residency programs

Postgraduate medical training

Residency programs are structured training periods for medical school graduates, typically lasting three to seven years depending on specialty.

During residency, physicians work in hospitals or clinics under supervision, gaining hands-on experience before practicing independently.

She matched into a surgical residency program in Chicago.

The term extends to similar training arrangements in other fields like pharmacy or veterinary medicine.

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training stage

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Physician training institution

fellowship programs · independent practice · classroom instruction · retirement · board certification

practice autonomy

residency programsindependent practice

Solo application of learned skills

attending physicians · private practice · solo practice

program structure

residency programsself-directed learning

Education you control yourself

independent study · apprenticeship

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