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AFA Ministry · Barry University Faith & Medicine Cohort

Called to Heal

FaithExcellenceConscienceCourageMission

A formation program for future physicians who intend to be trusted when the decisions become difficult — integrating Catholic faith, clinical excellence, conscience and mission.

What kind of doctor are you becoming?

The Program

Formation for the physician, not only the applicant

Eight modules, a live webinar, a bioethics library, a medical case lab and a founding mission — one integrated environment where competence and conscience are formed together.

Clinical seriousness

Cases are written the way medicine actually arrives: incomplete, evaluated, and urgent.

Catholic depth

Catechism, Vatican documents and the moral act framework, cited and linked to the source.

Formed conscience

Conscientious objection taught as competence and charity, not confrontation.

Human dignity

Every judgment returns to the person in the bed, especially when they are hardest to like.

A stethoscope, an open book, a brass cross and reading glasses on deep navy

The Eight-Module Journey

From a question about yourself to a ministry that outlasts you

  1. 1 — CallingIdentity, Vocation & CallingWho am I becoming?
  2. 2 — ExcellenceExcellence, Discipline & StewardshipHow do I steward what God has given me?
  3. 3 — DiscernmentPrayer, Discernment & Spiritual DepthWho am I becoming before the pressure arrives?
  4. 4 — BioethicsFoundations of Catholic Medical BioethicsHow do I reason morally?
  5. 5 — Human LifeProtecting Human Life — Beginning & End of LifeHow should future physicians respond when human life is vulnerable?
  6. 6 — CourageConscience, Courage & Professional IntegrityWhat happens when convictions meet professional pressure?
  7. 7 — CommunityBuilding & Sustaining a Medical MinistryHow do we build something strong enough to outlast us?
  8. 8 — MissionLeadership, Communication, Influence & MissionHow do we lead, fund, grow, and hand this mission forward?
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Called to Heal · 12 slides · ~40 minutes

An interactive webinar, not a slideshow

Presenter mode with speaker notes, keyboard and mobile navigation, live anonymous polling on the clinical dilemma, full-screen projection contrast and a printable handout.

Bioethics Library

Sources, cited and linked

Catechism, Vatican, NCBC, CMA, professional bodies and Florida law — searchable by category and module.

Medical Case Lab

Cases with nuance intact

Initial response, confidence, new information, revised response and guided analysis.

Leadership

Discern roles, don't pick titles

Gifts, character, capacity and discernment feeding a human conversation.

Founding 30 Days

Gather · Discern · Build · Launch

The four-week tracker that turns a webinar into a functioning ministry.

The question beneath everything

What kind of doctor are you becoming?

The AFA Faith & Medicine Formation Program provides educational, spiritual, ethical, and professional formation. It does not provide medical advice, legal advice, clinical supervision, or institutional compliance advice. Students and professionals should consult appropriately qualified physicians, attorneys, bioethicists, institutional leaders, compliance professionals, clergy, chaplains, and other experts when addressing specific professional or clinical situations.