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Duke Divinity Scholarships for Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture

December 20, 2018 by ESN Announce Leave a Comment

As we hear of opportunities that may be of interest to Christian scholars, we often share them at the ESN blog as a public service. Duke Divinity School shared this scholarship opportunity with us recently.   … [Read more...] about Duke Divinity Scholarships for Fellowship in Theology, Medicine, and Culture

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Health Care, Science Corner Tagged With: culture, Duke Divinity School, medicine, scholarships, theology

The Residency Match: Medicine’s Romantic Comedy

February 23, 2018 by Scott Santibanez Leave a Comment

For graduating 4th year medical students, spring brings warm weather, seasonal allergies, March Madness’ and the dreaded Residency Match. The Match is kind of like medicine's version of online dating. Med students and residencies consider and rank their most eligible suitors, hopefully leading to a 3-to-5 year committed relationship. As Match results are revealed, med schools announce proudly, “X percent of our students got their first choice for residency!” Then, as in any romantic comedy, residency programs and new … [Read more...] about The Residency Match: Medicine’s Romantic Comedy

Filed Under: Christian Thought and Practice, Health Care, Vocation Tagged With: healthcare, Match Day, medicine, residency, romantic comedy

Trouble in Mind: Attending to the Interplay of Mind and Body in Treating Depression

October 23, 2015 by Don Calbreath Leave a Comment

Psalm 139:13-14 (NASB):  For You  formed my  inward parts; You  wove me in my mother's womb.  I will give thanks to You, for  I am fearfully and wonderfully made; wonderful are Your works, and my soul knows it very well.   Trouble in mind, I'm blue But I won't be blue always 'Cause I know the sun's gonna shine in my back door someday (composed by Richard M. Jones and first recorded in 1924) … [Read more...] about Trouble in Mind: Attending to the Interplay of Mind and Body in Treating Depression

Filed Under: Health Care Tagged With: biological psychiatry, brain, chemistry, depression, healthcare, hospital, neuroscience, psychology, science

Science Corner: Where the Viruses Have No Name

May 13, 2015 by Andy Walsh Leave a Comment

With all respect to the bard, there is power in a name -- why else would Juliet consider changing hers? That's why the WHO proposed new practices for naming a newly emerged disease. Diseases are often named after the place they were found, a significant animal vector, or some other notable feature connected to its discovery. Name choice can have negative consequences for the original owner of the name. The residents of Hendra, Queensland aren't thrilled that their town has a namesake virus. The pigs couldn't complain … [Read more...] about Science Corner: Where the Viruses Have No Name

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Health Care Tagged With: disease, healthcare, names, science, science corner

Reasons: Why I am a Christian Part 2

April 5, 2014 by David 1 Comment

Every year, the translator at our pediatric hospital asks this question: What are the four hardest words to translate? He will pause for a moment and then say, Your child is dead. Every time I hear it, I wonder how many times he has had to say that phrase. Every year, I think the tally must be a little higher. Fixed in every medical provider's mind are similar moments of unsettling and stunning grief. Death, crippling injury, and disability rarely happen in the dramatic TV show ways. They are ordinary and … [Read more...] about Reasons: Why I am a Christian Part 2

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Health Care, Science and Faith Tagged With: christian, death, faith, God, goodness of God, grief, healthcare, injury, loss, reason, Reasons: Why I am a Christian, salvation, science, sickness, Suffering

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