title: [What do the internal medicine residents of Anadalusia think of their specialty? Survey results].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  To know the opinion of andalusian Internal Medicine (IM) residents about different subjects of their specialty, and their biomedical investigation activities.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire with codified answers, facilitated to 64 IM residents of Andalusia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  69% of residents referred that IM was the specialty they wished to adhere at first choice. A 61% of residents would advice choosing IM as specialty to physicians with the exams for becoming a resident just passed. Best merit of IM for 89% of people was the global sight of the patient, and worst one for 37.5% was its tendency to fragmentation. 47% of residents consider that the role of the specialty will grow in the future.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our questionnaire reflects some of the contradictions that IM as a specialty is living, and probably show the rely of future internists to some future propositions about the specialty.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital de Poniente, El Ejido, Almería.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Zambrana García
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Díez García
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Martín Escalante
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rivera Cívico
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delgado Fernández
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cruz Caparrós
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salas Coronas
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004501:Education, Medical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine / Q000193:education* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008511:Medicine / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013030:Spain; D013038:Specialization