Catholic Medical Association’s Annual Symposium for 2024

We are delighted to invite you to the Catholic Medical Association’s Annual Symposium for 2024 which will this year explore the ethics of public health medicine and how Catholic social teaching and bioethics impact this area of healthcare and the common good. We have a distinguished line up of speakers for the day, who will inform and discuss a range of current ethical issues affecting public health and care policy from a Catholic perspective. CPD credits have been applied for.

St Mary's is a delightful venue for the conference and the evening dinner. I hope you can come!

Agenda

• 10am - Steven Bow, Public Health Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow, UCL - Welcome and introduction to Symposium.
• 10:10am - Jim McManus, National Director of Health and Wellbeing at Public Health Wales - Keynote address: Putting ethics at the centre of public health practice. Followed by Q&A.
• 11:10am - Tea and coffee.
• 11:30am - Michael Wee, Associate Research Fellow, Anscombe Bioethics Centre - Individual and Common Goods: A Challenge for Healthcare Ethics. Followed by Q&A.
• 12:30pm - Steven Bow, Public Health Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow, UCL - Is there a duty to be vaccinated for the common good? Breakout discussions.
• 1:30pm - Lunch.
• 2:30pm - Ryan Christopher, Deputy Director of Alliance Engagement, Alliance Defending Freedom International - Communicating conscientious objection. How healthcare professionals can create space for practices that serve the Common Good. Followed by Q&A.
• 3:30pm - Philip Booth, Director of Catholic Mission & Professor of Finance, Public Policy and Ethics, St Mary’s University - Subsidiarity in healthcare and public health - is the Catholic approach different? Followed by Q&A.
• 4:30pm - All speakers - Panel discussion.
• 5pm - Steven Bow, Public Health Consultant and Visiting Research Fellow, UCL - Close.
• 5:30pm - Holy Mass.
• 7pm - Dinner.
• Mike Delany, CMA President - Presidential address.