Picture this: You’re in the emergency room for your child who accidentally swallowed a quarter. After you are put in a room, the members of your care team introduce themselves as your nurse and your resident doctor. They tell you that your child will be taken back for an X-ray. While your child is having the X-ray and you have a moment to think, you wonder to yourself, “Wait, what kind of doctor?” The resident doctor comes back to update you that the X-ray did not show any coins or other objects swallowed. You breathe a sigh of relief knowing that your child is going to be fine, but you take this opportunity to ask your care team, “So what is a resident doctor?” What is a Resident Doctor? A resident doctor, also just called a resident or a resident physician, is someone who has completed both college and medical […]
