Seminars
The ICMDA Europe-Eurasia conference "resources [un]limited" will offer an extensive seminar program including over 145 seminars on different topics. These reflect the broad spectrum of issues faced by Christian doctors and dentists within our region. Seminar speakers from across the region will contribute from their experiences gained in a variety of different national health systems.
The seminar program for the main conference will run on the Thursday, Friday and Saturday afternoons allowing a maximum of 6 seminar slots. Mindful of the overall theme of the conference, seminars will be linked either vertically to the theme of the day as explored in the key note plenary (called "stand-alone seminars") or horizontally to other seminars in a series of three linked seminars (called "seminar tracks").
Seminar Tracks which link together 3 seminars under a common topic will explore issues at the limits of Christianity and medicine allowing us to develop further our thinking and response as believers. Participants will be able to follow up to 2 different tracks on a specific theme or choose up to 6 stand-alone seminars of interest to them. However, please note for your own good: The seminar program is not compulsory!
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To find the seminar program for the mainconference, please click here to open a pdf-file in a separate window.
Seminar tracks at the mainconference will include:
Disability
Created in the image of God- Limitations in a fallen worldCalled to care for the disabled and their families
Integration of disabled in medicine and society
End of Life Issues
Death and Dying in the 21st centuryPhysician assisted suicide – euthanasia
Palliative care
Beginning of Life Issues
When does life begin?Research and options: Stem cell research, PID, IVF
Abortion
Psychiatry
1. Psychiatry, where there is no psychiatrist2. What does it mean to be a Christian Psychiatrist - resources (un)limited?
3. Spirituality and mental illness
Counselling
Understanding grief and God’s graceUnderstanding trauma
The role of forgiveness
Work-life Balance
Personal walk with GodWorkohlism
Burnout
Discipleship of Christians in Medicine
Principles and purpose of discipleshipChristian medical fellowship groups
Mentorship
Dental Track
Wholistic dentistryTeam work in a dental practice
Short term missionary opportunities for dentist
Spirituality in medicine
Spirituality in Health and DiseaseSpiritual Intelligence
Talking about Spirituality to Atheists
Medicine and society
Medicine and politics (party politics and medical politics)Medicine and the media
Campaigning/ Lobbying
Sharing Faith
1. What is the gospel and how to share it (Confident Christianity)2. Sharing faith with patients (Saline Introduction)
3. Sharing faith with colleagues
Mission
The changing face of medical missionThreats and opportunities in medical missions in the 21st century
Member Care - (Un-) limited resources in missionaries
Using our spiritual gifts in the workplace
What are spiritual gifts?How can I find out, what my spiritual gifts are?
Where do I go from now?
Wholistic and alternative medicine
Why is alternative medicine so popular?For example: homeopathy
Recapture whole person medicine
Integrity and corruption in medicine
1. Spirituality 24/7- Am I the same person at work and in church?2. Telling and living the truth
3. Corruption- Pressure to conform to the World
Growing a Christian medical movement
Being a leader of a CMFPriorities in Leadership of a CMF
Supporting students and junior doctors
Science, Evolution, Intelligent design
Science and FaithEvolution – Darwin, Dawkins and God
Intelligent Design
Sex and sexual health
Sex – enjoying it Gods waySex Education
Contraception - what are we prescribing?
Healthcare and the church
1. An unholy split: healing and salvation2. Healthcare professionals and the church
3. Church, health and the community
Addiction in society
Drugs and alcoholSmoking and the Christian Doctor
Pornography and sexual addiction
The family
Fighting for the familyPromoting healthy relationships and parenting
The doctors family
