Shows
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #284 Dr Santhosh Mathew - Navigating the New World of NeuroscienceRecorded on 12 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Santhosh MathewNeuroscience has progressed rapidly, revealing the brain’s capacity for change throughout life. Advances in technology and genetics have enriched our insight, bridging neurology and psychiatry, and emphasising the uniqueness of thought and behaviour.As neuroscience shapes medicine, education and commerce, it raises ethical and societal questions. Understanding the brain’s intricacies leads us to consider free will, accountability, and the persistent puzzle of cause and effect, reminding us knowledge remains provisional and growing.For thos...
2026-02-1254 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #267 Dr Mike Chupp - Scripture Memory - Why, How, When and What?Recorded on 2 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mike ChuppDiscover the life-changing power of committing God’s Word to heart, understand why it matters, learn effective methods for memorization, and explore what passages to focus on.Whether you’re a student, resident, or consultant in practice (as a new or seasoned believer), gain tools to integrate Scripture memory into daily life and grow in faith, wisdom, and spiritual resilience. Equip yourself to know, live, and share God’s truth.Mike Chupp graduated with a pre-me...
2025-10-0255 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #266 Dr Alex Bolek - Healthcare amid civil wars & conflictsRecorded on 25 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Alex BolekThe healthcare system and its service delivery are one of the vital systems in any given country the interruption of which is disastrous. The healthcare system has seven pillars:Human resources for healthHealth financingAccess to medicines and medical suppliesLeadership and managementHealth infrastructureCoordination with health partnersHealth information systemsCivil wars and conflict affect all these pillars and therefore the whole healthcare system. In this webinar, we will describe the impact of civil wars and conflict on the healthcare...
2025-09-2655 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #265 Dr Chris Steyn - Discipling doctors and dentistsRecorded on 18 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Chris SteynNational fellowships of doctors and dentists are at a turning point. To spark a disciple-making movement, we need a paradigm shift—moving beyond "more of the same" to a vibrant, integrated approach that equips every believer to multiply disciples. Join the ICMDA/HCFI for an exclusive webinar inspired by the principles of Disciple Making Movements, tailored for medical professionals passionate about putting their faith into practice.What You'll Discover:A Comprehensive Approach: Learn how to sea...
2025-09-1857 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #261 Prof Hyunmi Park - The 2026 ICMDA World CongressRecorded on 21 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Hyunmi ParkThe 18th ICMDA World Congress is due to be held in Jeju Island, South Korea on 30 June - 5 July 2026. It is ICMDA's flagship event held every four years which brings together all its national member bodies for a week of fellowship, biblical teaching in Christian discipline and healthcare practice, worship, collaboration and a mutual exchange of ideas.The congress theme is Building God's Kingdom amongst the Broken.Join us to hear about the plans and op...
2025-08-2949 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #253 Dr Shari Falkenheimer - Life coaching: What is it and how can it help me?Recorded on 26 June 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Shari Falkenheimer Athletes hoping to become Olympians need a coach to maximize their performance. Life coaching, like athletic coaching, helps a person or group improve in an area of interest or concern. It is based on the fact that the person or group knows themselves, their situation, and their options best. The life coach helps them explore actions to take to deal with the situation.Individual and life coaching is increasingly being used by healthcare professionals and organizations to...
2025-06-2652 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #247 Rev Bert Jones - Leadership myth bustersRecorded on 15 May 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rev Bert Jones There are so many myths that exist in leadership development today. These widely held false beliefs are often passed down from leaders for generations and negatively impact our understanding and effectiveness in leadership. Even in healthcare settings, these leadership myths have trained many of our leaders.In this ICMDA leadership webinar Bert Jones explains these widely held leadership myths and exposes the truth about these misunderstandings. The goal is to equip healthcare professionals with these insights to m...
2025-05-1556 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #237 Dr Mark Pickering - Lessons from the early UK Christian Medical MovementRecorded on 6 March 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mark PickeringThe founding General Secretary of CMF UK, Dr Douglas Johnson, said ‘it is inexcusable for a Christian to neglect history’. The Bible itself is essentially an historical narrative, recorded so that we, many years later, can ‘learn the lessons of history’ – to be encouraged by the examples (and frailties) of those who went before us, and perhaps to avoid some of their mistakes.What can we learn from those UK Christian doctors, nurses and students who changed history in...
2025-03-0655 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #236 Dr Vinod Shah - Hinduism and the New AgeRecorded on 27 February 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Vinod ShahSince 2015 Hinduism has again changed and is called Sanatan dharma and is becoming more muscular and politically influential. The success of Hindus worldwide - the large number of Hindu CEOs in industries and lots of Hindus in the Government in western countries and their increasing influence has led to this change.After coming to Christian faith from a Jain background, Dr Vinod Shah's passion is serving God through Medical Mission. He did his M.B.B.S, M.S & M.Ch...
2025-02-2752 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #231 Dr Santhosh Mathew - Distance education in healthcare managementRecorded on 23 January 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Santhosh Mathew
For more on the Diploma in Healthcare Management visit https://icmda.net/resources/i-pgdhcm/
The lack of trained healthcare managers and leaders who can efficiently manage healthcare institutions in resource limited settings is well known. The recent pandemic highlighted the critical need for strong healthcare systems and effective leadership.
To address this need, a 2-year online Post-Graduate Diploma in Health Care Management is being developed. This webinar will address the why and how of the planned Post-Graduate Diploma...
2025-01-2446 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #229 Dr Jean-Paul Dansou - Building a strong Christian familyRecorded on 9 January 2025 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Jean-Paul Dansou
This Webinar is about how to build a strong family. We believe that family is the first cell of every society - weak families make weak nations.
Building strong families is a powerful means to prepare a better new generation.
Based on US research we plan to share six characteristics of strong families and some practical frameworks to build a strong family.
Dr Jean-Paul is a radiologist based in Lome, the capital of TOGO, at...
2025-01-1056 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #228 Dr Vinod Shah - Healthcare Mission in India: Trends, Challenges, and OpportunitiesRecorded on 19 December 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Vinod Shah
In addressing problems, we often take a forward approach—assessing strengths and weaknesses (e.g., SWOT) before moving to strategic planning. In this session, however, I am adopting a different method: working backward from the desired impact.
I have identified 10 interconnected health-related impact categories that could transform India's healthcare landscape. The audience will then explore how they can contribute to one or more of these areas. No specific model is prescribed—whether it’s a mission hospital, clinic...
