<p>What is the difference of Primary Care and Research? I saw it at this website and I don't know the difference. Thanks</p>
<p>a primary care based med school generally emphasizes the patient/ doctor relationship as opposed to medical research. Usually you will find at this type of med school a little more patient interaction and community outreach and stuff. These schools usually have longer rotations in the "general" medical fields as well. Research schools place more emphasis on the development of the medical field through research and development. This is not to say that if you go to a primary care school or research school you won't get adequate experience in the other respect. I wouldn't go by rankings of med schools in either category.</p>
<p>Medical schools are not either primary care or research, right? Some may have more emphasis on primary care. For example, U of Washington is ranked #1 in primary care and #7 in research.</p>
<p>yeah no school is exclusively primary care or research or anything, some schools are just more focused in that direction you know? If you look at med school rankings some schools fall under the top in both primary care AND research</p>
<p>Medical schools that are highly ranked for primary care are oriented to the education of primary care physicians, e.g., family practice physicians and general internists. Research oriented medical schools usually are affiliated with major referral centers that have residency programs in research-oriented specialties, e.g., vascular invasive radiology, oncology, and most of the surgical specialties. The "ranking" of the top research medical schools is related more to quality of research produced by the medical staff and the reputation of the residency programs than with the medical school itself.</p>