In the hospital world a third year resident is akin to a good AA second baseman. They are risking more than $100K in school loans that have to be paid off. Its just not likely.
But the folks around here seem to want to believe what they want, rather than what makes sense.
All I’m saying is it’s not enough to rule out the truth of this story. It really isn’t. And your understanding of surgery residents is not very good.