Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident or house officer is a physician (holding either a M.D. , D.O. , MBBS, MBChB, BMed or D.P.M. degree) who practices medicine usually in a hospital or clinic.The definition of residency varies worldwide by country and structure of the medical industry.esidency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident or house officer is a physician (holding either a M.D. , D.O. , MBBS, MBChB, BMed or D.P.M. degree) who practices medicine usually in a hospital or clinic.
In astronomy, the term period usually refers to how long an object takes to complete one cycle of revolution. In particular the orbital period of a star or planet is the time it takes to return to the same place in the orbit. Quasi-periodic oscillation. Jump to: navigation, search.
Synodic period relates to an object's position relative to the sun. So the cycle which goes from full moon to full moon is a synodic cycle. A sidereal period is sometimes called a 'star day'. It relates to an object's position relative to the distant stars.