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May 06, 2021 Webinar #55 Prof Nathan Grills - Doctors and Disability
Recorded on 6 May 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Nathan Grills.
Working amongst people with disabilities does not stop with medical care or social provision. How do we as health practitioners do we go beyond a medical model to value people with disability as created in the image of God who are co-heirs with us?
This involves ‘fighting alongside people with disability, and those who care for them and their families, for inclusion and equality, both in society and in the Church’. Its more than being a channel for physical healing. Ultimately, God calls us to ‘mutual friendship, respect, love, and justice” We will explore what this might look like.
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1 hr 1 min
April 29, 2021 Webinar #54 Dr Kiran Martin - Transforming urban slum communities
Recorded on 29 April 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Kiran Martin.

Dr Martin studied her BMBS at Delhi University’s Maulana Azad Medical College, specialising in pediatrics at Lady Hardinge. Responding to a cholera outbreak in a Delhi slum in 1988, she began treating residents and saw the need not only for quality healthcare but also to address education, empowerment, income generation and better supporting infrastructure. This gave birth 32 years ago to the Community Health and Development NGO that has transformed lives of hundreds of thousands slum residents.
Around 700,000 people in 91 slum colonies of Delhi now benefit from the work of Asha, which means ‘hope’. Dr Martin’s achievements were recognized by the Indian Government when she was awarded the Padma Shri, one of India’s highest civilian awards. Asha’s work has been praised and replicated by organizations in many countries. Dr. Kiran is the nerve center of Asha, envisions the strategic roadmap and provides key management input in all aspects of Asha’s endeavors.

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1 hr 6 min
April 22, 2021 Webinar #53 Philippa Taylor - The push for abortion in Africa
Recorded on 22 April 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Philippa Taylor.
The push for abortion in Africa: a form of modern day ideological colonialism
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 the UK Christian Medical Fellowship, with her main focus being research and advocacy on life issues. Philippa has an MA in bioethics and law and for over twenty years has been speaking, writing, advising and doing media on a wide range of contemporary bioethics and family issues in the UK.
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1 hr 2 min
April 15, 2021 Webinar #52 Dr Soo-Inn Tan - Spiritual Friendship: Following Jesus in the Company of Friends
Recorded on 15 April 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Rev Dr Soo-Inn Tan.
Rev Dr Tan Soo Inn qualified as a dentist from the University of Singapore and worked as a dentist for a number of years before enrolling in seminary in obedience to God's call for him to serve as a pastor. He obtained a ThM from Regent College and a DMin from Fuller seminary.
His passions include connecting the Word of God with the struggles of daily life and the practice and promotion of spiritual friendship. A Malaysian residing in Singapore, he is the chaplain of the Singapore Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship. He has read the Lord of the Rings nine times.
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58 min
April 08, 2021 Webinar #51 Dr Shari Falkenheimer - Multiplying your Impact through teaching
Recorded on 8 April 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr
Shari Falkenheimer
Dr Shari works with Medical Education International - a short-term missions program that provides academic teaching and clinical training while spreading the gospel to doctors and students in hard to reach countries.
MEI’s primary goals are spiritual - the spiritual development of team members, encouraging local believers and missionaries, and sharing Christ’s love and the Good News with international colleagues. Their teams hope to improve healthcare by improving the knowledge and skills of local professionals, especially faculty.
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1 hr 2 min
March 25, 2021 Webinar #50 Sharon James - How Christianity transformed healthcare
Recorded 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 University of Wales. She is married to Bill, who is Principal of London Seminary. They have two grown up children and four grandchildren. Sharon works as Social Policy Analyst for The Christian Institute, UK. She has travelled to many countries as a conference speaker and is the author of several books, most recently 'Gender Ideology: What do Christians Need to Know?' (Christian Focus, 2019). This title is available in Spanish and is currently being translated into a number of other languages.
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58 min
March 18, 2021 Webinar #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 strongly linked with our human flourishing and good.
Glynn Harrison MD FRCPsych is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health, University of Bristol and a retired clinical psychiatrist. He specialised in psychiatric epidemiology and early interventions for psychosis. He now lectures widely on issues at the interface of faith, mental health and culture.
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1 hr
March 11, 2021 Webinar #48 Dr Rebekah Zechariah - Family Medicine training in resource poor settings
Recorded 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, without having to displace them. Taking education to the place of need is the need of the hour.
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For more info in the I-PGDFM course visit https://icmda.net/resources/i-pgdfm/
1 hr
February 19, 2021 Webinar #45 Prof John Lennox - Artificial intelligence and the future of humanity
Recorded on 18 February 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof John Lennox.
What will the year 2084 hold for you - for healthcare, your friends, and for our society? Are we doomed to the grim dystopia imagined in George Orwell’s 1984?
In discussion with Dr Peter Saunders, scientist and philosopher John Lennox will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas: the key developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence.
The questions posed by AI are open to all of us.
And they demand answers.
Hear how the Christian worldview, properly understood, can provide evidence–based, credible answers that will bring you real hope for the future of humanity.
John Lennox is a Professor of Mathematics (Emeritus) at Oxford University and Fellow in Mathematics and Philosophy of Science at Green Templeton College, Oxford. He is also an Associate Fellow of the Said Business School, Oxford University, and teaches for the Oxford Strategic Leadership Programme.
Professor Lennox is particularly interested in the interface of science, philosophy, and theology.
His books include Against the Flow (on Daniel), Seven Days that Divide the World (on Genesis 1), Gunning for God (on the new atheism), Stephen Hawking and God (a response to The Grand Design), God’s Undertaker: Has Science Buried God, and 2084. He has debated a number of prominent atheists, including Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Peter Singer.
For more from Prof Lennox visit https://www.johnlennox.org
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57 min
February 19, 2021 Webinar #45 Prof John Lennox - Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Humanity
Recorded on 18 February 2021 for ICMDA Webinars.
What will the year 2084 hold for you - for healthcare, your friends, and for our society? Are we doomed to the grim dystopia imagined in George Orwell’s 1984?
In discussion with Dr Peter Saunders, scientist and philosopher John Lennox will introduce you to a kaleidoscope of ideas: the key developments in technological enhancement, bioengineering, and, in particular, artificial intelligence.
The questions posed by AI are open to all of us.
And they demand answers.
Hear how the Christian worldview, properly understood, can provide evidence–based, credible answers that will bring you real hope for the future of humanity.
For more resources from Prof John Lennox visit https://www.johnlennox.org
To listen live to future ICMDA webinars, visit https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/
57 min