the SEMI organizes its summer school III of internal medicine, reflection of its commitment to the improvement of the training of residents in the specialty.

organized by the training group of the Spanish society of internal medicine (SEMI) in collaboration with all the groups of work of the society.

-meeting professionals address updates to pathologies prevalent in internal medicine as the cardiovascular, infectious, diseases of the respiratory system of the elderly, systemic, etc; as well as aspects rela genres with the ethics and quality management care.

-sessions dedicated to clinical bioethics, in particular, to the limitation of the therapeutic effort, as well as workshops for mechanical ventilation not invasive and introduction to clinical ultrasound, are some of the main attractions of this course.

-The summer school – funded in its entirety by the SEMI and the different regional societies – will also feature the participation of residents of the Portuguese society of internal medicine.

round, July 2010. –The Spanish society of medicine internal (SEMI), faithful to its commitment in favour of the improvement in the training of specialists, aims to promote scientific and educational activities of the residents to facilitate their inclusion in the draft of the working groups. Proof of this is the summer school III of internal medicine, which organizes the training group, in collaboration with the working groups of the society, in the Palace of congresses and exhibitions of Ronda (Malaga), headquarters until on July 2 of the course.

the summer school of internal medicine began two years ago and since its first edition, was born with the desire to be an enabling space for the exchange of professional experience and scientific knowledge of topical, forming an environment of peaceful coexistence between students and teachers to turn ”, indicates the DRA. White Pinilla, Coordinator of the training panel of the SEMI. The main objective of the Organizing Committee is creating a space for reflection not only on the more technical aspects and most current specialty, but also above professional and educational issues that concern us ”.

directed to residents of internal medicine in recent years, R4 and R5, the school will address topics as current and relevant as systemic cardiovascular, respiratory, infectious diseases, the elderly and aspects related to ethics and quality management clinic.

to this end, the scientific program includes conferences of experts, clinical case sessions taught by own residents with practical workshops and clínico-patológicas conferences discussed by themselves, all of this in the hands of experts in the field. In addition, organized working groups that will be discussed issues of training.

is intended to also residents make learning clinical skills with a practical approach through participation in workshops, such as mechanical ventilation noninvasive and introduction to clinical ultrasound. Also acquiring transversal skills to the content of the specialty, as the aspects related to clinical bioethics, in particular in this Edition, the limitation of the therapeutic effort. It is of interest, also the agenda on quality and clinical management, which includes the talk with the expert on clinical safety.


commitment to continuous training.

the III summer school, which has been funded in whole by the SEMI and the regional society of internal medicine, with the participation of 70 residents, of which five belong to the Portuguese society of internal medicine (SPMI).

at this meeting, the role played by residents themselves, whose participation is necessary condition for the success of the school. They are not only attendees, but that they would participate in a manner very actively in the activities. Thus, part of the program is taught by residents themselves. Also, together with them, among the professors engaged expert members of the different working groups of the SEMI ”, says the DRA. Pinilla.

the SEMI is committed to participate in the formation of our residents, and medicine summer school internal are an example of this. It is intended that they are aware of the latest diagnostic and therapeutic advances of diseases prevalent in internal medicine. Also, to facilitate their tools that will help them to improve the presentation and discussion of clinical cases, structure and defend a diagnostic hypothesis in the clínico-patológicas Conference, acquire skills clinics and also cross-cutting as the related to bioethics(write a curriculum or aspects of the training, etc.). Nevertheless, sharing experiences and medical knowledge between the students and faculty ”, concludes the DRA. Pinilla.