Received 15 February 2006; received in revised form 12 July 2006; accepted 19 September 2006.
Abstract
The European Federation of Internal Medicine (EFIM) was formed in 1996 through a merger between the Association Européenne de Médicine Interne (d' Ensemble) (AEMI(E)) and the Forum of Presidents of National Societies of Internal Medicine (IM). It arose as a result of ideas from Carcassi (Rome/Cagliari) and Merino (Alicante) to transform the largely French-speaking and rather elitist AEMI into a more easily accessible and English-speaking federation of national societies. The founding meeting of the General Assembly of the EFIM took place in May 1996 in Paris. Since then, the EFIM has initiated many activities, some of them originating from the time of the AEMI(E).
Corresponding author. Department of Internal Medicine, St. Franciscus Gasthuis, Kleiweg 500, NL 3045 PM Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 10 4616094; fax: +31 10 4612692.
1 Former President of the AEMI and the Forum of Presidents, founding Editor of the European Journal of Internal Medicine (EJIM).
2 Secretary General of EFIM, founding deputy editor of the EJIM.
3 Vice President of EFIM, former Secretary General of the AEMI and the EFIM.
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