Background: To know the opinion of andalusian Internal Medicine (IM) residents about different subjects of their specialty, and their biomedical investigation activities.
Patients and 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.