Chiropractic Educators Research Forum



A place for chiropractic educators to engage in research and the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, teaching, and engagement.


Call for Abstracts

Due September 18, 2023 

This conference will take a closer look at what chiropractic programs are doing to identify mental stress/burnout and build student, faculty and staff resilience in the psychosocial domain. Abstracts that will be considered will address various research questions associated with mental stress, burnout, and resilience.

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Welcome to CERF

This online forum is where chiropractic educators share their insights and learn new information about research and scholarship. 


Our Mission

To build scholarship and research capacity for chiropractic educators throughout the world. 


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CERF is a place for chiropractic educators to engage in research and the scholarship of discovery, integration, application, teaching, and engagement.

Research capacity building is

"...a process of individual and institutional development which leads to higher levels of skills and greater ability to perform useful research."


Trostle J. Research capacity building in international health: definitions, evaluations and strategies for success. Soc Sci Med. 1992 Dec;35(11):1321-4.


Upcoming Event Call for Abstracts

Battling Burnout - Abstracts due September 18, 2023


This December 2023 Chiropractic Educators Research Forum (CERF) Conference “Battling Burnout: Raising Resilience in Education” specifically focuses on research related to how chiropractic programs are addressing issues in mental health of students, faculty, and staff as this relates to burnout and resilience in the chiropractic program and practice.

This conference will take a closer look at what chiropractic programs are doing to identify burnout and build student, faculty and staff resilience in the psychosocial domain.

Burnout is a “syndrome conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed” (WHO) and interferes with daily activities. Resilience is “the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences, especially through mental, emotional, and behavioral flexibility and adjustment to external and internal demands.” (APA)

Abstracts that will be considered will address various research questions associated with burnout and resilience.

Battling Burnout - Abstracts due September 18, 2023


What has CERF accomplished?     ¿Qué pasa con el CERF?

The annual report includes all we have achieved in 2022.       

English and Spanish version of the 2022 report are below.

CERF 2022

Annual Report

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