2025-01-0954 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #225 Dr Alex Bolek - Establishing new national movementsRecorded on 28 November 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Alex Bolek
ICMDA has eight strategic priorities. Two of these priorities are: ‘Establishing new movements’ and ‘Strengthening existing movements.’ This is comparable to the small church fellowships established in different regions mentioned in the Book of Acts:
“Then the church(es) throughout Judea, Galilee and Samaria enjoyed a time of peace. It was strengthened; and encouraged by the Holy Spirit, it grew in numbers, living in the fear of the Lord” (Acts 9:31).
In this Scripture we see that the churches...
2024-11-2852 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #220 Dr Alex Bolek - The State of the Church in AfricaRecorded on 17 October 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Alex Bolek
Africa has a special place in the Bible. For instance, Patriarchs like Abraham visited Africa and Simon of Cyrene who carried Jesus’ cross were African. The first European missionaries arrived in the continent as early as 1490. Africa is emerging as the “Centre of gravity of Christianity”.
Research predicts Africa to have the largest majority of Christian population by 2060, with four in ten Christians living in the continent. The Church in Africa is currently facing challenges like growth withou...
2024-10-1755 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #9 Dr Pablo Martínez - Hope and patience embrace each otherRecorded on 21 May 2020 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Pablo Martínez
Dr Pablo Martínez is a psychiatrist and he currently works at a private practice in Barcelona. He develops a wide ministry as lecturer and teacher in many European countries on topics like “Mind and faith”, “The therapeutic value of the Gospel in emotional problems” or “Taking care of yourself”. His books dealing with such issues have been translated into 16 languages. He served the International Christian Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA) as one of its vice presidents.
To listen live to future ICMDA webina...
2024-07-0157 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #204: Dr Lars Ljungström - Resourcing Ukrainian doctors – a story of hopeRecorded on 27 June 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Lars Ljungström
This webinar is about how, soon after the Russian full scale invasion of Ukraine, the Lord put together a most unlikely combination of five actors in order to support doctors and patients in Ukraine with large quantities of highly needed drugs.
It is also about the fact that God uses very ordinary persons, which hopefully can serve as an encouragement to many other fellow Christians.
The Christian Medical Association of Sweden, KLM, has had contact with t...
2024-06-2757 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #200 Dr Andy Bannister - Answering Muslim friends and colleaguesRecorded on 30 May 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with Dr Andy Bannister
Muslims are wonderfully easy people with whom to start conversations about faith. But when we try and share our faith with Muslim friends and colleagues, how do we answer the questions or objections they raise about Christianity?
In this webinar, Dr Andy Bannister will draw on his 25 years experience of conversations with Muslims to help us understand the common questions Muslims ask, why ask them, and how we can share the gospel through them.
2024-05-301h 03ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #43 Dr Vinod Shah - Sacred Secular dichotomies and healthcare missionRecorded on 4 February 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Vinod Shah
A set of three sacred/secular dichotomies are being presented that have caused schism in our understanding of life and mission including medical mission. These are:
The Heaven and Earth dichotomy(the primary dichotomy)
Body and Soul dichotomy
Sacred and Secular work dichotomy
These in turn have caused many other dichotomies such as evangelism/social action dichotomy, love/sex dichotomy, and ministry/family/work dissociation.
Integration of these dichotomies can make us...
2024-05-1056 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #192 Dr Emil Shehadeh - Attitudes to women: Christianity v IslamRecorded on 4 April 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Felicia Wong chairs a webinar with Dr Emil Shehadeh
Emil Shehadeh was born in Israel and educated mainly in the UK, achieving BSc Hons (Medical Biology), MSc (Biochemistry), MB ChB (Medicine), and a Diploma in Dermatology and MRCGP. Growing up in Israel, he accompanied his parents all over Galilee, spreading the Gospel amongst all communities including Muslims. He also worked with Child Evangelism Fellowship and OM. In the early 1990s, he co-founded an Arabic Church in Cardiff, S Wales. He practiced as a GP (Family Physician and a...
2024-04-0451 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #191 Dr Patti Francis - Supporting Women Physicians and DentistsRecorded on 28 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Felicia Wong chairs a webinar with Dr
Patti Francis
Women have become a large sector of medical and dental schools since the mid 80s. Before that time, it was tough for women to be accepted in these fields. God created us male and female and we each bring different gifts to the field of medicine.
This webinar will explore those gifts and needs of women within CMDA US. The organization saw the need to address these needs. This webinar will share that journey of how CMDA...
2024-03-2853 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #190 Kallie Fell - Eggsploitation: Trading on the female bodyRecorded on 21 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Kallie Fell.
The infertility industry around the globe has grown to a multi-billion dollar business changing the modern family and profiting off of a women’s body. Through film, this presentation will explore third-party reproduction with a specific focus on the main commodity: human eggs. It’s no secret that young women all over the world are solicited by ads—via college campus bulletin boards, social media, and online classifieds—offering thousands of dollars for their “donated” eggs, to “help make someone’s dream come true.”...
2024-03-2154 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #189 Jeffrey Pang - Sex, Porn and the ChurchRecorded on 14 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Jeffrey Pang.
This talk delves into the pervasive use of pornography within church communities, acknowledging the growing concern and the need for awareness. It explores the harmful effects of pornography on mental health, relationships, and spiritual well-being. The discussion also delves into the neuroscience of pornography addiction, shedding light on its impact on the brain.
Additionally, the talk addresses the role of the church in combating this issue, emphasizing the importance of open dialogue, education, and fostering a supportive environment...
2024-03-1452 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #188 Dr Pablo Martínez Vila - Prayer and personalityRecorded on 7 March 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Pablo Martínez Vila.
Prayer is the highlight of our spiritual life, but we are more than just "spirits", we are a unity of body, mind and spirit. Our personality and temperament have a great influence on our spiritual life and our prayer life in particular. This is why it is important to get to know how the weak and strong points of our personality affect the way we pray. Extroverts, for example, preferring action, will struggle to have a regular pr...
2024-03-0753 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #187 Prof John Wyatt - Intergenerational FriendshipRecorded on 29 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Wyatt.
We live in a sex-saturated culture and it seems obvious that romance and sex provide the most powerful, vital and fulfilling aspects of human living. By comparison non-sexual friendship can seem either weak and unimportant, or potentially abusive.Yet the Bible celebrates committed covenantal friendship. How can we re-imagine Gospel-shaped friendship in the sexually obsessed and suspicious world in which we live?What are the red flags that indicate when friendship is going wrong and how...
