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Health Care Reform Passes!

Health Reform Passes

After all the rallies, all the calls to Congress, all the Letters to the Editor, all the visits to Capitol Hill, all the reading and presentations to learn what was in the bill and whether it would do right by resident physicians and their patients, all the arguments and all the rhetoric, health care reform is now the law of the land.

Learn what's in the bill.

Learn what CIR fought for.

Learn what you can do next.

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Must-Have Resources for Medical School and Residency

Are you worried about The Match and how to research the hospitals you're considering?  Do you need some tips on how to prepare for your intern year?  Are you wondering how having a union helps resident physicians?  You'll want to read and download these helpful one-page documents!

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What Is the Committee of Interns and Residents?

Doctors love their programs and care deeply about their patients’ health and well-being. For decades, interns, residents and fellows all across the country have organized in order to negotiate for better housestaff salaries and working conditions as well as to enhance the quality of patient care. Resident physicians who have joined the Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) have found that forming a union is the best way to have an effective voice at work and develop solutions to issues and problems at their hospitals.

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Issue of the Month:
Work Hours Reform
In 1989, CIR helped shape New York State’s regulations that set maximum work hour limits for housestaff. Since then, CIR members have negotiated hours limitations and program security clauses in Miami, Los Angeles and Boston. These important advances have become models for improving residency programs across the country.

CIR continues to work to establish evidence-based work hour scheduling for resident physicians that optimizes the quality of patient care, resident education, and safety.


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