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Life at the SLMA: A turning point of my life

Dr.Sasangi Alwis’s cherished moments with the SLMA family...

Icompleted my MBBS in 2017 and had just started my career as a junior doctor when I joined the SLMA.

I started working there during my pre-intern period as project coordinator. After working and studying mostly in a clinical setup during the final year, this was a welcome change for me. I was with SLMA for nearly a year and that period was a turning point of my life.

The SLMA Run & Walk is one of the most highlighted events in the SLMA calendar which attracts medical doctors as well as a vast non-medical crowd.

I had attended this event many times as a medical student but organizing the event with the SLMA team was a novel experience. It gave me the opportunity to work with stakeholders from different entities.

It was a fun filled event as well as an effective public awareness campaign for health education.

The main focus of the SLMA events calendar is the Annual Academic Sessions.

It an international event held in grand scale and gathers resource persons and participants from throughout the world.

Taking part in organizing this event has given me so much experience. It was a golden opportunity to work under giants in medical profession and to learn from them.

The sessions cover many branches in medicine, and therefore I got a broad outlook on many aspects of medicine. Also this is a great platform for researchers to present their papers and get published.

Apart from the annual sessions SLMA organizes numerous academic programs throughout the year. Among these are the Foundation Sessions, monthly clinical meetings and many workshops.

I attended many of these and gained CPD points which will aid my career as a doctor.

The SLMA is well known for its social events. The Doctors’ Concert was and still is one of my fondest memories.

It was an enthralling event where medical students, junior doctors and our loving teachers along with their families performed on the same stage and enjoyed to the fullest. The SLMA dinner dance is another such event that I look forward to every year. It is a pleasure to dance throughout the night to the beat of oldies, forgetting the busy lifestyles at least once a year. For me, the SLMA was not just ‘work’; it was like a second family. I absolutely enjoyed the time there, while gaining so much for my professional and personal development. I invite all of the young doctors who are entering the medical profession to join the SLMA early in your career. I am certain that you will never regret this as the SLMA is a place where you will learn something new everyday and aid you to become a better professional in every aspect.

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