If this is your first CCHF conference, START HERE! Learn about the roots and direction of the movement of God's people to live out the gospel through healthcare among those who are experiencing poverty. Identify opportunities and bottlenecks in this ongoing move of God, and understand how to find your place as you seek to serve the purpose of God in your generation
Caring for the poor has so many complexities. In our time together, we will explore one model of caring for the poor--direct primary care (DPC). As a lesser known approach to healthcare, we will begin with a nuts and bolts explanation of how DPC operates. Then, we will see the areas where DPC shines in caring for the poor. We think that DPC is one spoke, amongst multiple, in the wheel of caring for the poor. For this wheel to operate well, we must support each other. Finally, we will challenge you to ask how you are uniquely wired to fit into this wheel.
In his 2010 seminal book "To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World", sociologist James Davison Hunter suggests a new paradigm for Christian cultural engagement. Hunter encourages Christians to become a “faithful presence” in our communities. This workshop will tell the story of how a partnership between LCHC, the Chicago Department of Public Health, private service providers, homeless shelters, and academic medical centers served to protect 259 of the most vulnerable people living in shelters by housing them in a boutique hotel in the heart of Chicago. It will present example of the corporate practice of “faithful presence” as a model for cultural engagement in a pluralistic society.
Physician burnout is real. Vicarious trauma hits harder than you anticipate. Anxiety, doubt, and insecurities can creep in before you even recognize them. Our job carries a HEAVY weight with it. So how do we deal with it all? Sometimes it seems like this profession doesn't actually allow you to "put the oxygen mask on yourself first before helping another". Yet, this "new age" of self-care culture seems to put "me first". As Christians, how do we navigate all the content out there on self-care? Let's look at what the Bible actually says about caring for ourselves, rest, and cultivating resilience.
Christians can be so concerned with how to share the gospel that they often fail to consider where the person is spiritually and when, or even if, they should share the gospel. Refined through tens of thousands of spiritual encounters, this session offers a framework for discerning where a person is spiritually and how to encourage each person to take a step toward Christ regardless of where they may presently be in their faith journey.
Isn't faith and God something better left to chaplains and pastors? Do patients even want such interaction from their healthcare professionals? Besides, with everything else required of those professionals, how are such issues even broached with patients? Get answers and practical tips to these questions and more.
I am the Lord who heals you (Ex.15:26). Healing prayer provides faith benefits that enhance medical healing results. This way of treating encompasses whole person care, body, mind, and spirit. Therefore, healing prayer should not focus solely on bodily healing but integrate targeted prayers concerning root causes, which exacerbate medical illness, in addition to praying over the mind and spirit. This session will include cases and personal experiences related to my nursing career and being part of a healing prayer team. This session will also provide strategies for healing prayer that draw people to healing and to the heart of God.
Our efforts to provide excellent, compassionate treatment for our patients can open huge doors to address their spiritual needs. This session will provide an introduction to the CMDA "Faith Prescriptions" video series, a collection of 25 episodes created to equip and inspire us to communicate the love of Christ to our patients with gentleness and respect.
Maintaining a vital and fruitful Christian faith is challenging in the best of circumstances. The pressures of professional school, residency training, and busy clinical work make it harder to remain connected to The Vine. Even some of our Christian healthcare organizations struggle to resist the pressure from secular and economic powers. How can we avoid losing our religion?