2024-02-2958 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #186 Richard Cunningham - Evangelism in the Western UniversityRecorded on 22 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Richard Cunningham
University is often considered the last 'best' opportunity to become a Christian - it is a mission field that is ripe for the harvest. This webinar will consider some of the challenges facing university evangelism, including current attitudes and culture wars, how we can best understand today's students and identity issues, free speech and censorship, and what having a biblical empathy for students might look like.
Richard has been Director of UCCF: the Christian Unions since early 2004. Immediately prior to that he...
2024-02-2255 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #185 Andy Bannister - How to talk about Jesus without looking like an idiotRecorded on 15 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Andy Bannister
How to talk about Jesus without looking like an idiot is a no-nonsense, panic-free guide to having natural conversations with your friends and family about your faith.
This webinar will explore why you don’t need to be afraid or uncomfortable, the four questions that help people open up, the five steps to respond to tough questions, and how to effortlessly bring faith into a conversation. It doesn’t need to be awkward.
Everyday conversations that open the door...
2024-02-1656 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #183 Doug Fountain & Carolyn O'Brien - Mapping Christian healthcare assetsRecorded on 1 February 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Doug Fountain & Carolyn O'Brien
Informing Advocacy: Filling Gaps in Data About the Christian Health Landscape
Christian health assets are sometimes overlooked or excluded from programs that strengthen health systems, train health workers, conduct research, and fund services. This is in part because governments, donors, and partners lack quality data about the scope, scale and location of such assets.
The Christian Health Asset Mapping Consortium (CHAMC) is a voluntary association of several of the world’s largest Christian networks th...
2024-02-0159 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #182 Dr Daniel O'Neill - Research & Writing in the Literature as a Christian CallingRecorded on 25 January 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill & Dr Elliott Larson
This webinar covers the Christian missional call to discern truth and share evidence in the literature. We will touch on measuring and evaluating results that matter, doing literature searches, the various types of research, and the process of writing up scholarly papers for publication.
Daniel O’Neill, MD, MTh is founder and managing editor of Christian Journal for Global Health, a scholarly multi-disciplinary journal. He is a writer and co-editor of the book All Creation Groans: Tow...
2024-01-2556 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar#181 Dr Trevor Stammers - Organ donation euthanasiaRecorded on 18 January 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers.
In every country which has legalised euthanasia, organ donation following euthanasia has also been legalised eventually. In Canada, organ removal was integrated to the euthanasia practice from the very start. The utilitarian case for it is overwhelming logical - if it is ethical to allow doctors to end a patient's life to relieve their suffering, then giving that patient the opportunity to save other lives naturally follows. This seminar will explore how organ donation euthanasia has grown, es...
2024-01-1855 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar#180 Dr Walt Larimore - Becoming an Everyday Missionary in HealthcareRecorded on 11 January 2024 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Walt Larimore.
Christians often consider missionaries to be those who depart for another region or country to share the gospel. However, Scripture teaches that we are to be flavorful salt and attractive light everyday where God already has us.
The Biblical principles for everyday missionaries are surprisingly simple and fruitful — an easy yoke indeed. In fact, Jesus is already doing everything necessary to make your daily participation as His everyday missionary stunningly effective.
Don’t miss this webi...
2024-01-1255 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #179 Greg Downes - Celebrating Christmas - Using the festive season for evangelismRecorded on 14 December 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Greg Downes.
Greg Downes is the Director of Kingfisher Ministries and has had the joy of preaching on all six (inhabited) continents, but not yet to the penguins of Antarctica.
He is an evangelist and practical theologian and gifted and humorous communicator whose talks are an unusual mix of biblical exegesis, story telling, theology and kingdom testimony.
Greg is the Theologian and Missioner of St Mary's Cogges, Witney. He was until recently the Dean of the...
2023-12-1455 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar178: Dr Emil Shehadeh - Why Muslims become ChristiansRecorded on 7 December 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Emil Shehadeh
Emil Shehadeh is a semi-retired family physician born in Galilee and educated mainly in the UK. His parents were Arabic-speaking evangelists. His surrogate parents in the UK were also evangelicals, Dad an ordained Anglican vicar and a lecturer at London Bible College (now LST) in comparative religions, with an interest in Islam.
Emil has always maintained an interest in Islam. He has written numerous books to help equip Christians to reach Muslims for Christ. He has a P...
2023-12-0753 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #177 Andrea Williams - Transgenderism and civil libertiesRecorded on 30 November 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Andrea Williams.
Transgenderism, as a legal concept, has dramatically affected Western Culture as few other things have over the last decade. Often, the term is ill defined and conflated with gender identity ideology, leading to an overly broad interpretation which has impacted education, employment law, safe spaces for women, religious freedom, child safeguarding, female athletics, freedom of expression and many other aspects of life.
This talk will focus on the lived experiences of the Christian Legal Centre, w...
2023-11-301h 00ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #176 Dr Paul Saba - Euthanasia: Lessons from CanadaRecorded on 23 November 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Saba.
Dr. Paul Saba will present on the subject of his book entitled "Made to Live", a book that presents Euthanasia, Assisted Suicide, and Abortion from a Christian and Medical Ethics perspective. The purpose of this book is "to remind everyone how precious life is... {and} reject the new mythology that life is only a disposable commodity... {because} we are made to live..."
Paul Saba, M.D. is a physician who has studied, trained, and worked in Canada and the...
2023-11-2350 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #175 Dr Benjamin Chang - Apologetics in a Post-Truth WorldRecorded on 16 November 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Ben Chang.
The last few decades have seen the influence of postmodernism sweep the Western World. Today, evidence and reason are trumped by personal convictions and people’s “lived experience”. Fake news stories consistently travel faster and wider than true news stories online. And traditional authority figures are often viewed with automatic suspicion. How can Christians engage with apologetics and defending our faith, when our post-truth culture no longer submits to the authority of reason and evidence? Do we now need a new ki...
2023-11-171h 01ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #174 Dirk Jongkind - Are the New Testament Documents Reliable?Recorded on 9 November 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dirk Jongkind.
The books of the New Testament were all written in the first century and have since been copied by countless scribes. The original physical manuscripts written by the apostles have all long perished, so we have to do with copies.
However, as happens when a text is copied, errors can creep in and this has happened with the New Testament, as the footnotes in any modern translation will tell us.
But of course...
2023-11-091h 01ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #173 Drs Rajni & Naro - Engaging with marginalised communities
Recorded on 2 November 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Rajni Herman & Moanaro Ao.
New Delhi, the capital of India, is the hub where people from all walks of life migrate in search of a better future and a better tomorrow. For many, this step proves to be a giant leap for reaching their desired ambitions, but unfortunately for a few, their struggle would never reach an end. When this is compounded with a life limiting disease like HIV, the impact on their physical, mental, social, and economic...
