ICMDA Recordings

Recorded on 18 December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Ben Chang Almost every aspect of modern life has been impacted by the social media revolution, from how we view ourselves, to how we relate with those around us, to how nations are governed. Underpinning social media platforms are powerful intelligent algorithms that harvest the data we generate when we cli...

Recorded on 4December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Daniel O'Neill God’s word is a meta-narrative, and threaded throughout the ancient text is a healing meta-narrative. Understanding the healing purposes of God’s redemptive story allows us to weave our individual micro-narratives into this greater story. The bible reveals a unique way to engage in purposefu...

Recorded on 11 December 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Paul Johnson In a chaotic and under-resourced workplace, conflicting motives and drivers exist, and pressure to meet treatment targets and address huge waiting list backlogs, can easily lead to a culture in which there is subtle creativity with the truth. As apprentices of Jesus, we are called to model a...

Recorded on 27 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Christopher Holcombe Dealing with the daily challenge.   Working and leading in healthcare is a challenge; whether it is challenging clinical situations or the constant pressure of too much work, and not enough resource. But this is where God has put us to be his hands, to bring his wisdom, to show his love...

Recorded on 20 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with John Dickson Is religion a pernicious force in the world? Does it poison everything? Would we be better off without religion in general and Christianity in particular? Many think so. But the critics are only partly right: this is not what Christianity was at its foundation or on its best days. Jesus of Nazaret...

Recorded on 13 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mark Topazian We healthcare professionals find satisfaction in solving problems and making people better. That may be why you chose a healthcare career in the first place. But in the long run, for many of us, that’s not enough. During our training we learn the scientific story of health, sickness and healin...

Recorded on 6 November 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Kallie Fell In this webinar, Kallie Fell from the Center for Bioethics and Culture explores the ethical and social implications of egg freezing and embryo adoption. Marketed as empowering choices for women and hopeful parents, both practices are often driven by profit and promote a false sense of security or altr...

Recorded on 30 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Catriona Waitt Diversity is God-given, and means that each of us can bring something unique to our workplaces and societies. Unhelpful stereotypes of leadership still exist in Medicine and Academia, which may result in some very gifted people feeling that they do not belong in a leadership role. In this webi...

Recorded on 23 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Dr Antony Latham The scientific revolution occurred within the Judaeo-Christian world, and the majority of great scientists then were devout believers. Yet a spirit of doubt and atheism has become very prevalent in Western society. However, we see in the fields of cosmology, physics and biology, extraordinary eviden...

Recorded on 16 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Jenkins Glorifying God, Offering Hope, Finding Freedom. God has done wonderful things for each person who is a Christian starting with saving us and making us whole. But we don’t often tell other people our stories and as a result something is lost. We don’t give God the glory he is due, others in situa...

Recorded on 9 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Alex Bolek chairs a webinar with John Stevens The purpose of this webinar is to help and encourage Christian healthcare workers in their battle against sin, and to ensure that they have right and biblical expectations of the ‘normal Christian life’. Many Christians live with a false burden of guilt and failure. They have been taught that the battle...

Recorded on 2 October 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Mike Chupp Discover 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 Scri...

Recorded on 25 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Alex Bolek The 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 health Health financing Access to medicines and medical supplies Leadership and management Health...

Recorded on 18 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Chris Steyn National 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...

Recorded on 11 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr David Nikles Churches and people helpers in many Global South nations are feeling the need to become equipped to offer integrated, psychologically robust, biblically sound, Christian Counselling that embraces whole person care. This talk will present a simple strategy and associated integrative approach to...

Recorded on 4 September 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rico Tice My little book Faithful Leaders and this webinar, is an exegesis of my own depravity. I was provoked to write it after Jonathan Fletcher, a conservative evangelical pastor, who had huge influence in my constituency was on the front page of the newspapers with reports of his abusive leadership. I real...

Recorded on 7 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Bertha Rathinam Cancer prehabilitation prepares the cancer survivors, including caregivers, for the rigours of cancer treatment in whatever time they have before it starts. It employs a multidisciplinary approach, primarily targeting the physical, nutritional, and psychosocial needs of the survivors. It prov...

Recorded on 21 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Hyunmi Park The  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 pract...

Recorded on 14 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Philippa Taylor chairs a webinar with Dr Calum Miller This talk will introduce the topic of abortion from an ethical, medical and legal perspective. It will explore the science of the beginning of life, methods and statistics regarding abortion, basic arguments for and against abortion, and the Biblical basis for protecting life in its earliest stages...

Recorded on 28 August 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Michael Jones Christianity was crucial for the development of modern science. There are many modern myths about how we developed modern science, and many today think science developed in spite of Christianity, but the opposite is true. Modern science has borrowed numerous principles from Christianity. Michael Jo...

Recorded on 31 July 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr James Magara Christian character is the true mark of a believer - even more so for medical professionals whose work touches lives deeply. It reflects our identity in Christ and sustains integrity in high-pressure environments. From the beginning, God intended that image and likeness come before dominion; so too...

Recorded on 24 July 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Wyatt The problem of suffering has been one of the most intractable and painful theological debates for centuries. But is it perhaps not a problem to be solved, but a deeper mystery to be journeyed through? How does knowing Jesus’ death and resurrection are not simply a response to pain but God’s Plan A...

Recorded on 17 July 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Beatrice Ambauen-Berger Though many doctors in the West may have never treated female genital fistula, there are still an estimated 0.5 million women worldwide suffering from this preventable and treatable disease, mostly in African and Asian countries. Sufferers are living with full incontinence of urine or st...

Recorded on 10 July 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Howard Lyons chairs a webinar with Prof Annelies Wilder-Smith The COVID-19 pandemic taught us that global health is interconnected, and delayed action costs lives. Strong public health systems, early response, and equitable access to vaccines are critical. The rapid development of mRNA vaccines showed the power of well-funded, coordinated science. Howev...

Recorded on 3 July 2025 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr David Randall chairs a webinar with Dr Emil Shehadeh Discipling is a word which can cause confusion. Does it precede, or succeed conversion? My presentation will imply the term as meaning a post-conversion teaching. Others call this process “Christian Formation.” How do we help Muslims once they become Christian? Do we need to use a different approach...