r/Residency is a subreddit with 292k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses looking, looking for, pgy1, help, 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
: "What We Can Learn from Dr. Tufts"
22 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Proposed 2027 CMS reimbursement cuts to 25 modifier are disastrous to future attendings"
9 posts
#3
Solution Requests
: "Alternatives to multiple group chats?"
3 posts
#4
Money Talk
: "How does it feel like to get the massive income boost going from residency/fellowship to attending?"
1 post
#5
Opportunities
: "2 Immediate Openings – Limited License Provider (LLP) | New York"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/Residency
#1
Looking
24 posts
#2
Looking For
24 posts
#3
Pgy1
13 posts
#4
Help
13 posts
#5
Im
13 posts
#6
Residency
6 posts
#7
Resident
: "Residents with physician parents, what was your lifestyle like growing up? Could someone in that same specialty achieve that lifestyle today?"
4 posts
#8
Abim
: "Abim extreme study fatigue"
4 posts
#9
Room
3 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
VENT
: "Your CBC with diff already comes with a blood smear. Please STOP."
53 posts
#2
SERIOUS
: "Does your spouse forget that you're a doctor?"
48 posts
#3
DISCUSSION
: "Lindsey Clancy case"
41 posts
#4
SIMPLE QUESTION
: "If all specialities were having the same income , what would be competitive the most?"
36 posts
#5
MEME
: "Addressed my patient this morning as “broseph” 4 hours after she had her baby"
8 posts
#6
FINANCES
: "Attendings that broke $1M a year, what specialty and setup?"
3 posts
#7
RESEARCH
: "What has been the most unique disease presentation that you have done a case study on?"
3 posts
#8
NEWS
: "What We Can Learn from Dr. Tufts"
2 posts
#9
HAPPY
: "Loving attending clinic so far"
1 post
#10
ADVOCACY
: "Hey.. if any wants consultation in reviewing their ERAS CV and PS, for family medicine residency.. you can contact me. Thanks"
1 post
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Yearly
+27k members(10.1%)
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Last updated: August 14, 2026