2023-11-0347 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #172 Dr Gordon Macdonald - Opposing the legalisation of euthanasiaRecorded on 26 October 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Gordon Macdonald.
Euthanasia and assisted suicide are increasingly being legalised in Western nations. This talk will look at the impact of this prioritisation of autonomy and choice within healthcare, at vulnerable people being placed at risk as a result and how the number of deaths quickly escalates once the law has been changed.
Dr Gordon Macdonald is the Chief Executive of Care Not Killing, a post he has held since April 2019. Prior to that Gordon worked...
2023-10-2858 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #171 Dr Chris Cirucci - Chemical abortion: availability & complicationsRecorded on 19 October 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Cirucci.
Chemical (or medication) abortion is typically accomplished with mifepristone and misoprostol. It is now the most common method of induced abortion. Although often perceived as safe, it has higher complication rates than surgical abortion, and particular complications are inherent in chemical abortion. Chemical abortion is often touted as a do-it-yourself method, and the pills are easily accessible online.
This talk will review the data on the complications of chemical abortion with mifepristone and misoprostol and discuss the issues...
2023-10-2053 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #170 Dr Anil Cherian - Mobilising workers for healthcare missionRecorded on 12 October 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Anil Cherian.
What are the strategic challenges of mobilizing Christian Healthcare Professionals for mission - especially with the shift of the center of global Christianity to the majority world – the Global South? What about the North-South missionary divide that is shaping global missions and the Lausanne Movement?This webinar will discuss how we can adapt and reframe mission strategies. Dr Anil will present a new vision: a paradigm shift in our thinking on global Mission, that incorporates the changing realities of...
2023-10-1352 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #63 Dr Wei-Leong Goh - Serving Migrant WorkersRecorded on 8 July 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Wei-Leong Goh.
Wei-Leong is a General Practitioner and founder & director of Linking Hands, a medical networking agency connecting Christian medical professionals & students to short & long term opportunities, crisis relief and student elective programmes.He chairs the Singapore CMDF, is the ICMDA Regoinal Secretary for South East Asia, and is involved with the Medical Missions Foundation which raises funds for doctors and dentists in the field.He helped found and chairs a not-for-profit company, HealthServe Ltd, that reaches out to t...
2023-10-1158 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #64 Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu - Healthcare and deforestationRecorded on 15 July 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu.
Dr Hotlin, a licensed dentist, comes originally from Sumatra. She has four years experience serving in an Indonesian government clinic in a rural part of Sumatra, including two years as the director of a mobile clinic and on-board dentist that traveled via boat in rural Sumatra. She also coordinated medical and dental teams in the wake of the Tsunami in Aceh.In 2007 she co-founded ASRI (Alam Sehat Lestari), an NGO in West Kalimantan, Indonesia; combines conservation and health c...
2023-10-1059 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #57 Dr Mike Chupp - Mentoring Christ followers in healthcareRecorded on 20 May 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mike Chupp.
Despite the recognition that successful mentoring experiences are usually the result of intentional and committed relationships between mentor and mentee, there are still challenges in achieving consistent, positive outcomes for mission driven Christ followers in healthcare. Healthcare professionals in all specialties face unexpected challenges, failures, and disappointments throughout their careers, across a broad spectrum of life, work, and ministry. This webinar will focus on the essential commitments of both mentor and mentee who serve/work across a wide sp...
2023-10-0957 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #169 Dr Ted Hamilton - Physician Burnout: Prevalence, Prevention and ResilienceRecorded on 5 October 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a webinar with Dr Ted Hamilton.
Physician burnout has become an issue of international concern. Beginning over a decade ago, researchers began to identify the cardinal characteristics of burnout as depersonalization, emotional exhaustion, and loss of satisfaction in work. Early studies identified physicians as at particular risk of burnout, with half or more US physicians admitting to one or more symptoms of burnout.
The causes of this condition are multifactorial, including work-life imbalance, loss of professional autonomy, and bureaucratic burdens. Essential r...
2023-10-051h 00ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #65 Dr Jelena Sivulka - Caring for our soulsRecorded on 22 July 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Jelena Sivulka.
Jelena was born and raised in Serbia, where she got her master’s degree in psychology and in theology. She became a Christian 25 years ago and a few years later got involved in ministry with her husband Greg, planting churches, distributing humanitarian aid, and partnering with Joni and Friends, serving people with disabilities.Jelena has also worked as a counsellor in Serbia’s schools and a social worker, and she is currently working as therapist in a medical clin...
2023-10-041h 00ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #67 Prof John Wyatt - The Doctor's ConscienceRecorded on 5 August 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Wyatt.
Conscientious objection as a right is enshrined in the laws of many countries and in professional medical guidelines, but has recently come under attack.The concept of the conscience goes to the heart of what it means to act in a moral way, with integrity. There have been shocking historical examples of medical abuses after conscience has failed. The right helps preserve individuals' moral integrity, preserves the reputation of the medical profession, and safeguards against coercive state power.
2023-10-0359 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #68 Dr Soo-Inn Tan - Vocational DiscernmentRecorded on 12 August 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Soo-Inn Tan.
We are all called to follow Christ. But is there also a special calling we have been given? This webinar will explore the question of vocation and give helpful guidelines as to how one can discover and carry out one’s calling. This is especially needed in the fields of dentistry and medicine where there are many specialty options including the options of general practice or practicing medicine on the mission field, or even leaving medicine to do something el...
2023-10-0257 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #70 Dr Trevor Stammers - Xenotransplantation: A solution to organ shortages?Recorded on 26 August 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers.
Trevor was the editor of The New Bioethics, an Associate Professor of Bioethics and Medical Law at St Mary's University, London, and was a family doctor for 27 years before going into academia.
To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
2023-09-291h 00ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #168 Dr Milton Amayun - Serving the urban poorRecorded on 28 September 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a webinar with Dr Milton Amuyan.
The majority of the world’s population now lives in cities. This concentration of people in urban centers will intensify in the years to come. Many cities with populations of one million or more are added to the already long list each year.
Urbanization requires investments in infrastructure, jobs, education and social services. The lack of regional urban planning has led to increasing problems of homelessness, unemployment, pollution, lack of water and sanitation, crime, substance ab...
2023-09-2853 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #69 Dr Megan Best - Ethics of in vitro fertilisationRecorded on 19 August 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Megan Best.
