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Opening up the interface of Christian faith, medicine, nursing and health.

  • 45 minutes 16 seconds
    Organ donation, transplantation, and trafficking

    In this episode, Dr Trevor Stammers is in conversation with CMF's Head of Communications, Steve Fouch, about organ transplantation. 

     Trevor wrote a book in 2023 called The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition: Moral Arguments about Transplantation. You can find out more and buy a copy from the publisher.

    He also mentioned Maylis De Kerangal's 2016 award winning Mend the Living, about which you can find out more here.

     CMF has been writing on these topics for many years, and you can find a selection of our most relevant podcasts here: https://www.cmf.org.uk/tag/organ-donation/

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    7 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 35 minutes 33 seconds
    Living for Christ

    In our final episode of 2025, and our last recording made at November's CMF Residents Conference, Dr Paul Coulter is in conversation with Steve Fouch, CMF's Head of Communications, about what it means to live for Christ as a Christian healthcare professional.

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    31 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 49 minutes 49 seconds
    Servant leadership for Christians in the NHS

    In conversation with Steve Fouch (CMF Head of Communications) at the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Paula Busuulwa and Prof. Paul Johnson explore what it means to lead as a Christian health professional in the NHS. 

    CMF has a network of Christians in non-clinical and clinical leadership across the UK's National Health Services and other healthcare sectors. It holds regular online and occasional in-person meetings around the UK, seminars, training programmes and peer support meetings. If you are interested in finding out more, go to: https://cmf.li/CHLN

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    24 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 41 minutes 6 seconds
    Renewed in Christ | Talk 3 | Resident Doctors Conference 2025

    In his third and final Bible talk from the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Paul Coulter explores Colossians 3 and what it means to be renewed in Christ. 

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    17 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 31 minutes 31 seconds
    Working with Physician Assistants | Resident Doctors Conference 2025

    In the fourth recording from this year's CMF Resident Doctors' Conference in November, Steve Fouch and Dr Mercy Doni-Kwame discuss Physician Assistants, a group of health professionals who have become increasingly controversial in the UK in recent years. Mercy has a strong background of training and working with Physician Assistants, and brings both a professional engagement and a godly perspective to bear on the issues and the people affected. 

    If you are a Physician or Anaesthesia Assistant, you can now join CMF as an Associate Member - go to cmf.org.uk/join/ for more information.

    Also, my apologies for the sound quality in this episode - we hope it doesn't detract!

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    10 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 42 minutes 27 seconds
    Raised with Christ | Talk 2 | Resident Doctors Conference 2025

    In the second of his Bible talks from Colossians (chapter 2, verses 6-23), Paul Coulter speaks on how Jesus' resurrection brings new life and spiritual freedom to us in our day-to-day. 

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    3 December 2025, 8:00 am
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    Assisted suicide - plenary session | Resident Doctors Conference 2025

    In the past year, politicians in Westminster and Holyrood have taken active steps towards implementing assisted suicide laws in the UK. In the plenary from this year's CMF Resident Doctors Conference, Dr Susan Marriott (CMF's Head of Public Policy) surveys the political landscape and considers what the coming years could hold. How, she asks, can Christian resident doctors and other Christian health professionals shine for Christ as this debate unfolds and into whatever lies ahead?

    She is joined in a Q&A session by CMF CEO Dr Mark Pickering and the main speaker at this year's conference, Dr Paul Coulter. 

    You can find more of CMF's resources on the topic at cmf.li/AssistedSuicideResources


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    26 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 45 minutes 54 seconds
    Reconciled by Christ | Talk 1 | Resident Doctors Conference 2025

    Surrounded as we are by philosophies of self-help, mindfulness, manifesting, and resilience, it's easy to lose confidence in Jesus Christ. As Christian health professionals, we need to recover an approach to life and work that is grounded in him. That is what the Apostle Paul presents to us in his letter to the Colossian church. Dr Paul Coulter's opening talk at the 2025 CMF Resident Doctors Conference digs into the first two chapters of this letter and explores how Jesus is supreme in everything and is all we need to live life to the full.

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    19 November 2025, 8:00 am
  • 46 minutes 35 seconds
    Facing the Future | Talk 3 | National Conference 2025

    Our main speaker, Peter Saunders examines Daniel’s resolve to stand firm in his identity, his reliance on God for wisdom, and his boldness in witness, even in the face of trials.

    This is Talk 3: Facing the Future based on Daniel 9.

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    9 June 2025, 7:00 am
  • 43 minutes 28 seconds
    Dedicated but Distinct | Talk 2 | National Conference 2025

    Our main speaker, Peter Saunders examines Daniel’s resolve to stand firm in his identity, his reliance on God for wisdom, and his boldness in witness, even in the face of trials.

    This is Talk 2: Dedicated but Distinct based on Daniel 3.

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    6 June 2025, 7:00 am
  • 35 minutes 59 seconds
    Serving the Sovereign | Talk 1 | National Conference 2025

    Our main speaker, Peter Saunders examines Daniel’s resolve to stand firm in his identity, his reliance on God for wisdom, and his boldness in witness, even in the face of trials.

    This is Talk 1: Serving the Sovereign based on Daniel 1.

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    3 June 2025, 10:00 am
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