r/Residency is a subreddit with 295k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking, looking for, residency, pgy1, and help, and they frequently recommend/review comfortable shoes, scrubs, and survival kit.
Welcome to the Residency subreddit, a community of interns and residents who are just trying to make it through training!
This is a subreddit specifically for interns and residents to get together and discuss issues concerning their training and medicine/surgery.
Popular Themes in r/Residency
#1
Advice Requests
: "How do you deal with the loneliness during residency?"
6 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Reported to HR again by an attending"
4 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Which is a better investment for residency : tablet or laptop ?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Residency
#1
Looking
23 posts
#2
Looking For
23 posts
#3
Residency
13 posts
#4
Pgy1
12 posts
#5
Help
12 posts
#6
Im
12 posts
#7
Intern
7 posts
#8
Mentor
3 posts
#9
Fellowship
3 posts
#10
Radiology
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/Residency
Comfortable Shoes
36 reviews
#1
Naturalizer
4.5★ from 4 reviews
#2
Clarks
4.3★ from 3 reviews
#3
Hoka
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Scrubs
34 reviews
#1
FIGS
4.1★ from 7 reviews
#2
Jaanuu
4.3★ from 4 reviews
#3
Mandala
4.0★ from 4 reviews
Survival Kit
19 reviews
#1
Zojirushi Thermos
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#2
Nintendo
5.0★ from 1 review
#3
Zojirushi
5.0★ from 1 review
Flair Used in r/Residency
#1
SERIOUS
: "I feel horrible"
21 posts
#2
DISCUSSION
: "Why does everyone shit on the ED?"
15 posts
#3
SIMPLE QUESTION
: "Outside of GS/surgical subs/OB, which specialties do you think most people will be absolutely miserable in if they aren't a good fit for it?"
13 posts
#4
VENT
: "Tolerance ran out"
9 posts
#5
MEME
: "Walked by my senior describing the sunrise to a blind patient"
4 posts
#6
RESEARCH
: "Research"
1 post
#7
ADVOCACY
: "National unions"
1 post
#8
FINANCES
: "How much money you want to make sure that you have on your bank account"
1 post
#9
MIDLEVEL
: "التدريب"
1 post
#10
HAPPY
: "Attending keeps his Tylenol in a Pez Dispenser? Pops them prn…."
1 post
Member Growth in r/Residency
Yearly
+28k members(10.4%)
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Last updated: September 22, 2026