Each year the USAFP Clinical Investigation Committee sponsors a research competition and a call for projects. Abstracts were submitted from each of the 15 military family medicine residencies and many other military installations both CONUS and OCONUS.

The highest scoring abstracts are accepted in the categories of clinical investigation, educational research or case report. Approximately 20 presentations and 20 posters are accepted for the juried research competition each year.

Depending on format selection, further submission requirements may include written paper, poster display presentation, and/or an oral presentation at the Symposium. Of note, typically 25-35% of USAFP submissions go on to publication in the peer-reviewed literature.

A Misbehaving Scar: Making the Diagnosis of Sarcoidosis from Atypical Skin Findings

CPT Kristen Barta, MD
CPT(P) Amanda Nopakun, Gary Clark MD,MBA, FAAFP, Tyler Raymond DO, MPH, FAAFP

A QUALITY IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVE TO INCREASE HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS VACCINE RATES IN MALES AGED 11 TO 12

LT Osmund Nogra
Gloria Calderon

Battlefield Acupuncture used as Adjunct for Pain Management in Servicemember with Heat Stroke

CPT Samantha Green, MD
Audrie Konfe, Mary Alice Noel

Consider Clozapine Induced Myocarditis When On Clozapine

Maj Carissa Rittberg, DO
Capt Rukyat Balogun

GOING THE EXTRA MILE: A CASE OF NEW DIAGNOSIS OF DIABETES DURING A PRE-PARTICIPATION PHYSICAL

CPT Eric G.Gresham, MD
MAJ Mark S. Robinson, MD

Implementing a Reflective Practice Curriculum in a Family Medicine Residency

MAJ Nathaniel Watts, DO
CPT Kassandra Pellegrini, MD

Low-dose sertraline may decrease the threshold for Exercise-Induced Rhabdomyolysis

Capt JD Wolfe, MD
Capt Brett Rasmussen, MD

Needles Over Nausea: Acupuncture for Prevention of Motion Sickness in a Pediatric Patient

Brooke Organ

NOT SO PRIVATE FIRST CLASS: A CASE OF OUTHOUSE INDUCED LACTRODECTISM

LT Elizabeth Shields, MD
LT Emory Winship, MD

Perceptions of Gender and Race Equality in Leadership and Career Advancement Amongst Military Family Physicians

MAJ Mariama Massaquoi, MD
Tyler Reese (Major), Dana Nguyen (Colonel), John Barrett (Col-ret)

PriZen: Non-opioid Pain Relief Using Battlefield Acupuncture in Prison

LT Jacqueline Rine, MD
CAPT Rachelle Nolte, MD

Prtability of Curricular Changes to Increase Scholarly Activity in Family Medicine Residency Programs

Major Roselyn Clemente Fuentes, MD, FAAFP, FAWM
Captain Christine Broszko MD, LCDR Robert Lennon MD, CAPT James Keck MD, CAPT Kristian Sanchack MD

Racial Disparities in Pain Management during Vaginal Childbirth

Captain Faraz Ghoddusi, MD
Jenene Geske PhD, Stacey Ghoddusi MPH, Kevin Sisk, DO, Shana Miles MD

Silly rabbit, Kawasaki is for kids! A rare case of adult-onset Kawasaki disease

LT Ethan Harris, MD
LT Rachel Concepcion

SIRVA: A Common Vaccine Reaction

CPT Madison Paul, MD PGY-2
Dr. Edward Kwon

The Bee's Knees: Taking the Sting out of anterior knee pain with hydrodissection of the infrapatellar fat pad

CPT Emily Buck, MD
CPT Stephanie Skelly

The Twanging Tendons: Using Ultrasound to Find the Music of Ruptures

LT Spencer Dean DO
LT G. Michael Johnson DO, LT Kerry Sadler MD, LCDR Keven Bernstein MD

Tingling fingers of a helicopter pilot

LCDR Brian Y. Park, D.O.

Transition from Active Duty to Military Retirement: Factors Impacting Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Self-Management

CPT Tyler Rogers, MD
Carla Fisher, PhD; Easton Wollney, MA; Dean Seehusen, MD; Paul Crawford, MD; Christy JW Ledford, PhD