What research opportunities exist?
Categorical and Preliminary residents are encouraged to undertake a research project during their residency and we provide the flexibility to pursue these interests. Research support is provided in which residents formulate a clinical question, develop a research protocol, and emerge with potentially publishable data. These projects vary from individual projects to collaborative efforts with other residents or staff physicians, with and provide opportunities for presentations at medical society meetings such as the American College of Physicians and the American College of Cardiology. Faculty investigators are affiliated with the Kaiser Permanente Department of Research (http://www.dor.kaiser.org/) and act as mentors, with ongoing research in areas of HIV, cardiology, dermatology, haematology, gastroenterology, and osteoporosis.
Categorical residents are encouraged to undertake a research project during the course of their residency. These projects can vary from individual projects to collaborative efforts with other residents or staff physicians. Staff physicians act as advisors. There are opportunities for presentations at medical society meetings such as the American College of Physicians Associates annual meeting. Kaiser Permanentes Division of Research conducts more research than any other non academic institution in the nation. For example, there are major research efforts in the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Region including HIV, colon cancer screening, osteoporosis, and vaccine surveillance. Our large patient population and centralized databases provide a wealth of opportunities for clinical research.
