mstp's who end up in primary care

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I'm not sure if it's the right term, but does "primary care" refer to those who are basically family doctors (i.e., the ones who work in clinics and do things like give vaccinations and refer to specialists if the problem is beyond their domain)?

Are there any mstp's who end up doing this? It seems like a low-stress lifestyle, with enough time to give to research.

 

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I'm not sure if it's the right term, but does "primary care" refer to those who are basically family doctors (i.e., the ones who work in clinics and do things like give vaccinations and refer to specialists if the problem is beyond their domain)?

Are there any mstp's who end up doing this? It seems like a low-stress lifestyle, with enough time to give to research.

Yes, primary care usually refers to doctors (not just family doctors) who work in clinics, do things like give vaccinations (among a LOT of other things) and refer to specialists if the problem is beyond their domain. Basically, it's the first doctor that you'd call if there were a problem that wasn't super-urgent, and it's the doctor that you tend to see on a regular basis.

The specialties that are usually considered primary care are Family Med, outpatient Peds, and outpatient Internal Med. The government also considers OB/gyn and outpatient psych to qualify as primary care, as well.

I don't know how many MSTPs end up doing this. I also don't know if it necessarily qualifies as a low-stress lifestyle - while the hours can be good, the types of patients and problems that you see can be annoying, and the daily grind of outpatient clinical medicine can wear away at you. Plus, I am not sure how much dedicated research time you will be able to have - outpatient medicine's goal is to see patients, which doesn't leave a lot of time to spend 6 months focusing on a research project.

If you want good hours, low stress, and lots of research time, there's always pathology....

 

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Is there a website where I find information like this (a description of the different fields of medicine and the corresponding activities, lifestyle)?

Thank you