SEIU Local 1957

Help Congress Stop the GME Funding Cuts

The "Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008" (H.R. 5613) passed in the House 349 to 62 with help from CIR members who took action. But obstacles remain in the Senate.

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"Walk a Day in the Shoes" of a CIR Doctor: New Mexico Senate candidate Representative Tom Udall spent the day with Dr. Elizabeth Burpee in Albuquerque, NM as part of SEIU's "Walk a Day in the Shoes" program.
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2008 CIR National Convention:
Open to all CIR Delegates and Alternates, you can now register online.
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Interview with the Author: Dr. Sandeep Jauhar, author of Intern: A Doctor's Initiation, talks about his goals in writing the book and the experience of his intern and residency process.
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CIR & HHC Join Forces for Safety
New York City public Health and Hospitals Corporation (HHC) and CIR joined forces on February 6th to host a first-ever conference on improving the transfer of patient information (also known as hand-overs).
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Notice of Elections of CIR National Officers: Nominations must be received in the CIR National Office prior to May 6, 2008. Officer elections will take place on May 18.
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Post-Residency Life Workshop: Learn how to negotiate an employment contract, plan your finances and protect your assets at this NY workshop.

Watch a video: past and present CIR members reflect on the challenges and rewards of residency.

Are You a CIR Alumni?: Keep in touch with CIR and your former colleagues by joining our CIR Alumni Network.

Is your H-1B Visa Expiring Soon?: Important information for H-1B Visa holders.

Hours Watch—The Scientific Evidence Against Long Hours Continues to Mount: New study in the July 17th issue of The Annals of Internal Medicine is the latest demonstrating the need for shorter work hours for resident physicians. Read the new study, editorials, and news coverage at HoursWatch.org.

Valuable Resources

   CIR News: A quarterly publication where you can find out what residents in CIR hospitals across the country are doing:
                    Current issue, CIR News
                      *Back issues, CIR News.

The American College of Physicians Endorses Universal Access: Read their position paper on how to improve US healthcare. (PDF)

  Best Practices for Resident Work Hours
   It's always hard to do things a new way, so here are some
   case studies, ideas, and pilot programs to help get the ball rolling
Want to Reduce Work Hours?: Look to London’s “Hospital at Night"
A Model for Hours Reduction, Patient Safety & MD-RN Team Building.
The Case for 16 hours: Dr. Christopher Landrigan, of the Sleep
and Patient Safety Program assembles the data in a powerpoint.
*Striving for an Evidence-Based Standard for resident work hours:
What the data and research tell us.
*Hospital at Night:
London's innovative new pilot program re-engineers how the work gets done to reduce resident work hours.
*Alert & Awake For Everyone's Sake:
A Resident Work Hours Conference in New Zealand.
*Capping Hours at 12:  Overcoming resistance at Coney Island Hospital in Brooklyn, NY to fix resident work hours.
*It's not Whether, but How!
Residents come together in conference to discuss reform of resident work hours in Ca. and in N.J.

   Patient Care Funds
     Through collective bargaining, CIR members have negotiated for hospital funds
      for improved patient care.
               Read more details about Patient Care Funds.
                Learn more about Patient Care Funds in your area.

              FICA Student Exemption For Residents Faces Tough Scrutiny from the IRS
              CIR Report on The Medical Malpractice Controversy
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