Megan Best is a palliative care specialist, medical ethicist and researcher. She developed her interest in spirituality in healthcare when she observed the importance of meaning-making while caring for patients at the end of life. She was awarded her PhD for her study on the role of the doctor in the spiritual care of cancer patients.She has continued her research into spirituality in healthcare at the University of Notre Dame Australia, where she is an Associate Professor...
2023-09-261h 02ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #72 Dr Gloria Halverson - Human TraffickingRecorded on 9 September 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Gloria Halverson.
Dr Gloria Halverson is an author and frequent lecturer on human trafficking, has led medical teams to work with trafficking victims in Nicaragua & India and developed a successful cervical cancer screening program for them.She was a founding member of the human trafficking commission of CMDA US, and served on the board of House of Hope International, a rescue program for trafficking victims and women leaving prostitution.
To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda...
2023-09-2558 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #166 Dr Santhosh Mathew - Work, vocation, profession, and the heart of GodRecorded on 14 September 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Santhosh Mathew.
The ‘world of work’ is changing. Covid-19 and work from home, the post covid economic challenges, the Ukraine war and the uncertainty of the future in a divided world has brought the discussion on the purpose of work to the forefront. AI and related developments will affect the way work is perceived in the near future.
Though healthcare can be protected from major disruptions, some of the aspects are impacting thinking in healthcare too.
2023-09-1554 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #142 Dr Richard Winter - The pursuit of excellence and the perils of perfectionismRecorded on 9 March 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Mark Pickering chairs a webinar with Dr Richard Winter
There is obviously nothing wrong with striving for excellence but sometimes that pursuit seduces us into the unhealthy realms of perfectionism. Our culture surrounds us with images of perfect bodies, perfect houses, perfect cars...
We will explore the assets and liabilities of perfectionism, delve into what produces the perfectionist drive, and finally look at ways to work against extreme thoughts and find a healthy balance.
Ultimately it is the understanding and experience of grace that...
2023-03-0954 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #141 Dr Augustin Lutakwa - ICMDA World Congress 2023Recorded on 23February 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Alex Bloek chairs a Q&A with Dr Augustin Lutakwa.
The upcoming ICMDA World Congress due to take place in Arusha from 20-25 June 2023 will be the 17th World Congress coinciding with the 60th-anniversary celebration of the ICMDA.
Organizing these four-yearly events is a massive undertaking. It requires human capital as well as financial capital for it to be successful. The latter comes mainly from two sources, attendance as well as support to the bursary fund, hence mobilization focuses on both.
A big question to...
2023-03-0300 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #138 Prof John Lennox - Evolution: A theory in crisisRecorded on 9 February 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a Q&A with Prof John Lennox.
The Neo-Darwinian theory of biological evolution, the so-called modern synthesis is still regarded by many as ruling out theism. However, in order to establish this, two things need to be shown to be true:
1) that it is philosophically legitimate to deduce atheism (a worldview) from biology (a natural science), and
2) that there is scientific evidence that the theory of evolution can bear the weight placed upon it.
I think the evidence shows...
2023-02-101h 02ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #133 Dr Alex Bolek - Servant LeadershipRecorded on 5 January 2023 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Alex Bolek.
Leadership is one of the most challenging areas in Christian Ministry. For hundreds and thousands of years, many types of leadership have been developed, but though some of those leadership styles are good, something important is missing in them, the element of being a servant.
The term 'Servant Leadership' was first coined by Robert Greenleaf in the 1970s but even before that, two thousand years ago, the Lord Jesus came as a servant who...
2023-01-0655 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #129 Dr Lois Fergusson - Humanitarian response teams - principles & pitfallsRecorded on 24 November 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Lois Fergusson.
This webinar plans to cover the humanitarian principles and evidence-based responses to the increasing, compounding and dividing crises that are plaguing our world.
Lois Fergusson (Dr Lois Morgan, MB BChir, MRCGP, DRCOG) qualified as a GP in 2013 having completed GP VTS in east London. From December 2013, she has worked for Medair, a Christian faith based international NGO carrying out humanitarian relief and recovery activities. This has taken her to South Sudan, Switzerland and Jordan...
2022-11-251h 02ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #128 Prof John Wyatt - What are old people for Christian discipleship and the demographic time bombRecorded on 17 November 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Prof John Wyatt.
John Wyatt is Emeritus Professor of Neonatal Paediatrics, University College London, a Senior Researcher at the Faraday Institute, Cambridge and President of the UK Christian Medical Fellowship. He has a clinical background as a paediatrician caring for sick and premature infants and also a medical scientist researching into the prevention of brain injury in newborn babies.
He has always been interested in ethical dilemmas raised by advances in medical technology and has frequently engaged in...
2022-11-1858 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #127 Dr John Day - Practising medicine in a resource limited settingRecorded on 10 November 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr John Day.
Dr John Day is a Consultant in Infectious Diseases & General Medicine at Southend University Hospital, UK and spent 5 years working in Zimbabwe and South Africa where he was developing HIV and TB services with a gold mining company. He has published on the impact of TB on HIV progression, TB screening algorithms in high HIV and TB prevalence settings and on HIV testing. He is an honorary senior lecturer at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical...
2022-11-1155 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #125 Dr Laura Wood - Life in 'Survival Mode'Recorded on 20 October 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Laura Wood.
Danger, fear, conflict, and abuse have sadly impacted many of us, and are often a painful reality for our patients, family, and friends too. This session introduces how the incredible human brain and body adapts to threat, especially during the sensitive developmental window from before birth to around 26 years of age.
We will explore what developmental (psychological) trauma can look like, how stress and trauma can affect our biology, and how to support people...
2022-10-2057 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #124 Dr Varghese Philip - Reimagining WorkRecorded on 13 October 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Varghese Philip.
God’s mandate for work is a derivative of His Trinitarian character. But for us in the fallen world, work has become frustrating and futile because sin is both structural and systemic.
Christ’s incarnation has changed everything including the power of sin. While we wait for the consummation of everything in Christ, we live in the ‘already but not yet’.
Every day we experience the reality of the dissonance between what ought to...
2022-10-1456 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #123 Dr Vinod Shah - Personhood a Christian understandingRecorded on 6 October 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Vinod Shah.
What is personhood? When does it begin? Do individuals have intrinsic worth or value? And how are we different from animals?
Join Dr Vinod Shah as he tackles these questions and explores the history of personhood, its origins in popular thought and what Scripture has to teach us on the subject.
After coming to Christian faith from a Jain background, Dr Vinod Shah's passion is serving God through Medical Mission. He did...
