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CMDA is the nation's largest organization of faith-based healthcare professionals and serves as a Christian voice on today's most important bioethical issues. CMDA responds to breaking bioethical news regarding such issues as abortion, human cloning, physician-assisted suicide, stem cell research and more. CMDA's members and executive staff have been called upon by several national media outlets, including CNN, MSNBC, the BBC, USA Today, the Washington Post, Moody Broadcasting and National Public Radio. The Christian Medical & Dental Associations is equipped with VOIP and Skype.
CMDA medical experts are available for interviews on health and bioethical issues. To request an interview, please contact CMDA’s Communications Department at 888-230-2637 or email us by clicking here.
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Confronting COVID in NYC: Scenes from the Front-Lines
November 5, 2020
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Join us for a special presentation with Dr. Lance Plyler! Dr. Plyler is the Director for World Medical Missions at Samaritan's Purse. As the pandemic was breaking wide-open in New York City, Dr. Plyler and many others went into the center of the storm, set up a mobile hospital and began caring for the victims of COVID.
Remedy 2021
January 9-10, 2021
LIVE ONLINE NATIONAL EVENT: Join us for two half-days, January 9 & 10, 2021. Come for worship. Watch live TED talks from New York City, Bristol, Riverside and Memphis and ask speakers your questions. Chat live with breakout speakers. Peruse our Exhibit Hall and chat with reps from healthcare and service organizations. Finally, select and attend a Zoom topical meet-up after the conference has concluded!
2021 CMDA West Coast Winter Conference
January 22-24, 2021
The 2021 CMDA West Coast Winter Conference, at the Cannon Beach Christian Conference Center, offers CMDA members and their guests the opportunity to hear outstanding inspirational and educational speakers while enjoying the scenic, even iconic and inimitable Pacific Ocean on the Oregon coastline. The combination of informal didactic sessions, group discussions, Q & A and plenty of free time for Saturday afternoon family activities, creates a refreshing investment for professional and personal renewal.
501 Foundations for Christian Coaching – Online Seminar
February 1 - March 8, 2020
You're invited to boost to your communication skills, so needed in these challenging times. This two-day coaching training will equip you to help colleagues out of burnout, help patients own and achieve their own health goals and increase your impact as you draw out and maximize the potential in others. Registration is open to all healthcare professionals, students, spouses and others who work with healthcare professionals.
503 Coaching for Change, Transition and Transformation
March 29 - May 3, 2021
Healthcare professionals function within the context of an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and rapidly changing environment. Physician dissatisfaction and burnout are oftentimes the result. Coaching can help physicians successfully navigate their way amid this rapid change and avoid being blindsided by burnout. This course builds on the foundational skills in coaching taught in our 501 course to focus on expanding participants' knowledge of principles of change, transition and transformation.
Turkey Tour 2021: Seven Churches of Revelation
April 10-20, 2021
Western Turkey was the cradle of the early Christian church. This area was the centerpiece of Paul’s mission and and an area to which he devoted a great deal of his time and energy. His ministry in the region was so productive that it could be said that “all who lived in Asia heard the word of the Lord” Acts 19:10).
CMDA National Convention 2021
April 29 – May 2, 2021
Lifeway Conference Center in Ridgecrest, North Carolina
This convention provides great opportunities for you to transform as you fellowship with Christian healthcare professionals, learn about current health and social issues, renew your faith through worship and network with exhibiting organizations. You don’t want to miss this event!
Italy Tour: May 2021
May 23 - June 4, 2021
An exciting tour filled with culture, biblical teaching, and fellowship. Even if you have been to Greece before, our tour will open new insights into the Apostle Paul and how his ministry got started in Europe.
