Hello candidate

In the Indian context a Resident is synonymous with a Resident Doctor . A Resident Doctor is usually someone who already has a basic medical graduate degree and is now working for a Post graduate degree like MD ,MS . They typically spend 3 years as Resident doctors before they get their Specialization in the branch chosen. Some may pursue clinical posts for few more months after specialization to gain more experience and they are still called Residents.

Not all Resident doctors are pursuing their MD / MS . Some might be plain posters which means that they are not actively pursuing or not registered officially for MD / MS . They are doing these posts as a matter of interest or for gaining more experience.

These doctors are called residents because they actually live on the hospital campus itself and are available 24 hours in a day for any emergency.

The meaning of SURGEON is a medical specialist who practices surgery.

Therefore a surgeon can be a senior resident but not vice versa.

Hope you understand.

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