c – Methods of diagnosis in new infectious diseases. d – Open to suggestions.

Emerging Diseases and new concepts of old ones. a - Old and new tropical diseases (malaria, dengue, yellow fever, schistosoma, Ebola, West of Nile, etc.). Are them related? b – New and expanding causes of anaemias. c – The new target of LDL. Based on facts or fantasy? d – Open to suggestions.

What’s new and forthcoming in therapeutics? a – New antibiotics and their indications. b – Advances in the treatment of AIDS. c – New strategies in the management of Cardiac Failure (Chris Davidson) d – Biotherapy –Present and future indications. e - New anti-thrombotic drugs – Better than old ones? f - Stem-cells: present and future applications. e – Open to suggestions.

Which models of Hospital management should we follow? WORKSHOPS a – Emergency Room – Within Internal Medicine department? b – Internal Medicine – Just another Department, or simply the core business? c – Infecciology, Rheumatology, Oncology – Sub- specialities or IM upgrade? d – Better Medicine, cheaper Medicine? e – Are intensive research programs during internship compatible with clinical training? f - How to deal with present information overload?

ESIM 8 Residents=65 Australia-2 Belgium-3 Czech-1 Denmark-5 Estonia-1 Finland-5 France-2 Germany-2 Greece-2 Hungary-1 Iceland-1 Israel-4 Italy-5 Netherlands-3 New Zealand-3 Portugal-6 Slovakia-1 Spain-4 Sweden-4 Switzerland-5 UK Glasgow-2 UK Royal London-3

ESIM 9 Fee per resident – 900€ (used to be 990€) No Pharmaceutical Industry Involved Speakers supported (only travel) by Societies Stay of all speakers on organization Transfers from airport of Lisbon to Sintra One day touristic tour Fantastic and quiet location Bring PCs and swim suite Each resident will present a poster One from each country will present a clinical case

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