2022-10-0759 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #122 Dr Rachael Pickering - Caring for victims of torture and ill-treatmentRecorded on 29 Sept 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathews chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Rachael Pickering
This session provides a very gentle introduction to a difficult but necessary subject. Every healthcare professional should learn about torture and ill-treatment. In today's global society, refugees fleeing man's inhumanity to man can be found across the globe; yet they still bear chronic physical, mental and spiritual scars. Healthcare professionals working within and near to police stations, prisons and other places of detention can all too easily find themselves sucked in to turning a blind eye...
2022-09-3056 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #121 Dr Jim Ritchie - Boundaries for healthcare missionariesRecorded on 17 Februaray 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Jim Ritchie.
The strategy of Healthcare Missions is profoundly effective. But inherent in the practice of healthcare missions is a propensity for overwork, burnout, and moral injury. These factors are among the most frequently reported reasons for an early end of service for healthcare missionaries.
The use of God-honoring boundaries has been identified as an essential spiritual discipline in cross-cultural missions. When entire teams mutually support healthy, sustainable boundaries, they tend to enjoy greater unity, emotional and spiritual...
2022-09-2354 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #120 Dr Dan O’Neill - Healing – a missing link in theologyRecorded on 15 September 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Dan O'Neill.
Health is the great global connector, and of central importance in God’s purposes, but is often neglected in theology, medicine, and the church’s mission.
A health-centric systematic and biblical theology will be presented to challenge the theological categories which often neglect a healing element.
This is followed by a description of health which transcends biomedical categories giving practitioners an enhanced perspective of their important work and demonstrates the way health and...
2022-09-1555 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #119 Dr Christina Francis - Prolife apologeticsRecorded on 8 September 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Christina Francis.
In Defense of Life:
Join Dr Christina Francis, board-certified OB/GYN and CEO-Elect of the American Association of Prolife OB/GYN's for a discussion of how to winsomely and graciously defend life using logic and reason along with medical and scientific evidence.
It is more important than ever that we be able to defend our patients - both born and preborn - from the travesty of abortion and this talk will give you...
2022-09-0957 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #118 Dr Chris Jenkins - Building resilienceRecorded on 1 September 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Chris Jenkins.
Resilience, the ability to spring back after being under pressure, is an important quality everyone needs for the trials of life. This is especially true of those serving in other cultures when the familiar supports of life are not available.
Components of resilience include a solid devotional life, taking care of yourself physically and mentally, accountability and prayer partners, fellowship groups and church as well as organizations that understand their role in helping missionaries...
2022-09-0157 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #115 Dr Perry Jansen - Systems thinking for mission hospitalsRecorded on 11 August 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Perry Jansen
Mission Hospitals operate in some of the most challenging environments in the world. Sustaining health services in a way that maintains quality while honoring God’s call to serve the poor can seem unattainable.
Prior ICMDA webinars have covered tools and approaches for managing mission hospitals. In this session, we will take the “30,000-foot view” of the complex and dynamic environments we operate in and how we can apply the science of “Systems Thinking” to improve s...
2022-08-1354 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #114 Dr Shari Falkenheimer - The life cycle of the Christian doctorRecorded on 04 August 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Dr Shari Falkenheimer on "The life cycle of the Christian doctor"
Becoming and practicing as a Christian doctor is a long process throughout our adult lives with several stages, moving from medical school through specialty training to practice and retirement. I like to divide these into the stages of setting a foundation, formation into our specialty, practice when fully trained, and our time of finishing. It’s important that as we go through each stage of medical training an...
2022-08-0552 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #113 Dr Rachael Pickering - Introduction to torture & ill-treatmentRecorded on 28 July 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Rachael Pickering & Esther Cutting
This session provides a very gentle introduction to a difficult but necessary subject. Every healthcare professional should learn about torture and ill-treatment. In today's global society, refugees fleeing man's inhumanity to man can be found across the globe; yet they still bear chronic physical, mental and spiritual scars.
Healthcare professionals working within and near to police stations, prisons and other places of detention can all too easily find themselves sucked in to...
2022-07-2958 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #112 Dr Benjamin Chang - Speaking for Christ in the culture warsRecorded on 21 July 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Benjamin Chang.
The last decade has seen identity politics transform the Western World. Movements such as #MeToo, Black Lives Matter, Gay Pride and the Transgender Movement have told the captivating narrative of oppressed identity groups who are rising up to fight their societal oppressors. However, in this grand narrative, Christians have found themselves labelled as the oppressors who need to be overthrown.
In this webinar, we will be looking at how we can speak for Christ...
2022-07-2259 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #111 - Prof Harold Koenig - Are faith and health related?Recorded on 14 July 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Prof Harold Koenig.
Dr Koenig examines the relationship between faith, coping with stress, and mental health, covering topics such as depression, suicide, PTSD, substance use disorders, etc, followed by a model that describes how religious involvement influences mental and social health.
He then examines the physical health consequences of a devout religious faith, examining health outcomes such as immune and endocrine functions, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, stroke, cognitive decline with aging, risk of cancer, and overall mortality. Then briefly r...
2022-07-1558 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #110 - Dr Trevor Stammers - Mitochondrial DonationRecorded on 7 July 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Trevor Stammers.
Mitochondrial replacement techniques were legalised in the UK in 2015 and more recently in Australia in March 2022, ostensibly as a way to enable mothers with affected mitochondria to have genetically related children without fear of passing onto them the risk of severe mitochondrial diseases.
The webinar will explain these techniques, explore the controversies surrounding their legalisation and use and critique the capture of language in promoting them to the public.
It will raise questions about why they might...
2022-07-0856 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #109: Dr Calum MacKellar - Eugenics and heritable genome editingRecorded on 30 June 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Calum MacKellar.
What will it mean for society if science enables us to choose a future child whose health, athletic ability or intelligence is predetermined? This future is becoming ever more likely with the latest developments in human reproduction.
New procedures, making possible heritable genome modifications open the door to ‘sanitized’ selective eugenics; but these practices have some unnerving similarities to the discredited eugenic programmes of early twentieth-century regimes. A Christian perspective is urgently needed to evaluate both current and futu...
2022-07-0159 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #108 Dr Sunil Raheja - The Wonder of WisdomRecorded on 16 June 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Sunil Raheja.
We all have an innate often unrecognised hunger for wisdom and are naturally curious about life. However, this can lead us to look for answers in unhealthy ways. Biblical wisdom draws us to focus on God as the source of all wisdom. Reflecting on the three Old Testament books of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job we will explore the rich subtleties of how we are called to live. The right way to live is centred on our relationship with Christ...
