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resources for Christian education in the medical sciences


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    AdventHealth Virtual Internship During the Pandemic Brings Many Benefits Tertiary-Lifelong
    "While many companies canceled summer internship opportunities in 2020 due to COVID-19, AdventHealth created a virtual experience that exposed interns to a wide array of leaders and opportunities."

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    Adventist Health Tertiary-Lifelong New!!
    Link to Adventist Health care facilities in the western United States.

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    Adventist Health International Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Adventist Health International is a global organization established by Loma Linda University Health. AHI is now serving as a mission hospital renewal and support system. AHI partners with both individuals and health systems to assist in providing professionals,...

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    Adventist Medical Mission in Botswana - Toward an Effective and Appropriate Model Tertiary-Lifelong
    Through history review and interviews, this qualitative research analyzes and compares the Adventist methods with those of other western-oriented Christian medical missions and traditional medical systems, thereby developing an alternative model for medical...

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    Answers for Me - Free Support for Life's Questions and Issues! Grade 9-Lifelong
    Read nuggets of practical common sense tips for holistic Christian living, organized by topic: family life, healthy living, spiritual growth, life notes, spirit renew, Bible bay, and story harvest, or search for more.

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    Australasian Research Institute - ARI Tertiary-Lifelong
    The ARI is established to coordinate, promote and facilitate research activities, within the member organisations and to manage these resources making them accessible to the wider research community. The ARI operates from within the unique environment of the...

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    Australia's Medical Marijuana Subterfuge Grade 11-Lifelong
    Medical cannabis has been legally prescribed by Australian physicians for nearly 20 years, yet in a push to legalize marijuana, the media has created the opposite illusion. “This discussion informs educators and potentially their students, particularly...

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    Christian Principles for Assisted Procreation - The Bible and Bioethics Tertiary-Lifelong
    The author notes, "The Bible does provide rich resources for bioethics, sufficient for the difficult questions we must face. But this is certainly not apparent unless we can learn to search for the broad principles of God’s Word. If the goal is...

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    Christians and Bioethics - Can the Bible Help? Tertiary-Lifelong
    Winslow discusses the questions "Can we develop a distinctively Christian approach to issues of bioethics? Can this approach honestly be based on the Bible?" He notes that "such questions demand serious attention by Seventh-day Adventists, with...

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    Christians and Bioethics - Can the Bible Help? Tertiary
    "God intends that Christians assist each other in following Jesus by participating in the life of their faith community (Matthew 18:20). God gives gifts to the members of His body so that they may help one another with growth in the faith (Ephesians 4:11-16)....

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    David Meyer - Dialogue with an Adventist Academic Ophthalmologist from South Africa Grade 11-Tertiary
    "Like all practitioners of medicine, ophthalmic surgeons, too, have to be committed to their profession and need to have a love and a passion for those who come under their care."

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    Duane Maynard Cady, M.D. - Dialogue with an Adventist physician and chair of the American Medical Association Grade 11-Tertiary
    Duane Maynard Cady, M.D., answers questions regarding his experience and involvement with his medical career and AMA (American Medical Association). He also discusses his mission and how he balances his spiritual life and busy schedule. Dr. Cady shares his...

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    Elizabeth Ostring - Dialogue with an Adventist family physician in New Zealand Grade 11-Lifelong
    Elizabeth Ostring answers questions regarding her career and mission - As a family physician, do you get to share the gospel with those who are hurting and cannot seem to get past the pain to God? How has your life's work prepared you to the participation...

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    Ethel Nelson - Dialogue with an Adventist pathologist and writer Grade 10-Lifelong
    Nelson discusses her beliefs as an atheist and her conversion to Christianity. Pathology as a career is also discussed.

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    Ethical Choices in the Genetic Age, Part 1: Reproductive Cloning Grade 9-Lifelong
    In Part 1 of this article, Zuccarelli discusses recent developments and ethical issues raised on the topic of reproductive cloning. He sets out to provide basic information about reproductive cloning, stem cells, and gene therapy, and suggests that three factors...

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    Ethical Choices in the Genetic Age, Part 2: Embryonic Science Tertiary-Lifelong
    Zuccarelli explores new advances in genetic medicine and states, "In less than three years, reproductive cloning has been eclipsed by stem cell biology with its conceptual power and medical potency". This article presents a comprehensive overview...

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    Factors involved in selection of first-time employment by graduates of allied health professions Tertiary-Lifelong
    Purpose: The purpose of this study was to discover and rank those factors which graduates from allied health professions used to make their decision to accept first-time employment. Also examined were ways in which a school's philosophy may have influenced...

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    Feng Shui - Implications of Selected Principles for Holistic Nursing Care of the Open Heart Patient Tertiary-Lifelong
    "This qualitative study sought to explore the Hong Kong Chinese patient's perceptions of an Intensive Care experience and their views on the introduction of feng shui principles focussing on sleep orientations, dietary management and exercise regimes....

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    Fernando Montes Tapia - Dialogue with a Seventh-day Adventist Pediatric Surgeon and Researcher from Mexico Tertiary
    "Dr. Montes Tapia is professor of pediatrics and surgery and director of pediatric emergencies at the University Hospital of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico."

