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Resident

Meaning in medicine, with examples

/ˈrezɪdənt/nounCommon term

In medicine, resident means: In the US and Canada, a doctor who has finished medical school and is doing several years of supervised training in a specialty in a hospital.

In Turkish: asistan hekim, uzmanlık öğrencisi

How it is used

Residency follows medical school; a first-year resident is often called an intern, and one senior resident may be the chief resident. In the UK the closest terms are resident doctor, junior doctor or registrar.

Example sentences

  1. The surgical resident will see you before the operation.

  2. She's a second-year internal medicine resident in Chicago.

Common collocations

  • chief resident
  • surgical resident
  • residency program
  • first-year resident
  • consultantIn the UK and some other countries, a senior hospital doctor who has finished specialist training and has final responsibility for a team's patients.
  • on callAvailable to be contacted and to come and help if needed, especially outside normal working hours, such as at night or at weekends.
  • handoverThe passing of information and responsibility for patients from one doctor or team to the next, usually when a shift changes.
  • ward roundA regular visit by a team of doctors, often led by a senior doctor, to see each patient on a ward, review progress and make a plan for the day.

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