ICMDA Recordings

Recorded on 26 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Paul Coulter
Everything is ethical. Thoughtful decisions inevitably involve questions about right and wrong, good and bad. In the complexities of modern healthcare, ethics is increasingly important as decisions have become increasingly complex while foundations for ethics are often eroded.
Christian healthcare professionals need to develop a clear biblical approach to ethics. This webinar will use the organic, biblical image of a tree to outline an approach to ethics that is rooted in the character of God, fulfils duties and rules, and also cares about consequences. It aims to help you approach real-life decisions for God’s glory and the good of others.
Paul lives in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, with his wife and two teenaged children. As Executive Director of Christianity in Society, he encourages Christ-centred thinking and living through consultancy and training in evangelism, leadership and pastoral care. He also teaches in four theological colleges and for churches and conferences across Ireland and beyond. Author of eight books, he blogs and podcasts regularly. His ministry draws on experience working as a medical doctor, lay magistrate and lecturer in theology, as well as in youth work, cross-cultural pastoral ministry, and charity management. For recreation he enjoys walking hills, writing poetry, and reading history.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Recorded on 19 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Trevor Stammers
Autonomy has arguably become the ruling ethical principle in contemporary bioethics and clinical decision-making, certainly in Western medicine. In an age of ‘patient-centred care’, everyone is aware of the importance of patient autonomy.
But what does autonomy mean conceptually and practically in the complexities of health care systems? What are the different concepts of the meaning of autonomy? Is autonomy a worthy ‘First among equals’ or an over-reaching tyrant? Is there a biblical theology of autonomy and if so, how does it help us to evaluate the current primacy of autonomy in policy decision-making on patient care and services?
Trevor Stammers was Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at St Mary's University, Twickenham until retirement in 2021. He is the author of The Ethics of Global Organ Acquisition: Moral arguments about transplantation, published by Bloomsbury in 2023.
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Recorded on 1 7 February 2026
In this interview, Peter Saunders, CEO of ICMDA, speaks with Prof John Lennox about his recent book God, AI and the End of History: Understanding the Book of Revelation in an Age of Intelligent Machines.How do recent developments in technology—specifically the rise of artificial intelligence—parallel the biblical account of Revelation? How should Christians respond to technology that advances at an unprecedented pace? If you're questioning AI and curious about what the Bible, prophecy, and emerging technologies reveal about end-time events, join us for this timely interview.
This webinar is run in partnership with the ⁠⁠Forum of Christian Leaders⁠⁠ (FOCL).
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Recorded on 12 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Dr Santhosh Mathew
Neuroscience has progressed rapidly, revealing the brain’s capacity for change throughout life. Advances in technology and genetics have enriched our insight, bridging neurology and psychiatry, and emphasising the uniqueness of thought and behaviour.
As neuroscience shapes medicine, education and commerce, it raises ethical and societal questions. Understanding the brain’s intricacies leads us to consider free will, accountability, and the persistent puzzle of cause and effect, reminding us knowledge remains provisional and growing.
For those with faith, these developments inspire humility and awe, acknowledging human knowledge as both privilege and duty.
Dr Mathew Santhosh Thomas is an Internal Medicine specialist with experience in academic and rural missional healthcare settings. He has led rural healthcare institutions and HIV care programmes, and served as Executive Director of Emmanuel Hospital Association, a network of 20 hospitals and 40 community programmes in North India. His wife Saira is an Anaesthetist and healthcare administrator; they have two grown-up children and recently relocated to Kerala after 38 years in North India. Passionate about teaching, Dr Mathew Santhosh Thomas focuses on leadership, strategy, and organisational planning. Neurology has been a special area of interest. Presently, he is Training In-Charge at ICMDA (www.icmda.net) and involved in governance of healthcare organisations.
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Recorded on 5 February 2026 for ICMDA Webinars.
Dr Peter Saunders chairs a webinar with Prof Mark Pietroni
Leadership in a cross cultural setting: An opportunity to understand some key concepts of leadership theory, critically reflect on your own leadership, and place this in a Biblical and cross-cultural setting.Mark trained in infectious diseases in London in the 1990s. He left the UK in 1997 to run a TB control programme at a mission hospital in Bangladesh. Expecting to stay for 3-5 years he and his wife Teresa, a GP, stayed for 15 years. For the last 5 years he worked at icddr,b – an international public health research centre – running their hospitals and getting used to managing cholera and other epidemics. This didn’t seem particularly relevant to UK practice at the time . . . and then covid happened! He returned to the UK in 2012. For 6 years he was the Director of Public Health for South Gloucestershire. He discovered Acute Medicine as a speciality working in Gloucester and Cheltenham, initially part time. In 2017 he was appointed Specialty Director for Unscheduled Care (Emergency Medicine and Acute Internal Medicine), Medical Director in March 2019 and Deputy Chief Executive in November 2020 at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To listen live to future ICMDA webinars visit⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://icmda.net/resources/webinars/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