Resident

Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree (MD, DO, MBBS, MBChB) and who practices medicine under the supervision of fully licensed physicians, usually in a hospital or clinic.

A residency may follow the internship year or include the internship year as the first year of residency. The residency can also be followed by a fellowship, during which the physician is trained in a sub-specialty. Successful completion of residency training is a requirement to practice medicine in many jurisdictions.

Whereas medical school teaches medical practitioners a broad range of medical knowledge, basic clinical skills, and limited experience practicing medicine, medical residency gives in-depth training within a specific branch of medicine. A medical practitioner may choose a residency in anesthesiology, sports medicine, dermatology, emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, internal medicine/pediatrics, neurology, obstetrics and gynecology, pathology, pediatric medicine, psychiatry, physical medicine and rehabilitation, radiology, radiation oncology, or other specialties (e.g., surgery).