CHARTING THE COURSE:
  A VISION OF GOD

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              CMDA Winter Conference, Sandy Cove, MD

January 16-18, 2004

PATIENT CHART (NOT VERY CONFIDENTIAL)
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CHIEF COMPLAINT: Patient presents with complaints of exhaustion and stress-related fatigue, seasonal affective disorder, and post-holiday financial concerns. Some early signs of spiritual atrophy.

HISTORY OF PRESENT ILLNESS: Patient's symptoms first appeared in Fall, 2003, around the start of school year. Possible link?

PAST MEDICAL HISTORY: Patients of this kind from medical schools in the greater Philadelphia region first presented with symptoms of fatigue, stress-related hypertension and burnout in 1993.

MEDICATIONS: Caffeine, Advil, Tylenol PM, More Caffeine

ALLERGIES: Sleep, Exams without back tests, Decaf.

SOCIAL HISTORY: Since 1998, patients have chosen Sandy Cove Conference Center, with its 206 beautiful acres on the tip of the Chesapeake Bay, as their primary care provider.

DIAGNOSIS: It has been said that man will perish if he has no vision. God wants us to chase after His vision - a vision first and foremost of His glory. This is seen partly through His relationship with us as His chosen ones. What do you think is His plan and purpose for you - not as caregiver to the world, but just as His child? Only when your vision of this role is renewed, are you then able to give hope, healing and purpose to a dying world. That is the vision. Join us in Charting the Course to grab hold of the Vision of God.

THERAPY: Recommended that patient takes weekend away from regular routine to spend with other patient friends from Drexel, Georgetown, Jefferson, Johns Hopkins, PCOM, PSU-Hershey, Temple, UPenn, UMDNJ, UMD, and NYC schools at Sandy Cove Conference Center. In addition to its luxurious rooms, Sandy Cove has its own Christian bookstore, exercise room, playing fields, hiking trails, fireplaces and sofas galore, making it the perfect location for effective treatment and therapy. Sandy Cove's banquet staff will also be serving us four delicious meals. Patient has been advised to bring clothes (warm apparel for a bonfire and the sunsets over the Bay), a Bible and pen, and money for their meals down and back. Patient was also advised that their HMO would only cover a 3-day/2-night stay at Sandy Cove.

Past Student References:

 “The fellowship at this conference was a real benefit to me. It’s awesome to reaffirm your own commitment to serving God through medicine and seeing what God is doing on other campuses.”

“Because of this conference, my relationship with God is stronger. Taking time away from school allows us to reevaluate our priorities and to recognize that we are called into medicine for a reason”

“At this conference I learned to recognize the worldly bondage I was in, and to be freed from it.  I see where I am at & I notice His peace coming over me.”

“This conference helped me to change my worldviews, realizing that I’ve been believing worldly beliefs, I have been challenged to implement biblical teaching into my everyday life.”

“My relationship was deepened by my realization of how much I’ve limited His power & relied on the world’s standards. I am grateful this conference allowed me to put the focus back on  Him.”

PATIENT DIRECTIVES: Sandy Cove is located about 60 miles south of Philadelphia. Take I-95 to Exit 100-A (from the North) or Exit 100 (From the South) in Maryland, just South of the MD/DE state line. Take Rt. 272 South for 7 miles through Northeast, MD. Sandy Cove will be on the right. Registration will be in the Chesapeake Lodge lobby at 5:30pm. The first meeting begins at 7:30pm but get there early to avoid long delays in our waiting room. Friday dinner is on your own and there are several restaurants between the Interstate and Northeast, MD. Sandy Cove's phone number is 1-800-234-2683 and their website is www.sandycove.org.

CONSULT (Rees Oliver, MD): Our chief consult for the weekend will be Rees Oliver, MD, speaking to us from God’s Word and from his experiences as a neonatologist who did his pediatrics residency (St. Christopher’s Hospital) and neonatology fellowship (Jefferson) in Philadelphia. Rees also served as the Director of Medical Campus Outreach and the Summer Medical Institute and served one year as the Resident Trustee for the Christian Medical and Dental Associations.  His life’s passion and calling is to glorify God through seeing health professional students, residents, and practitioners fall more in love with Jesus Christ. Rees and his wife Lisa have three beautiful girls, Abby, Mead and Sanders and live in Birmingham, AL.