Working groups

Dear Colleagues,

The EFIM Multimorbidity Working Group is conducting a new survey titled:
“Feelings and Thoughts About the Role of Hospitalists: A Survey for European Internists.”

This survey aims to gather insights from internists to better understand perceptions, experiences, and expectations regarding hospitalists' roles in the multidisciplinary care of patients.

We invite all EFIM national societies to participate and share their valuable perspectives.

Dear EFIM Colleagues,

The Multimorbidity Working Group is developing Clinical Practice Guidelines for sarcopenia, focusing on the most relevant and pragmatic approaches for patients with multimorbidity.

To select the PICO questions, we highly value the invaluable input of clinicians who manage this issue daily.

We invite you to participate in a short 9-question survey designed to capture your insights and guide us in addressing key challenges in diagnosing and treating sarcopenia in in-patient clinical practice.

We are pleased to announce the next webinar organised by EFIM Multimorbidity Working Group on the topic: "Cardiovascular Disease and Depresssion" will take place on Tuesday, 18 of June from 16:00 CET.
Register now and learn from the experts: Prof. Thomas Lüscher from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London and Prof. Claudia Hackl-Zuccarella from the University Hospital in Zürich will be talking about "Heart and Depression".
The webinar will be chaired by Prof. Edouard Battegay from the International Centre for Multimorbidity and Complexity in Basel.

Dear EFIM Coleagues, Dear EFIM Members: 

Point of Care Ultrasound is a very useful tool for internists. In the recent years more and more physicians (including Internal Medicine specialists) are incorporating “insonation” in their daily practice.
The EFIM Ultrasound Working Group has prepared a short survey with the following objectives:  

Join us on May 17, 2022 for the EFIM / ME'NA-ISN Conjoint Webinar on Influenza and Multimorbidity!
The Webinar will feature lectures by prominent speakers focusing on the topic of Influenza and Multimorbidity.
Register via our ZOM link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_iZ7sHyb3RM2PBIiKhixTWw

Join a panel of thought-leaders and experts from Europe and the Americas in a discussion of lessons learned, challenges and possible solutions in the current landscape of internal medicine Point-of-Care Ultrasound.
The webinar will take place on 5 May at 5:00 PM CET and it will be moderated by Dr. Juan Torres-Macho, the Chair of EFIM Ultrasound Working Group and Dr. Irene Ma, Professor of Medicine and the John A. Buchanan Chair in General Internal Medicine at the University of Calgary.

Today, EFIM joined the 11 associations to form the European Alliance for Value in Health in order to connect different stakeholders to create conditions and inspire others. The Alliance represents a broad group of European  associations  representing patients, scientific  and  professional  societies,  healthcare  managers,  hospitals, regional health authorities and life-science industries.

We are pleased to invite you to register to the upcoming Webinar on Overdiagnosis and Low Value Healthcare organised by the EFIM Choosing Wisely.
To connect to the webinar on 12 October please click on the Zoom link below:
https://zoom.us/j/4776343293
To follow the Special presentation (Choosing Wisely International Roundtable) by Prof. Don Berwick on 13 October please make sure you register to the link below:

We are pleased to inform you that EFIM IMAGINE Working Group published their paper  "IMAGINE the future - a voice of young internists" in JAMA under the title "Sex, Gender, and Precision Medicine". Article can be accessed via JAMA website.