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Kern Medical Center Program
- Specialty Group
- Emergency Medicine
- Specialty
- Emergency Medicine
- Program Name
- Kern Medical Center Program
- Acgme Program Id
- 1100512001
- City
- Bakersfield
- State
- California
- State Code
- CA
- Program Length
- 4
- Eras Status
- Current inventory as of 2026-11-06
- Application Route
- ResidencyCAS
- Match System
- NRMP status requires program-level verification
- Positions
- 7
- Interview
- October-January (local page)
- Exam Policy
- Local requirements page references Step II and still includes CS terminology; treat exact current exam-stage rule as HOLD.
- Lor
- 3 recommendation letters; local page does not cleanly distinguish current SLOE count in captured text.
- Visa Policy
- FREIDA: J-1 no; H-1B no.
- Signaling
- 5 signals; equal weight; do not signal core EM home/away rotation sites
- Official Program Url
- https://www.kernmedical.com/academics/residency-fellowship-programs/emergency-medicine-residency-program/
- Application Url
- https://www.kernmedical.com/academics/residency-fellowship-programs/emergency-medicine-residency-program/emergency-medicine-requirements/
- Primary Source Url
- https://www.imgprep.com/residency-programs/emergency-medicine
- Additional Source Urls
- https://help.liaisonedu.com/ResidencyCAS_Program_Help_Center/Resources/ResidencyCAS_Participating_Programs/ResidencyCAS_EM_Programs ; https://www.kernmedical.com/academics/residency-fellowship-programs/emergency-medicine-residency-program/ ; https://www.kernmedical.com/academics/residency-fellowship-programs/emergency-medicine-residency-program/emergency-medicine-requirements/ ; https://freida.ama-assn.org/program/1100512001
- Observed Date
- 2026-11-06