Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship

Compulsory Rotatory Residential Internship (CRRI) refers to one-year compulsory work in the hospital attached to the medical college or in any other approved hospital as allowed in some medical colleges(also known as Teaching Hospital), for a period of one year. This is required for the award of the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MB BS) medical degree in India.

Description

An Internshi (also called an Internee or a CRRI) is posted in all the clinical departments of the hospital on a rotation basis. This gives him the basic clinical experience in all the disciplines of medicine and enables him to work as a General Physician.

The intern is also given a monthly stipend. The amount may vary from one college to another, based on ownership by State or private entity. Completion of internship is a necessary pre-requisite for award of the degree, license to practice medicine and for postgraduate studies or higher specialty training.

On passing the final MBBS examination at the end of 4^1/2 years, a medical student is first awarded a Provisional registration certificate by the Medical Council of India (MCI) or the State medical council and he can start the internship. The Permanent registration certificate along with the "MCI Registration number" (i.e., the license to practice) and the final Medical degree (i.e., the MBBS degree) is given only after obtaining a CRRI completion certificate endorsing the successful and satisfactory completion of the CRRI.