what is residency
Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident or house officer is a physician (holding either a M.D. , D.O. , MBBS, MBChB, BMed or D.P.M. degree) who practices medicine usually in a hospital or clinic.The definition of residency varies worldwide by country and structure of the medical industry. resident physician is more commonly referred to as a resident, senior house officer (in Commonwealth countries), or alternatively as a senior resident medical officer or house officer.