ICMDA Recordings

Recorded 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 a...

Recorded 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 physicia...

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 cau...

Recorded 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...

Recorded 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 inter...

Recorded on 28 April 2022 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Rachael Pickering & Mam Loy. Dr Pickering has worked in secure environments for more than 15 years. She locums at several prisons in the UK and was the co-chair of the UK BMA’s Forensic and Secure Environments Committee. She is the medical director of Integritas Healthcare , a small but growing int...

Recorded 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...

Recorded 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 nati...

Recorded 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,...

Recorded 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 fractu...

Recorded 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 grou...

Recorded 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 Christi...

Recorded on 10 March 2022 for ICMDA Webinars. Health System Strengthening (HSS) is the banner and rally cry for building resilience and improving timely access to quality health services for those most in need. In this webinar, we will review definitions of HSS; outline critical processes used by donors, partners, and authorities; and build a shared vision of success based on impact and scale. We...

Recorded 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 ke...

Recorded 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!...

Recorded 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 r...

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...

Recorded 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 i...

Recorded 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 na...

Recorded 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 responsibi...

Recorded 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 seco...

Recorded on 9 December 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Andrew Riordan who gives a brief review of the evidenced based treatments for covid and the benefits and risks of covid vaccines. Dr Riordan is a consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology at Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, and an Honorary Clinical Lecturer at the University of L...

Recorded on 2 December 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a discussion with Dr Gene Rudd For decades prominent scientists have made public claims that faith and science are not compatible. They say we should only turn to science to understand the meaning of life. They promote science as the 'gospel of our times'. But can these claims be supported? How reliable is science? Is sc...

Recorded on 25 November 2021 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 an...

Recorded on 18 November 2021 for ICMDA Webinars. Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Philippa Taylor. Philippa Taylor is Associate Director of the Institute for Faith and Culture, a Leadership Programme. Prior to that, she was Head of Public Policy for nine years at Christian Medical Fellowship UK, with her main focus being research and advocacy on life issues. Philippa has an MA in bioethics...