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CMDA Southern Region Report By Will Gunnels, Southern Regional Director
Progress Notes: May/June 2010 As I look over the vast expanse of the great CMDA southern region, quite frankly I am almost “wordless.” That is sort of like being speechless in front on a computer screen with your hands over the key board. I really don’t know where to start. So I guess I will start at the very beginning…
This fall, over 7000 (my estimate) new first year students will journey to their first year of medical and dental school. Right now, first year students are getting the final serious break of their training. Second years are taking boards and getting ready to start their clinical rotations. They already consider themselves third year students. The third year students are now veterans of their clinical training, and are getting serious about what residency program they will pick and wondering who will pick them. The fourth years aren’t anymore, as they are new grads heading to the big next step, which may or may not mean relocating physically, but will surely mean relocating professionally. This ongoing merry-go-round of training is my life, as I try to connect with new leaders, and try to stay connected with old one.
As I look at the 75 campuses in the region I wonder how all of these incoming students will be greeted and warmly welcomed with some kind of Christian hospitality? Will those with faith choose to follow Jesus through their training or cave in to the awful false god of medicine? Will those without faith hear a credible witness while in school? During their training will they get to spend serious time with a doctor who is serious about both their faith and medicine? Will those who come in married leave still married (and to the same spouse)? Will those who want to be missionary docs on the front side pursue missions when it is all over? Will their next four years have the same drastic changes in the healthcare world that last month’s graduates have seen?
Writing these words (yes, real words!) is helping me refocus my vision and passion to influence the next generation of Christian docs. If it gets you fired up as well, and you would like to help the cause in some way, please get in touch with me.
For Him, Will Gunnels
Includes: AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, &
Caribbea Med Schools
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Winter Conference - February 13-20, 2011
Our next winter conference takes place Feb 13-20, 2011. Jean Wright, MD is our speaker. She is so popular among our group that this is her third time in 15 years. Jean has testified before congress, the Vice Premier of China and us! her specialty is Pediatric Anesthesia and she is three board certified. In addition, she has a great sense of humor and is a glutton for punishment. After all, did I mention that this is her third trip back to speak to our group?
Jean adopted three girls from China will be bringing them with her. We hope you will join us for this great week.
CMDA Singles on GHO Mission Trips
Also, from time to time, single docs vacation together as they plan their own events, again using our network to inform others of their plans.
We hope you take advantage of the single's network in CMDA to meet and serve along side other single docs.
Questions? Comments? Contact Michael McLaughlin, Singles Advisor
(503-522-1950 or cmdawest@gmail.com).
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