| 8.00–8.10 | Welcome and Introductions MIRCIM Co-Chairs: Prof. Akbar Panju, Prof. Paul O’Byrne, Dr. Piotr Gajewski |
| 8.10–8.30 | Cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care: key messages from new guidelines Prof. Bernd W. Böttiger (University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany) |
| 8.30–8.50 | Update on the management of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism Prof. Jeffrey Weitz (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 8.50–9.10 | How to manage anticoagulation in patients undergoing invasive procedures Prof. James Douketis (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 9.10–9.30 | Thrombosis in women Prof. Shannon Bates (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 9.30–9.50 | A practical approach to a patient with thrombocytopenia Prof. John Kelton (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 9.50–10.20 | Panel Discussion |
| 10.20–10.40 | Refreshment Break |
| 10.40–11.00 | Glomerulonephritis: an update Prof. Jürgen Floege (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany) |
| 11.00–11.20 | How to manage anemia in patients with chronic kidney disease Prof. Francesco Locatelli (University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy) |
| 11.20–11.40 | Mineral and bone disorders in chronic kidney disease: what should the internist know Prof. Jürgen Floege (RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany) |
| 11.40–12.00 | Hypertension - Facts, fiction and follies Prof. Franz H. Messerli (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City, USA) |
| 12.00–12.30 | Panel Discussion |
| 12.30–13.30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30–14.00 | How to prevent a cardiovascular event Prof. Salim Yusuf (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 14.00–14.20 | Managing NSTE acute coronary syndromes in 2016 Prof. Sanjit Jolly (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 14.20–14.40 | Acute heart failure: management according to the latest guidelines Prof. Piotr Ponikowski (Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland) |
| 14.40–14.50 | Introduction of McMaster Textbook of Internal Medicine for Course Participants Prof. Roman Jaeschke (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada)/Karolina Kopczyńska-Rojek (Medycyna Praktyczna, Poland) |
| 14.50–15.20 | Panel Discussion |
| 15.20–15.40 | Refreshment Break |
| 15.40–16.05 | Hashimoto thyroiditis and other autoimmune diseases of the thyroid gland Prof. Luigi Bartalena (University of Insubria, Varese, Italy) |
| 16.05–16.25 | Emerging approaches to the treatment of type 2 diabetes Prof. Hertzel Gerstein (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 16.25–16.50 | Bariatric surgery in diabetes and obesity Prof. Maria Tiboni (McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada) |
| 16.50–17.20 | Panel Discussion |
