Residency (medicine)

Residency or postgraduate training is a stage of graduate medical education. It refers to a qualified physician, veterinarian, dentist, podiatrist (DPM), optometrist (OD),
pharmacist (PharmD), physical therapist (DPT), or Medical Laboratory Scientist who practices medicine or surgery, veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, podiatry, clinical pharmacy, physical therapy, or Clinical Laboratory Science, respectively, usually in a hospital or clinic, under the direct or indirect supervision of a senior medical clinician registered in that specialty such as an attending physician or consultant.