The Medical Symposium - An Excellent opportunity where your research gets into limelight through a proffesional Audio visual Presentation. Immerse yourself in a vibrant exchange of ideas, broaden your horizons and showcase strong communication, leadership, networking & teamwork.
TIMELINE FOR DELEGATES
- Proposed timeline for teams to follow -
- Questionnaire, study on the chosen topic and research abstract - dates will be announced soon.
- Screening of abstract - dates will be announced soon.
- Result of short abstract - dates will be announced soon.
- Ethics committee approval letter should be submitted within one week of submission of the short abstract.
- After submission of the abstract, research work and circulation of forms should begin at the earliest.
- Work on the script for the speakers and the audiovisual content should begin at the earliest.
- Submission of long abstract (report) - dates will be announced soon.
- Finalised audiovisual video should be submitted by 29th September. Late submissions may lose points.
- Rehearsals with speakers and completed audiovisuals must begin by 27th or 28th September.
- The preliminary round will be held on Day 1 and Day 2 of OSMECON.
- The final round will be held on Day 3 of OSMECON.
- This is the proposed timeline for symposium which the delegates need to follow for maximum efficiency.
- Necessary submissions need to be made by the teams before the deadline to avoid disqualification.
- Teams will be duly informed if any change is made.
GENERAL RULES & REGULATIONS
- It is a team event - a minimum of 8 people and a maximum of 12 people per team.
- The team should have a minimum of 4 and a maximum of 6 speakers in total. Teams are advised to include at least one technical member.
- Who is eligible? MBBS undergraduates and interns.
- One team member will serve as the point of contact for registrations and symposium-related communications.
- Teams should submit a short abstract in the prescribed format by the specified deadline (abstracts submitted beyond the final date of submission will not be screened).
- Ethics committee approval must be obtained from the committee of the respective college.
- After submission of the short abstract, research or field work should begin at the earliest. To ensure smooth execution, have the script and AV content finalised well in advance.
- A long abstract containing research in the format given by the symposium team should be submitted by the given date of submission.
- Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any content sourced from articles must be properly cited with appropriate references.
- Selected teams shall participate in the preliminary round, held offline at OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
- Teams qualified in the preliminary round shall present the same audiovisual again in the final round which will be held at OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE.
- Teams advancing from the preliminary round must present the same audiovisual in the final round, which will take place at OSMANIA MEDICAL COLLEGE.