For the first time, we successfully organised an update program for Haematology at UMMC. In the end, we just grit on and organised one. For the longest time, we were contemplating doing one. One Monday afternoon, Sangkar came up with the idea, and I just got the ball rolling.
We really did not know what to expect. As it would be held on the last weekend before Ramadhan, so we were not sure how motivated the attendees might be. We also decided to advertise the event locally, and also on facebook. We ended up in the end with 80 attendees when in the original plan, we would be happy with just under 50.
We also managed to get excellent speakers in, one of them from Kota Kinabalu. We also managed to get sponsorship from a Pharmaceutical company for food and drinks. We did the logistics and invitations ourselves in the end. I was glad that it worked out fine, although I wished that we got a bigger hall and one with lighter air conditioning - it was Dewan Pulasari at RUKA. It was way too cold!
We would definitely be holding something similar in the future. The topics would be more focused as well I hoped. Maybe twice yearly? Anything more than that might be difficult with other meetings going on. After the meeting, I must say I was quite knackered, ending up taking a long nap later that afternoon!
