r/Residency is a subreddit with 290k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and money talk, and the community frequently discusses residency, looking, looking for, struggling, and im, 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 insane work hours (35+ shifts)?"
6 posts
#2
Money Talk
: "Student Loan Repayment"
3 posts
#3
Ideas
: "Saw a post on here about the difficulties of dating in medicine, and that gave me an idea. So I’m gauging interest on a potential single physician meeting other single physicians group"
2 posts
#4
Pain & Anger
: "Anyone else just have a traumatizing 4th of July shift?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Residency
#1
Residency
: "Did you start a Residency unsure but then liked it ?"
29 posts
#2
Looking
24 posts
#3
Looking For
24 posts
#4
Struggling
18 posts
#5
Im
14 posts
#6
Hate
14 posts
#7
Pgy1
13 posts
#8
Help
13 posts
#9
Intern
: "Hard of hearing Intern"
11 posts
#10
Struggles
9 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
DISCUSSION
: "Tension between nurses and doctors"
21 posts
#2
SERIOUS
: "Dating in residency"
16 posts
#3
SIMPLE QUESTION
: "Curly hair when working 70+ hours a week"
14 posts
#4
VENT
: "Anyone else just have a traumatizing 4th of July shift?"
11 posts
#5
HAPPY
: "🇺🇸Happy Independence Day to fellow Americans🇺🇸"
3 posts
#6
ADVOCACY
: "New grads: don’t forget they’re paying for your expertise, not just your volume."
2 posts
#7
MIDLEVEL
: "It's my third day and I already caught something an APP missed"
1 post
#8
NEWS
: "Yeah... I got called for my comment about a rude nurse"
1 post
#9
MEME - February Intern Edition
: "I’m a BMP and the resident called the nurse fat"
1 post
Member Growth in r/Residency
Yearly
+26k members(10.0%)
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Last updated: July 7, 2026