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    Grace Emori - Dialogue With an Adventist Epidemiologist Grade 10-Lifelong
    "Ms. Emori has been awarded many honors, including Loma Linda University's Alumna of the Year in 1992. Because of her dedication and priorities, Emori has earned the respect of her peers and friends."

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    Healing, Salvation and Evangelism Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The Gospel 'is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes.' This change from death to life meaning and hope, value and future." Elder argues that "clinical care of people, by either discipline, should include evangelism-sharing...

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    Health Information Online Grade 9-Lifelong
    Looking for information about health topics, anatomy or medicine? This webpage, built by Andrews University's reference librarian Wolfhard Touchard, will guide you to the best online resources and guides on the topic.

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    How Should Christians Treat Animals in Research? 0-2 years-Lifelong
    Using animals in medical research is a highly contested issue. In this article, Mark F. Carr offers several proposals that he hopes will encourage Adventists to move away from research that causes pain and suffering for animals.

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    I didn't choose - How religion and family channel Korean Americans into medical career choices Tertiary
    This research paper explores the factors behind the overrepresentation of Korean-Americans in the Seventh-Day Adventist higher education system, specifically in the medical and dental schools of Loma Linda University in Southern California. I interview eleven...

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    Kampala Public Campus Ministry - A Reach-out opportunity Tertiary-Lifelong
    Read how Adventist students participating in Uganda Public Campus Ministry activities ministered both physically and spiritually to a badly burned man.

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    Leonard Azamfirei - Dialogue with the First Adventist President of a Public Medical University in Romania Grade 11-Lifelong
    "Growing up as an Adventist in a communist country, early in my life I found that health professions provided a perfect setting for my Christian calling: to be a caring person, and to be involved in a ministry that would reflect the love of Jesus to those...

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    Lidija Odorčić - Dialogue with an Adventist Family Doctor in Slovenia Grade 10-Lifelong
    It's amazing the impact that two people can have among two million. A pediatrician tells about her family, how she got into medical school, what happened after that and many incredible experiences in her life.

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    Linda Hyder Ferry - Dialogue with a physician for such a time as this Grade 11-Lifelong
    Linda Hyder Ferry answers questions regarding her life, mission, and career - So what led you to this dynamic mission to combat smoking? What about those who say you should just pray? So what exactly does nicotine do? What’s the real killer?

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    Miracle at the school gate Kindergarten-Lifelong
    Behold, I command you to be strong and of good courage; do not fear or be dismayed, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9

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    Mpoki M. Ulisubisya - Dialogue with an Adventist High Commissioner of Tanzania to Canada Grade 11-Lifelong
    Ulisubisya states, “The Lord has provided many opportunities to share my faith where I work. Even more, drawing on the resources my faith provides, I strive to demonstrate integrity in all that I do and encourage others to do the same.”

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    Predictors of Knowledge Management in Healthcare Organizations in Butembo Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Having the right knowledge to act and decide has become very crucial in the 21st century and particularly for healthcare organizations where medical errors can cause millions of injuries (Ghosh & Scott, 2006). Effective knowledge management (KM) improves...

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    Professional Care of Marginalized Clients - The Pool of Bethesda Mode Lifelong
    “Social workers and other helping professionals often encounter clients with a history of marginalization. Professional ethics demands client centered approaches, which include a client’s right to self-determination. Practitioners often face the...

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    Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya - Dialogue with a Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health in South Africa Grade 11-Lifelong
    As a professor of epidemiology and public health at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa and guest lecturer in epidemiology at the Pan African University of Life and Earth Sciences at Ibadan, Nigeria, Dr. Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya “values...

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    Spirituality vs Religion - Implications for Healthcare Tertiary-Lifelong
    Testerman looks at answering questions such as: What is spirituality and how does it differ from religion? Can a person have one without the other? What is the role of religion and how does it relate to spirituality? What are the implications of these issues...

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    Symbolic Models - Stories as Life Resources for Medical Students Tertiary-Lifelong
    Saxby suggests the use of stories in teaching medical students. She notes, "...stories are important life resources for medical students because through participating in the realities of symbolic patients and physicians, medical students can become more...

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    Toward an Ethics of Medical Care that Includes Care for the Spiritual Tertiary-Lifelong
    Elder notes that spiritual care is important to patient care. He argues that "the absence of intentional spiritual care is patient negligence!" This paper was presented at the 19th Institute of Christian Teaching.

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    Urijah's on a Mission - Lifestyle Medicine Graduand Responds to Health Crisis at Home Tertiary-Lifelong
    "The influence of his father and an advertisement for a scholarship encouraged Urijah Lilligeto to begin his journey as a healthcare professional who is now helping his country make choices to improve its quality of life."

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    Using Animals in Medical Research Tertiary-Lifelong
    "Before a new medical product or technology gets to the patient, it undergoes a rigorous research and testing process, including testing on animals. The use of animals in such clinical research is legally permissible. But is it ethically appropriate?"

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    Verna Alva - Dialogue With an Adventist Psychiatrist in Peru Grade 10-Lifelong
    Dr. Alva answers some questions including: "Why did you choose medicine as a profession? What kind of challenges did you face at the university? What led you to specialize in psychiatry? What does it mean to you to be a Seventh-day Adventist?"