Definicion del termino "pasante" segun RAE. Persona que asiste y acompaña al maestro de una facultad en el ejercicio de ella, para imponerse enteramente en su práctica. Pasante de abogado, de médico.

Definition of residency according to Webster Dictionary: a period of advanced training in a medical specialty after graduation from medical school and licensing to practice medicine.

...depending on if it is a medical or surgical rotation, this is common parlance in the British NHS.

Good luck!
Jason.

US

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also \"house physician\"

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NOTE:when the word \"resident\" is used in this context,the word doctor or physician is usually NOT used with it(it sounds redundant)-it is the same as with \"intern,\" which is used just as \"intern\"(not intern doctor or physician).

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a)DICCIONARIO MOSBY DE MEDICINA
INGLES-ESP ESP-ING

b)MEDICAL DICTIONARY ENG-SPA SPA-ENG
2ND EDITION
GLENN T. ROGERS, M.D.

c)SPAN-ENG ENG-SPAN
MEDICAL DICTIONARY
2ND EDITION
ONYRIA HERRERA MCELROY, LOLA L. GRABB

I've found this on the Internet:
What is the difference between an intern and a resident?

After graduating from medical school, doctors must complete a training program. This is called a "residency." During the first year of residency, a doctor is called an "intern." After the first year, interns become "residents." Both interns and residents are members of the hospital house staff. They are employed by the teaching hospital and are supervised by a hospital staff doctor