Belgian Society of Internal Medicine

Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine
6-7 December 2024

Programme: Annual Congress of the Belgian Society of Internal Medicine

Friday, December 6, 2024
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Location: Dolce La Hulpe, Chaussee de Bruxelles 135, La Hulpe 1310, Belgium
Time: 9:00 - 17:00
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Agenda:
09:00 - 09:05: Welcome by the President

09:05 - 09:45: Lecture: Best Belgian Clinical Article in Internal Medicine 2023
“Once weekly insulin as basal insulin in diabetes”, by Chantal Mathieu

09:45: Simultaneous Workshops:

Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Introduction Ultrasound in General Internal Medicine and hands-on training
Led by: Dieter De Clerck, Filippo Annoni, Juan Pablo Herreraavila
(Limited places available)

Infectious Diseases
Immunostart: Preparing Patients for Immunosuppression by Charlotte Martin
Importance of History Taking in Diagnostic Workup of Fever Patients by Eric Florence

11:25: Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

11:45: Satellite Symposium by MSD:
Pneumococcal epidemiology, disease and prevention in Belgium
Epidemiology of pneumococcal disease in Belgium by Stefanie Desmet
Pneumococcal disease and its prevention by Johan Flamaing

12:30: Lunch and Poster Viewing

13:30: Satellite Symposium by GSK

14:15: Young Clinician's Award Session and voting

15:10: Coffee Break

15:20: Simultaneous Workshops:

Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Introduction Ultrasound in General Internal Medicine and hands-on training
Led by: Dieter De Clerck, Filippo Annoni, Juan Pablo Herreraavila
(Limited places available) Neurology
History Taking in Fever Patients by Vincent van Pesch
Neuroreumatology and Neuroinfectiology by Guy Laureys

17:00: End of Sessions

17.15: General Assembly

Saturday, December 7, 2024
Time: 9:00 – 13.00
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Agenda: (subject to change)
09:00 - 09:05: Welcome by the President

09:05 - 09:40: Lecture: Immunotherapies by Sandrine Aspeslagh

09:40 - 10:15: Lecture: Vaccination (Speaker to be confirmed)

10:15 - 10:50: Young Internists Corner
Organized by L. Wolff and M. De Moor

10:50: Coffee Break and Poster Viewing

11:15 - 11:45: Lecture: General Internal Medicine in Climate Change by Pauline Modrie

11:45 - 12:10: General Internal Medicine: Past and Future - Lecture and Panel Discussion
Led by: Grégoire Wieers, Patrick Lacor and Steven Callens

12:10 - 13:05: Young Investigator’s Session and voting

13:05 - 13:15: Professional Union Session

13:15: Award Session and Closure