2022-06-1658 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #107 Dr Daniel O’Neill - Aristotle to Jesus: Human flourishingRecorded on 9 June 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Daniel O’Neill
Flourishing as a concept has Aristotelian and other ancient transcultural roots, has been informed and enhanced by Judeo-Christian theology, has been increasingly adopted in many modern secular professional disciplines, and can be observed to be a consistent universal goal throughout human history.
This podcast proposes that the preservation and rediscovery of this principle as a common good is a reflection of God’s intentions for creation, redemption and consummation. Healing serves as the divinely-directed process by whic...
2022-06-1055 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #106 Dr Steve Smith - Freedom from addictionRecorded on 26 May 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a discussion with Dr Steve Smith.
This episode considers a Christian response to addiction, covering:
Substance use and misuse
The extent of the addiction problem
What is addiction?
How do people become addicted?
The way out
Dr Steve Smith is a General Practitioner specialising in substance misuse and is the founder of The KEYS Project, whose mission is to equip churches and Christian organisations to reach their communities and support those facing addiction to find freedom. Steve provides medical oversight and GP liaison for...
2022-05-2750 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #105 Prof Glynn Harrison - Identity and the struggle for recognitionRecorded on 19 May 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Prof Glynn Harrison.
Western culture appears to be obsessed with issues of identity. In this session we briefly review the rise of modern selfism - its philosophical roots and the role played by psychology and psychiatry in cementing its cultural power. We investigate possible impacts in terms of mental health and well-being. And, finally, we ask how the Christian faith engages with the challenges it poses.
Glynn Harrison MD FRCPsych is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health, University of Bristol and...
2022-05-1954 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #104 Dr Walt Larimore - Praying with patients in clinical careRecorded on 12 May 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Walt Larimore.
During the webinar Dr Larimore considers:
The Biblical Case for Prayer
The Clinical Case for Prayer
Cautions about Praying with Patients
Opportunities for Prayer WITH Patients
Opportunities for Prayer FOR Patients
The Obligation to Pray
Walt is an internationally-recognized family physician who has been listed in Who's Who in the World, the International Health Professionals of the Year, the International Health Scientists of the Year, and the 2,000 Intellectuals of the 21st Century. He's also a nationally-awarded physician e...
2022-05-1357 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #90 Dr Chris Steyn - Dear doctor, how are you?Recorded on 3 February 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Chris Steyn.
Dr Chris Steyn has been through a few stressful challenges: Struggling with suicidal thoughts, losing soulmates, wrestling with intellectual challenges, trying to break out of the stranglehold of dysfunctional families, burdened by depression for several years, marriage cracking, children causing desperation, work load crushing, emigration, working cross-culturally.
And yet: God’s grace has been more than enough. Now happily married, getting along well with kids and grandkids, coping with workload, and all-round healthy.
He says ab...
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ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #103 Dr Calum Miller - Abortion: the harm to womenRecorded on 5 May 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Calum Miller.
The abortion debate is often seen as a dilemma between the wellbeing of the mother and the wellbeing of the child: for pro-lifers, the child's right to life outweighs the mother's right to choice.
In fact, the empirical evidence suggests that abortion has, on the whole, been detrimental not only to unborn lives but also to women generally.
In this webinar Dr Calum Miller explains how women are likewise harmed by abortion and why Christians can offer...
2022-05-0655 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #91 Dr Donna Harrison on Maternal mortality and the myth of safe abortionRecorded on 10 February 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Donna Harrison.
Some claim that elective abortion legalization is necessary for reduction of maternal mortality. Is that claim actually supported by evidence?
This episode raises questions about terminology and methodology used to coerce global abortion legalization. The discussion will explore the interwoven network of development funding with changing abortion policies and the top-down neocolonialization fostered by such strings tied to development funding. The effects on women from abortion legalization will also be explored as well as suggestions for future research.
2022-05-0457 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #96 Bob Snyder & Tyler Hallman - Pass it on: Leaving a legacy of faithRecorded on 17 March 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion between Bob Snyder, M.D. and Tyler Hallman who have worked together for 4 years learning from one another how to be a spiritual influencer with patients and colleagues, family and friends.
Our legacies will be what we pass on to others. As Christians in the healthcare field, we have opportunity to leave our legacy of faith within the healthcare setting. How do we do that?
Tune in to hear how you can, with intentionality, become a person of spiritual influence for Jesus—le...
2022-04-2754 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #101 Dr Alex Bolek on God's grace & sovereignty in times of warRecorded on 21 April 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a devotion by Dr Alex Bolek in which we are reminded that in difficult days, God is sovereign and is able to bring good out of evil. We can count on Him and trust Him in such times.
The Bible and the Lord Jesus Himself have predicted and spoken of turbulent times in world history. Passages such as “Nation will rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom” (Matthew 24:7) and “There will be terrible times in the last days” (2 Timothy 3:1) are a few clear examples. We are livi...
2022-04-2658 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #100 Dr Douglas Wilkinson on Recent trends in trauma managementRecorded on 14 April 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs an evidence based discussion on different aspects, both new and old, of trauma management worldwide. It is adapted for a wide spectrum of listeners who would have a range of health budgets, hopefully allowing everyone to take home some aspects, or reinforce their clinical practice.
Speaker profile: Dr Douglas Wilkinson
Founder, Primary Trauma Care Foundation (PTC)
Dr Douglas Wilkinson is a Consultant Anaesthetist in Intensive Care Medicine at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Associate Fellow at Green Templeton College, Oxford...
2022-04-1553 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #99 Dr Daniel O'Neill - Theology of Global HealthRecorded on 7 April 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a discussion with Dr Daniel O'Neill.
Dr O'Neill presents a four-fold theological framework for health-related mission revealing God’s healing intentions in creation, fall, redemption, and consummation. Starting with creation, health and wholeness, he then identifies the origins of disease processes through corruption and fractured relations which creates a deep yearning for healing. Then traces a compelling biblical call to participate in salvation, healing and mission for an active engagement for health workers, showing what healing is, what it requires, and what it results in – abun...
2022-04-0854 min
ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #98 Dr Mike Chupp - Overcoming your Dark Side in LeadershipRecorded on 31 March 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Howard Lyons CBE chairs a discussion with Dr Mike Chupp.
Mike Chupp graduated with a pre-med degree from Taylor University in 1984, and then received his medical degree from Indiana University in 1988. He completed a general surgery residency at Methodist Hospital in 1993, was board certified in 1995, and joined Southwestern Medical Clinic, a group dedicated to global healthcare missions.
