Reflections on the current situation and the future of internal medicine in Poland.

812 I consider it purposeful that the postgraduate ed‐ ucation commence with an obligatory 2 ‐year in‐ ternship in the main fields of internal medicine, regardless of the subsequent choice of a super‐ specialty. The 2 ‐year internship should comprise: 1 a 4 ‐month internship in an intensive care unit plus emergency medicine unit 2 a 3 ‐month internship in a cardiology unit 3 a 3 ‐month internship in a gastroenterolo‐ gy unit 4 a monthly internship in a pulmonary unit 5 a 4 ‐month internship in a nephrology and metabolic diseases unit and endocrinology unit 6 a 2 ‐month internship in a neurology unit + psychiatric unit 7 a monthly internship in a hematology unit 8 a 3 ‐month internship in a pediatric unit 9 a 3 ‐month internship in a surgical unit. Each internship should end with an oral or written examination. Upon the completion of a 2 ‐year general in‐ ternship, a doctor can begin the superspecialty program. A superspecialty program may last be‐ tween 2 to 3 years (internal medicine, 3 years; surgery, 5 years; pediatrics, 3 years).