r/Residency is a subreddit with 296k 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
: "Do you think that the newer generations will make work life balance better in medicine?"
4 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Surgery resident…nights…sadness"
3 posts
#3
Opportunities
: "Radiology Residency Opening in Quezon City"
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
Attending
: "Everyday I eat a banana across the room when the Attending is looking at me, and now he does it back but with other foods"
6 posts
#9
Struggling
6 posts
#10
Mentor
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
: "What games we playing?"
20 posts
#2
SIMPLE QUESTION
: "Any surgical residents who switched to non surgical and were shocked by free time?"
15 posts
#3
VENT
: "Is lung transplant purgatory?"
13 posts
#4
DISCUSSION
: "FM: How does half-day continuity clinic work during inpatient rotations?"
10 posts
#5
MEME
: "PGY-1, day 100"
6 posts
#6
HAPPY
: "I caught my Attending working on a novel called “From Bitch to Brain Surgeon”"
4 posts
#7
RESEARCH
: "What is your hospital’s protocol for pain management for newborn circumcision?"
3 posts
#8
FINANCES
: "Family Destination wedding invite as resident"
1 post
#9
NEWS
: "ITE"
1 post
#10
ADVOCACY
: "Honest & Constructive Residency Review/Eval"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Residency
Yearly
+28k members(10.5%)
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Last updated: October 15, 2026