2019 Research Forum

Introduction

Welcome to the 19 th Annual Kern Medical Research Forum.

The purpose of the Kern Medical Research Forum is to foster in-depth comprehension of research, and promotion of scholarly pursuits among residents, faculty, physicians, medical students, nurses, pharmacists, physical therapists, and mental health clinicians for the advancement of medical science. The Forum serves to highlight research activities, recognize special contributions and innovations to health care and medical education.

Research and scholarly activity are inclusive requirements of all approved residency-training specialty programs at Kern Medical. Participation in medical and scientific research contributes to the advancement of high quality patient care and serves to recognize Kern Medical as a best practice, science-based, tertiary referral center.

Prior to this evening, we received multi-patient studies and unique case report abstracts representative of the scholarly activities in the majority of the residency specialties. The multi-patient abstracts were blind-scored; the top scoring abstracts were chosen for the oral presentation competition. A research-experienced jury panel will score the presentations.

This year’s Forum will showcase posters by California State University Bakersfield students and faculty. We would like to acknowledge the hard work of all the participants. The achievements reflected in the posters displayed and the program presentations represent commitment to scholarly activities.

Randolph Fok MD PhD Chief, Maternal-Fetal Medicine Chair, Institutional Review Board

Russell V. Judd MS Chief Executive Officer