124th Congress of the German Society of Internal Medicine

The 124th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Internal Medicine has as main theme: "Internal medicine - medicine for the whole person".

With this guiding theme - it is a statement by Professor Walter Siegenthaler - it should be made clear that despite successful specialization in the areas of internal medicine, it is the holistic approach to the patients entrusted to us , who should guide our diagnostics and therapy. In parallel chronic conditions, the progression is individually different and our therapeutic approach therefore varies greatly depending on the disease.

The main topics of the congress include:1. Chronic Diseases and EBM (Trias studies, doctor experience and patient preferences) 
2. Multimorbidity and Polypharmacy 
3. Internists as part of interdisciplinary teams 
4. Rehabilitation as a link to social participation 
5. Bacteria, viruses and co peaceful coexistence to the deadly threat 
6. The brain: the interface between neurology and internal medicine 
7. Disconnected in the net - systemic diseases of the immune system 
8. Your food is your medicine 
9. Microbiome: The intestine lives and guides 
10. Nursing structures - health services research