This conference is also available as a full Regent summer course. See the Faithful Medicine: Bioethics and Christian Thought course page for full details.

HEALTH PROFESSIONALS

Both this conference and the Faithful Medicine course have received official CME activity approval status.

Conference Registration

Registration for this conference is now closed.

Requests for cancellations or refunds (minus a $25 processing fee per registration) must be received before June 10, 2009.

Upcoming Conferences

Regent Tradition Conference
April 4, 2009
Work-Wise: Making Sense of the Other Six Days
With Paul Stevens and Bruce Waltke

Regent Pastors' Conference
May 5-8, 2009
The Pastor as Preacher
Earl Palmer, Fleming Rutledge and Darrell Johnson

Bioethics Conference
June 12-13
Faithful Medicine: Bioethics and Christian Thought
With Dr. Jennie McLaurin

Faithful Medicine: Bioethics and Christian Thought

With Dr. Jennie McLaurin

Christians struggle to make sense of modern medicine and its bioethical challenges. Abortion, euthanasia, AIDS and stem cell research continue to make headlines and fuel debate. But less public concerns also occupy us, such as infertility, aging, chronic pain and our neighbour's unmet medical needs. The goal of this conference is to assist health professionals, church leaders and the wider Christian community to think well and Christianly about medicine, and thereby offer reasonable and faithful approaches to bioethical deliberation.

This conference is also available as a full Regent summer course. See the Faithful Medicine: Bioethics and Christian Thought course page for full details.

ATTENTION HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Faithful Medicine Conference Receives Official CME Activity Approval

The AAFP CME Accreditation Department has declared that "This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 25.25 Elective credits by the American Academy of Family Physicians." The full 25.25 CME credits will be awarded to those completing both the conference and the Faithful Medicine course (June 8–12) . 12 credits will be given to those who complete just the conference. Credits for those completing the course alone will be granted on a sliding scale. See the Faithful Medicine course page for details.

Dr. Jennie McLaurin is a pediatrician with a degree in maternal and child health, and has worked for many years with the American Health Resources and Services Administration, serving immigrant populations. In addition to her medical training, she holds a Master of Christian Studies from Regent College.

 

Conference Cost

• $265 Health Professional for CME credit
• $175 Individual
• $125 Full-time student

 

Conference Schedule

Friday June 12

5:30pm	Registration & Check-in/Refreshments
6:00	Evening Session: Current Issues in Bioethics Part 1
7:30	Break (Coffee and dessert)
7:45	Evening Session: Current Issues in Bioethics Pt. 2
9:00	Prayer & Adjourn

Saturday June 13

8:15am	Coffee/Registration
8:30	Morning Session One: Theological Considerations in Bioethics Pt. 1
10:00	Break (Coffee and snack)
10:20	Morning Session Two: Theological Considerations in Bioethics Pt. 2
12:00pm	Lunch (served in room 100)
1:15	Afternoon Session One: Breakout Sessions on particular topics (Topics will vary according to group interest but might include palliative care, reproductive technology, culturally-oriented care, parish nursing, bioethics and the public square)
2:45	Short Break
3:00	Afternoon Session Two: Where Do We Go from Here? Possibilities for the church, home, hospital, and community.
5:00	Prayer & Adjourn