r/Residency is a subreddit with 292k members. The most common kinds of discussions are pain & anger and advice requests, 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
Pain & Anger
: "Sunday scaries hit different in residency"
11 posts
#2
Advice Requests
: "PGY-3 in gen surg and seriously thinking about leaving"
7 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Cerner Users - help me out"
1 post
#4
Money Talk
: "Loans, have had head in the sand for several years- finally having to come to terms with it. Anything to do during my time before becoming an attending?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Residency
#1
Looking
23 posts
#2
Looking For
23 posts
#3
Residency
19 posts
#4
Pgy1
12 posts
#5
Help
12 posts
#6
Im
12 posts
#7
Frustration
11 posts
#8
Intern
11 posts
#9
Worst
10 posts
#10
Resident
7 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
: "Friendly tip from your neuroradiologist on how to get your read faster"
51 posts
#2
VENT
: "The double standards for residents are actually insane"
50 posts
#3
DISCUSSION
: "Lindsey Clancy case"
46 posts
#4
SIMPLE QUESTION
: "What does IV Benadryl feel like?"
26 posts
#5
MEME
: "“Darn, I thought I got the cute doctor based on your photo”"
9 posts
#6
HAPPY
: "Remember to learn the ancillary staff names, say thank you to the janitors when they come into the work room, and ask them their favorite candy (if you get free cafeteria food)"
4 posts
#7
NEWS
: "What We Can Learn from Dr. Tufts"
2 posts
#8
MEME - February Intern Edition
: "The resident who forgot to turn off their mic during rounds"
2 posts
#9
FINANCES
: "Why do pediatric dentists seem to make more than pediatricians?"
2 posts
#10
RESEARCH
: "How incredible clinical research was in 1990s?"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Residency
Yearly
+27k members(10.2%)
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Last updated: August 23, 2026