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Every September, the CMC Poison Control Center celebrate alongside hundreds of health centers across the globe, the International Snakebite Awareness Day, aimed at drawing attention to the neglected problem of snakebite envenoming.
On 19 September this year, we mark the Fifth International Snakebite Awareness Day. Let us use this occasion to remember that one Indian dies of snakebite every five minutes. This adds up to more than 50,000 deaths each year, the majority of which occur in poor rural communities. India has the highest number of snakebite deaths in the World and all of us can join together to reduce this number to zero through prevention, improved treatments, and most of all education of communities and health providers.
It is in this spirit that we started "STING- A Post-Graduate Quiz on Toxinology and Snakebite Mitigation" last year The aim of this annual quiz is to introduce medical post-graduates to the exciting field of Clinical Toxinology and arm them with the basic principles needed to manage snakebite envenoming, other venomous bites and stings, and plant poisonings, in addition to sensitizing them to the key strategies in snakebite mitigation.
This year we bring to you the second edition of STING. We welcome y0u all to join this academic extravaganza
WHEN?
130 km from Chennai Airport
130 km from Chennai Airport
Tshrinivasan, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
6 km from Katpadi Junction
6 km from Katpadi Junction
Ir karthik 27, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE ?
All residents / fellows (including, but not limited to MD/MS/DNB/Diploma/Fellowship/DM/MCh) currently pursuing their post-graduate / specialty training are eligible to participate. Trainees who have recently completed the course on or after 01-04-2023 are also eligible to participate.
Participation will be in teams of 2, registration is to be done as a team
Only participants from the same institution are allowed to form a team
A team may be formed of members from different specialties.
The Organising team may permit a team to be formed of one resident and one post-MBBS doctor preparing for a residency/ waiting for selection. Please contact the organizing team to confirm eligibility.
Only participants who have registered online can participate. There will be no spot registrations
Participants should have a valid Identity card / Bonafide letter from the head of the Institution at the time of on-site registration
Please click below to confirm your eligibility - the decision of the Organising team will be final.
WHAT ARE THE RULES ?
There will be written preliminary round followed by an on-stage final round
5 teams will be selected for the final rounds
The quiz will be on basic science and clinical aspects of Toxinology and Snakebite Mitigation
The decision of the Quiz Master and Organising team will be final
HOW TO REGISTER ?
Registration is to be done as a team of two
Registration is free, but compulsory
The last date of registration is 10th September 2023, there will not be any spot registration
Online registration does not guarantee eligibility to participate, credentials will be verified on the day of the quiz
Valid ID card / Bonafide certificate confirming your institutional affiliation should be brought on the day of the quiz in order to be eligible to participate
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