Munich International Summer Academy of Practical Dermatology - ISA 2011.

the munich International summer Academy of Practical Dermatology – IsA 2011 will be held for the second time from July 24 till 29, 2011 in munich, Germany. Founded in 2007 by the Department of Dermatology of the Ludwig-maximilian University of munich, the first meeting was a great success with more than 700 participating dermatologists form 38 countries around the world. From 2011 on, the munich International summer Academy of Practical Dermatology stands under the auspices of the German Dermatologic society and will be held biannually with the aim to provide an intensive and compact one-week course of continuing medical education and practical training in dermatology. the clinically oriented program will encompass keynote and plenary lectures with updates from experts in various fields during morning sessions, and diverse hands-on courses, workshops, and meet-the-expert sessions in the afternoons. thus, the program will attract both young colleagues in training for advancing and broadening their dermatological skills, as well as experienced dermatologists in practice and hospitals for refreshing and updating their expertise. this concept has been inherited by the Germanspeaking version of the congress, the munich educational week for Practical Dermatology (münchner Fortbildungswoche für Praktische Dermatologie), which can proudly look back to its more than 50-year history of success having emerged to Germany’s second largest National Congress of Dermatology with more than 3500 participants in 2010. the munich International summer Academy will expand this educational platform to an international audience with english as the main official language.