So now it’s over

It’s been a little over a week since Great Expectations…I must admit I am already beginning to have difficulty recalling all the great things I learned and heard and experienced. They say the olfactory sensation is the best trigger for remembering, maybe we could all have computers that emit certain scents to help trigger memories or to encourage us to get back to work, whatever it is…I would have a trigger of the Chicago night air, the smell of a hotel conference room, and some coffee.

Mmmmm..... breakfast.

And at the end of all that it would remind me that I took away great things from a great conference.

I think that hard thing about conferences is the surrealistic environment that permits us to escape work and focus on learning is the same surreality that prevents us from fully translating our findings back to our work place. They feel like completely different learning examples. The other thing is that, quite simply, life is busy. We are all involved in our careers, our homes, our families, and our lives – where does one find time to really contemplate how to bring it all home? Some things are easy, like fitting a colleague’s protocol to your workplace kinetic conundrum, but other learning is harder to figure out exactly how to integrate into your site. I think about some of the things I heard other people doing and saying, even Lloyd’s message – how do I make that work where I am? Even this blog, how do I make this work? How do I fit it into a normal day? How would other practitioners fit it into their day?
Maybe ya’all out there have suggestions?

A couple of things I want to say about the conference:

• Yes, I would go back (but attend different programming) – it’s worthwhile.



• Speed-networking was my favorite.

New practitioners speed-network with ASHP President Janet Silvester. Pretty cool.

• Thank you to my two dinner companions on Saturday evening - I really enjoyed our conversation.



• Susan Goodin was awesome moderating Clinical Pearls!
  
  

Susan Goodin cracks a joke while moderating Clinical Pearls.

I thought overall the conference was pretty stellar. Thank you to the ASHP staff for a job well-done (you know who you are). Thank you to Henri Manasse Jr. and Janet Silvester for your time and encouragement!

Thank you to everyone who attended and made the conference great. Thank you for your feedback so this conference can continue to get better.

Hope to see you at the Midyear Clinical Meeting in VEGAS BABY YEAH!!!!