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How to Survive Thanksgiving Dinner with an Obamacare-Hater Relative
Since both happen in November, many of us dread the double-punch of 1.) the climax of a divisive and bitterly-fought election, and then 2.) having to politely talk with that relative or relatives at the Thanksgiving dinner table who are just a little too happy about the outcome. This year, with the President-elect making clear…
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Proposed ACGME Requirements Will Do Little to Protect Residents
November 4, 2016 Today the ACGME released its proposal to roll back the 16-hour limit on consecutive work for first year residents, returning to 28-hour on-call shifts, performed with little or no sleep. At the same time, it calls for relaxing requirements for residents to report the hours they work and provides no concrete measures…
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Resident Physicians and Long Work Hours: CIR Responds to Public Outcry
With the release of a report by Public Citizen today on the public’s deep concerns about extremely long work hours for resident physicians, the nation’s oldest and largest physicians’ union is renewing its appeal for commonsense reforms that will protect both residents and patients. “The report released today by Public Citizen should give pause to everyone in…
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Two CIR Victories for California Residents
The residents at two California hospitals — Children’s Hospital in Oakland and Sutter Health in Santa Rosa — have ratified contracts this week, which will improve working conditions, pay, and benefits for housestaff over the duration of the three year contracts. Residents have proven that when united and we ask more of our employer, we often…
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Vitals: Spring 2016 – UC Irvine First Contract Win!
UC Irvine Residents Win Housing Allowance, Education Funds in First CIR Contract University of California Irvine Medical Center residents ratified a three-year contract providing a $2,900 housing stipend to housestaff living within a certain radius of their training sites, educational reimbursements of $750 next year and $1,000 each year after that, and a host of…
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Vitals: Spring 2016 – Advice for Interns and Residents
ADVICE FOR RESIDENCY CIR has collected advice from scores of residents who have been in your shoes! How do you maintain relationships outside of the hospital when you work 80+ hours a week? How can you get enough rest so you’re not trying to complete charts on 4 hours of sleep? From parenting to dating…
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Vitals: Spring 2016 – Perspectives: Global and Local Challenges
Dr. Tiffany Chioma Anaebere reflects on Haiti relief mission. She is a 3rd Year Emergency Medicine Resident at Alameda Health System – Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA Soon after I placed a breathing tube in our very sick patient at Hospital Bernard Mevs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the Emergency Department team connected her to our last ventilator. Shortly thereafter, a…
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Vitals: Spring 2016 – Lobby Days in FL & NY
Florida Lobby Day: Policy Changes for Mental Health In what has become an annual tradition, five Miami residents boarded a plane to Tallahassee on February 17 to advocate on behalf of their patients and adequate funding for Jackson Memorial Hospital, the largest safety-net hospital in Southern Florida and largest public hospital in the state. As…
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Vitals: Spring 2016 – President’s Report: Taking Back Our Wellbeing
Taking Back Our Well-Being By Dr. Hemant Sindhu, CIR President, 2015-2016 Two months ago, I received word about something we all fear hearing about but rarely speak openly about. One of my fellow CIR members was found dead, having jumped from the window of her apartment building. Work ground to a halt that day for…
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Vitals: Spring 2016 – Alumni Corner: The Power of a Collective Voice
Alumni Corner: The Power of a Collective Voice Cynthia Stotts, DO, is an inpatient pediatric ward and PICU attending at Los Angeles County+USC Medical Center and recently spoke on the Women in Medicine alumni panel at CIR’s Resident Leadership Conference. She completed her residency at LAC+USC and was the President of the Joint Committee of…
