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Symposium and Annual General Meeting of the CMA 2024

The Ethics of Public Health Medicine and The Common Good

The CMA Annual Symposium & AGM 2024

St Mary’s University, Twickenham Saturday April 6th – Sunday April 7th 2024

We are very excited to announce the Annual Symposium for 2024 which will this year explore the ethics of public health medicine and how Catholic social teaching and bioethics impact this area of healthcare and the common good. Steven Bows, one of the CMA council members, is a consultant in public health and has assembled a distinguished line up of speakers for the day.

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Conference and AGM 2019: Following Jesus in Healthcare

Keynote speakers:

David Quinn, Director of the Iona Institute and former editor of the “Irish Catholic”. Bringing faith into public life
Sr Andrea Fraile, Sisters of the Gospel of Life. Helping people in a crisis: the work of the Sisters of the Gospel of Life

Welcoming professionals and students of all healthcare professions, Chaplains and all who have an interest in a Catholic view of healthcare today.

How can we keep a strong faith in a busy career?
How do we bring hope?
What is the purpose of healing and healthcare?
How can we “live our faith” at work?

- Informed Opinion -

“From the time when I was a Medical Student, through the years of training jobs and now as a Senior Consultant, the CMA has been my first port of call to seek guidance when faith and clinical practice are incongruent - highly recommended to those who wish to seek the truth that Jesus Christ offers and apply it in the practical setting of a busy clinical life.”

Emergency Medicine/Intensive Care Med Consultant

- An Effective Voice -

“The CMA has done excellent work at all levels of British society, including in parliament, the media, the GMC, BMA and many other places.”

Consultant and former GP and Clinical Director

- Professional Support -

“It was as a medical student that I was first exposed to medical procedures that conflicted with my conscience.

I contacted the CMA regarding one particular dilemma and I received helpful guidance. Feeling very supported by the CMA, I felt able to write to one of my educators sharing some of my concerns.”

Specialist Registrar and CMA member

- Integrating Faith and Clinical Practice -

“I joined the Guild of Catholic Doctors (as the CMA was), at the start of my career as a GP. The Guild and its members helped me rapidly see the beauty and dignity of the practice of Medicine through the eyes of Faith. I cannot think how barren my professional life would have been without them.”

GP and Former CMA President