State-of-the-art of clinical immunology in Europe.

In many of our Universities, young medical students are wondering what they should do if they want to become Medical Immunologists, what kind of work it is, what they could expect from such training. If some countries have, and mostly recently, nearly settled a path for such students, much remains to be done in many European Universities and Hospitals to provide a well defined and comprehensive image of what we all believe is a great profession. With this goal in mind, a group of European representatives of Immunological Societies, under the patronage of EFIS, has begun a constructive reflection on Medical Immunology. Here is a state of the art of the situation in European countries, and the common core that we agree defines Medical Immunology, what it should be and how training should be provided to future Medical Immunologists