The CMDA Student Pulse Podcast

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® For medical and dental students, life can feel like a relentless cycle of earning, proving, and measuring up. In this episode of the Student Pulse Podcast, Bible teacher and author Elizabeth Nuthalapaty offers a freeing counter-message: we were never made to chase glory or manufacture it — only to behold and reflect it. Drawing on her new 50-day devotional, Reflecting God’s Glory, she unpacks what it actually means to behold God — not merely study Him — and how that quiet daily practice slowly, even irreversibly, changes us. She speaks directly to the exhausted trainee who’s already fallen behind, making the case that small, ordinary faithfulness matters more than dramatic spiritual highs. It’s an invitation for students entering a life of caring for the vulnerable to be transformed by the One they behold — and to let that change spill over onto every patient, classmate, and roommate they meet.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® When the Match didn’t go the way Josh Lee planned, he found himself in the SOAP process — facing a season that felt a lot like fishing all night and catching nothing. In this episode of the Student Pulse Podcast, Josh is honest about what was happening inside him, spiritually and emotionally, in the disorientation of not matching. He shares what it actually took to trust God enough to “let down the net” one more time and submit to an uncertain process all over again. Drawing on Peter’s story in Luke 5, Josh reflects on the strange tension of holding onto faith while your hands are still empty. It’s a candid, hopeful conversation for any student standing in the “caught nothing” part of their own story.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® What if medical training isn’t just teaching you how to practice, but quietly shaping who you become? In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Danielle Shelton — family physician, lifestyle medicine leader, and educator — to talk about the hidden curriculum of medicine and the culture it reproduces. She makes the case that we can’t keep passing down burnout, competition, and ego and expect a healthy profession, and that Christian physicians are called to model something different: generosity, courage, humility, and collaboration. Along the way we explore why mentorship is stewardship, why depleted physicians can’t care or lead well, and what it means to be faithful within medicine while helping build what doesn’t yet exist. It’s a conversation about formation, calling, and the courage to offer your gifts before you feel fully ready.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® Join John Bayon, Detroit Area Director, Mitzi Roberts, San Antonio Area Director and Corey Whittaker, Triangle NC Area Director join Mike Chupp, CMDA CEO, for an encouraging conversation about the encouraging and challenging ministry to healthcare trainees and professionals in their local areas.

by Christian Medical & Dental Associations® How hard is it, really, to follow Christ in medicine today? In this episode, Corey Whittaker — who walks alongside students, residents, and physicians across Raleigh-Durham — gives an unusually honest answer. He names the pressures bearing down on Christian trainees, from moral injury to conscience protections, and tells the truth about the consequences he’s seeing play out. But this isn’t a conversation about despair; it’s about what’s actually working to keep faithful clinicians standing. Tune in for an encouraging, clear-eyed look at faith on the front lines of healthcare.