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CMDA Matters Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA)
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CMDA Matters is the premier audio resource for Christian healthcare professionals. Hosted by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) CEO Dr. Mike Chupp, it is a weekly podcast that includes interviews with experts from Christian healthcare professionals. Topics include bioethics, healthcare missions, financial stewardship, marriage, family and much more. Listen to CMDA Matters today on the CMDA Go app, iTunes and the CMDA website. When you subscribe to our iTunes channel or Google Play, you will get notified about the podcast episodes on a weekly basis.
The Christian Medical & Dental Associations® (CMDA) is made up of the Christian Medical Association (CMA) and the Christian Dental Association (CDA). CMDA provides resources, networking opportunities, education and a public voice for Christian healthcare professionals and students.
Founded in 1931, CMDA provides programs and services supporting its mission to "change hearts in healthcare" with a current membership of around 19,000 healthcare professionals. CMDA promotes positions and addresses policies on healthcare issues; conducts overseas medical education and evangelism projects; coordinates a network of Christian healthcare professionals for fellowship and professional growth; sponsors student ministries in medical dental, PA, and other healthcare training schools; distributes educational and inspirational resources; hosts marriage and family conferences; provides developing world missionary healthcare professionals with continuing education resources; and conducts academic exchange programs overseas. By being the "hands of Jesus" to needy people, CMDA seeks to fulfill His Great Commandment (Matthew 22:39; 25:36) and His Great Commission (Matthew 28:19).
The Christian Medical & Dental Associations® is a 501(c)3 and is governed by a Board of Trustees and House of Delegates. Policies of CMDA are interpreted and applied by the Board of Trustees, which also establishes the guidelines for the executive director and his staff. An elected House of Delegates assists the board with recommendations on courses of action. The House of Delegates is composed of graduate, student, resident and missionary members who are elected for three-year terms by district and meets annually at the CMDA National Convention. Approximately 75 employees currently make up the staff of CMDA in the national office and U.S. field offices.
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Dream Brave with Dr. Wai Jia Tam
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp is joined in the studio by Dr. Wai Jia Tam from Singapore. A multi-award-winning international humanitarian doctor and speaker, Dr. Tam shares about her new book entitled Dream Brave.
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2024 CMDA National Convention
CMDA Biblical Tours
2024 WPDC Annual Conference
Dream Brave by Dr. Wai Jia Tam
ICMDA
New Opioid and Substance Use Disorder Course in the CMDA Learning Center
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Exploring Spirituality and Health
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp and Dr. Bill Griffin talk with Dr. Andre Cipta about an important research project he’s been leading that dives deep into the importance of incorporating spiritual care into patient care.
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2024 CMDA National Convention
Faith Prescriptions
CAPS Specialty Section
Specialty Sections
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Cameo of Courage featuring Dr. Rebekah Naylor
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Dr. Mike Chupp is joined by Dr. Rebekah Naylor for a conversation about her decades of service on the mission field in India and how she continues to support the next generation of healthcare missionaries.
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Global Health Outreach
Medical Education International
Rebekah Ann Naylor, MD: Missionary Surgeon in Changing Times
Center for Advancing Healthcare Missions
Pre-field Orientation for New Healthcare Missionaries
Global Missions Health Conference
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Finding Purpose in Retirement
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, Pastor Bert Jones is joined in the studio by Dr. Steve Sartori for a discussion about how you can find purpose and identity in retirement.
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501 Foundations in Coaching
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Speaking Freely with The Referent Group
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, join Pastor Bert Jones as he chats with Dr. Tom Hustead and Doug Crandall about how valuable leadership is for healthcare professionals, because we are all leaders…whether we know it or not.
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The Referent Group
Permission to Speak Freely by Doug Crandall and Matt Kincaid, PhD
Leadership Proverbs by David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics), and Pastor Bert Jones
Servant Leadership by David Stevens, MD, MA (Ethics), and Pastor Bert Jones
501 Foundations in Coaching
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From Darkness to Redemption
On this week’s episode of CMDA Matters, listen to a special conversation from the Student Pulse podcast with Rev. Bill Reichart and Dr. Haywood Robinson about his book The Scalpel and the Soul: Our Radical Transformation as Husband and Wife Abortion Doctors.
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The Scalpel and the Soul: Our Radical Transformation as Husband and Wife Abortion Doctors by Drs. Haywood and Noreen Johnson
40 Days for Life
CMDA Advocacy
2024 CMDA National Convention