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Prison medicine is a fascinating world of interest and challenge, with great opportunities to be innovative. There are plenty of reasons why Christian doctors can contribute positively to this vital area. Sometimes it can be more like casualty than general practice, especially in a remand prison. There may be a...
Mark Pickering suggests ways to strengthen CMF's local and regional support networks. The Christian Medical Fellowship's goal is to unite and equip Christian doctors. Much can be done through conferences, literature and public policy work, but there is a real need to strengthen and support the grassroots networks and relationships between...
Imagine the scene. A room filled with your med school friends. Good food, good company, and an evening spent talking about the gospel – whether it's true and what it means in practice. Does that sound like merely a fantasy? Well, it's just what happens at a dialogue dinner.Dialogue dinners...
Back in March I went to a local BMA meeting to submit some motions for the ARM (annual representatives' meeting) on 29 June-2 July. At the time there was media coverage of a potential relaxation of advertising rules that could see abortion providers advertising on TV. So I wrote a...
The summer is a quieter period for the department as many students are taken up with exams or away on holiday. It gives us some time to regroup and prepare for the autumn term. Student Leaders' Conference On 4-6 April we had the annual student leaders' conference near Telford, commandeering...
Writing this, I'm just back from an incredible weekend at the National Students' Conference on 8-10 February. There were almost 400 there from virtually every medical school in the UK and Ireland. Many spoke of the great encouragement and challenge it was to them, and a large number were there...
There can't be many Christian doctors who don't struggle with busyness. But what can we do about it? Tim Chester's book could easily be subtitled, 'tough on busyness, tough on the causes of busyness'. Sure, there is some good advice on how to pack more into our busy days by...
Events, events, events The leaves are turning brown and CMF student groups around the country are preparing to welcome the new students with freshers' events. Laura Risdale in the office has been sending out around 1,000 CMF freshers' packs to encourage new students to join CMF. We are looking forward to...
This book chronicles the author's personal journey with Darwinism and is a fascinating summary of the main problems of standard Darwinian evolution. Latham is a GP in the Outer Hebrides and a CMF member. Accepting Darwinism at school and university, he 'enjoyed disputing with Christians about evolution…to me it was...
The National Students' Conference, 9-11 February, was the second biggest ever, with just over 400 from all over the UK, Ireland and beyond battling through freak snowstorms. Hugh Thomson spoke powerfully from Daniel on 'The God we Serve is Able' and Rhona Knight encouraged us to get 'In the Firing...
