This is a unique program where experts from various specialities share their knowledge, experience and good clinical practice in a concise interactive session. This short seminar is organised following the many inadequacies identified in the training of undergraduate/postgraduate students and healthcare providers with regards to snake bite envenoming management in Malaysia. This event also serves to generate interest and collaboration potentials in the research of venoms and toxins.
"Public health authorities, nationally and internationally, have given little attention to this problem, relegating snake bite envenoming to the category of a major neglected disease of the 21st century." - Guterrez JM, Theakston RD & Warrell DA. Confronting the neglected problem of snake bite envenoming: the need for global partnership. PLoS. Med 3,e150 (2006)
Objectives
1. To introduce snakes of medical importance in Malaysia
2. To introduce basic biochemistry of snake venom
3. To introduce basic pharmacology of antivenom
4. To introduce and increase awareness on the appropriate snake bite envenoming management
5. To increase awareness about the importance of conservation & protection of snakes
Who should attend
1. Students & Lecturers: Medicine / Health Sciences / Veterinary Medicine etc.
2. Healthcare providers: First aid provider / Clinicians / Pharmacists / Veterinarians etc.
3. Scientist: Biologist / Herpetologist / Pharmacologist / Taxonomist etc.
4. Interested individuals in this topic