From 1996 to 2016 he served at Tenwek Hospital Kenya including 19 years as medical director. Tenwek grew during Mike’s tenure to a clinical staff of over 80 physicians and clinical officers and mor...
2022-04-0156 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #97 Dr Bert Nanninga - Addressing mental health needs in refugeesRecorded on 24 March 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Bert Nanninga.
We have seen the number of forcefully displaced peoples around the world increasing by the year this century. The recent images of refugees in the Ukraine war are heartbreaking and are alerting the world that evil is a painful reality in our so called global village.
As Christians we are supposed to act as good neighbours to those in need and accommodate strangers, providing for a safe place and proper care, as disciples of t...
2022-03-2555 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #94 David Brown - Strategic planning for national fellowshipsRecorded on 3 March 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a Q&A with David Brown.
How can your CMDA grow and fulfill its vision?
Every organisation needs to have a long term understanding of what its purpose is and how it plans to get there.
This webinar describes a simple method for an organisation to identify what it wants to achieve and how it wants to get there, agreeing the key strategic goals of the organisation so that, not only is its direction consistent, but that the resources, financial and...
2022-03-0453 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #93 Dr Gábor Győri - Sharing faith with patients & colleaguesRecorded on 24 February 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Gábor Győri.
Dr Gábor Győri is the Executive Director of IHS Global which works closely with Saline partnerships.
At his first International Saline training in 1999, Gábor had an “Aha!” moment as he first realized how he could integrate his ministry and his job as a family physician!
During the years since, he has had many opportunities to talk with patients and colleagues about Jesus. God has even allowed Gábor to see patients giving their l...
2022-02-2551 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #92 Dr Pablo Martínez - Empty Pool SyndromeRecorded on 17 February 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Pablo Martínez.
We can compare our life to a swimming pool where the water is our energy. Two streams of water need to occur at the same time: output, that is water coming out (our physical, emotional and spiritual energy); but also input, the water coming in, which is our personal renewal and refreshment.
Whenever there is more output than input, the pool gets empty little by little, causing emotional and spiritual dryness, eventually leading to b...
2022-02-181h 00ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #89 Dr Rick Paul - Qualified! What's your next move?Recorded on 27 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Rick Paul.
So you graduated! Congratulations, it is the crown on your training. But it can also result in uncertainty, even anxiety. Because… what to do next? What to choose? What if you make the wrong choice? You will be unhappy all your life. At least, that is how it feels. And even when we had plans, this pandemic destroyed many of them.
Modern society also puts responsibility on our own shoulders. Make your own future! Ye...
2022-01-2853 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #88 Rick Allen - Capacity building in mission hospitalsRecorded on 20 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rick Allen.
Over the past twenty years there has been a movement to use mission hospitals to train local physicians in specialised areas such as surgery, pediatrics, orthopaedics, OB/GYN, as well as family practice and other areas. These programs have been successfully graduating individuals who have excelled in their testing and professions.
The programs with rare exception have been small. Their growth has been constrained by limited resources across a broad range of need such as, infrastructure, a well-prepared...
2022-01-211h 00ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #87 Dr Burton Lee - Critical care in resource poor settingsRecorded on 13 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Burton Lee.
The burden of critical illness is disproportionately high in regions that lack trained clinicians and/or facilities that can care for such individuals.Dr Lee presents his experience in providing a context-appropriate approach to critical care in resource-limited settings including training of national physicians and clinical officers.
To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
2022-01-141h 01ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #86 Dr Nick Land - Mental health within a biblical worldviewRecorded on 6 January 2022 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Dr Nick Land.
More than one in four of us will have a significant episode of psychiatric illness at some time in our lives. The World Health Organisation now says that depression is the largest single cause of ill health across the world.
As Christian health professionals we have a special responsibility to people with mental health problems, who are often stigmatised or marginalised, and to help our churches minister to them.
This seminar will...
2022-01-0759 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #85 Prof Chris Lavy - Paediatric Orthopaedics in Sub-Saharan AfricaRecorded on 16 December 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar and Q&A with Prof Chris Lavy.
Prof Chris Lavy gives an overview of paediatric orthopaedic surgical needs in sub-Saharan Africa and the key pathologies which fall into the four categories of: congenital, infective, developmental and trauma. The evidence base for the burden of disease will be considered.
The second part of the talk looks at how such a great burden of conditions can be treated and will cover the set up of dedicated training institutions such as COSECSA, and the building...
2021-12-171h 01ICMDA Recordings#74 Dr Vinod Shah - Critical, Creative and Christian ThinkingRecorded on 23 September 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Santhosh Mathew chairs a webinar with Dr Vinod Shah.
Dr Vinod Shah trained in pediatric surgery at Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. He is married to Dr Shalini Shah and blessed with 3 children. His passion is serving God through Medical Mission having come to Christian faith from a Jain background.He served as a pioneer missionary and medical secretary for the Indian Evangelical Mission; as Executive Director for Emmanuel Hospital Association, New Delhi; as Head of Department of Distance Education for CMC, Vellore; and as CEO of ICMDA. He...
2021-09-231h 04ICMDA RecordingsWebinar #50 Sharon James - How Christianity transformed healthcareRecorded on 25 March 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Sharon James
The God of mercy has compassion on all he has made, and his followers have been at the forefront of efforts to relieve suffering. The parable of the Good Samaritan has been described as the parable that changed the world. Christ’s followers, through history and today, are in the forefront of providing healthcare and other humanitarian assistance in a needy world.
Sharon James studied history at Cambridge University, has an M.Div from Toronto Baptist Seminary, and a doctorate from the Un...
2021-03-2557 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #49 Prof Glynn Harrison - Does faith cause more psychological harm than good?Recorded on 18 March 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Glynn Harrison.
Even in the earliest days of the Church, Christians were accused of being ’hate filled’ and of causing harm. And today, in many parts of the world, faith is increasingly linked with trauma and oppression. But is faith psychologically bad for you?Here we will examine the surprisingly strong evidence that faith is associated with a wide range of benefits, both to psychological and physical health. The actions of Christians have sometimes caused harm but faith itself is stro...
2021-03-1859 minICMDA RecordingsWebinar #48 Dr Rebekah Zechariah - Family Medicine training in resource poor settingsRecorded on 11 March 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Rebekah Zechariah
The webinar throws light on the need for Family Medicine to be the specialty of choice in primary care settings, particularly in low and middle-income countries. Models from higher resource settings can be studied but there is a great need to contextualize the same for the different regions, globally.
The blended model of training in Family Medicine from Christian Medical College, India's, Distance Education department can help train large numbers of General Practitioners in their own settings...
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