Committee of Interns and Residents
The Committee of Interns and Residents (CIR) is the largest housestaff union in the United States, representing more than 22,000 interns, residents, and fellows in California, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, and Washington, D.C. CIR contracts seek to improve housestaff salaries and working conditions as well as enhance the quality of patient care. CIR was founded in 1957.
| Abbreviation | CIR/SEIU Healthcare |
|---|---|
| Formation | 1957 |
| Type | labor union, professional organization |
| Headquarters | New York, NY |
Region served | CA, FL, IL, MA, NM, NY, NJ, Washington, D.C., VT |
Membership | 22,000+ interns, residents and fellows |
President | Darshan Patel, MD |
| Affiliations | Service Employees International Union |
| Website | http://www.cirseiu.org |
History
In a landmark achievement in 1975, CIR won contractual limits for on-call schedules of one night in three. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, CIR successfully negotiated innovative maternity leave clauses, won provisions for pay for housestaff covering for absent colleagues, and in 1989 helped shape New York State's regulations that set maximum work hour limits for housestaff.[1] Since then, CIR members have negotiated hours limitations and program security clauses in Miami, Los Angeles, and Boston.[1]
References
- "What Does Labor Day Hav... - Blogs - Revolution Health". Archived from the original on 2007-11-11. Retrieved 2007-11-13.
Further reading
- Ludmerer, Kenneth M. Time to heal: American medical education from the turn of the century to the era of managed care. Oxford University Press, 1999.
- Mullan, Fitzhugh. White Coat, Clenched Fist: The Political Education of an American Physician. University of Michigan Press, 2006.
- Peterkin, Allen. Staying human during residency training: how to survive and thrive after medical school. University of Toronto Press, 2008.
- Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedules to Improve Patient Safety. Resident duty hours: enhancing sleep, supervision, and safety (Google eBook).