Spirit Led Medical Education

Quotes

• “I feel like medicine is a calling. I mean, I wanted to do that since I was really little and I know God put that in my heart. And so I feel like where I am and what I'm doing is my little piece of his kingdom that I'm trying to bring to earth.” - Dr. Danette Null

• “It's all about holistic care. That's what we talk about. And… nurses are there and with the patients for longer times, and we have a greater opportunity to move into their soul care and their spirit care.” - Dr. Brenda Jones

• “All students must take the history. And once they've identified a need, they can then have a conversation and shared decision making with the patient about whether that's going to be a need that they can access help themselves, whether I'm going to offer them something, or whether I need to refer them to someone with more expertise than me.” - Dr. Lysa Owen

• “And so when I have them in orientation, right off the bat I tell them this is a place where I want you as a healer to learn how to become a healer but I want you to get healed in the process.” - Dr. Danette Null

• “Learning to apologize well… spiritually unlocked relationship with students because I think when we carry, for those who are not followers of Jesus, who don't have a framework for repentance and receiving forgiveness, when they've done something wrong in their own eyes that doesn't sit with their own value system, it eats and eats and eats and eats at [them].” - Dr. Lysa Owen

In this dynamic panel, seasoned clinicians and educators share how Christian spirituality can be woven into the very fabric of medical and nursing education. With wisdom and research, they highlight the power of prayer in patient outcomes, the importance of caring for the soul of the caregiver, and the call to raise up resilient, faith-filled providers.

This conversation offers more than strategies - it’s an invitation to see training and education as Kingdom work, forming healers who carry both skill and the presence of Jesus into every encounter.

Panel speakers: Dr. Ted Sawchuk, Dr. Brenda Jones, Dr. Lysa Owen, Dr. Danette Null