Do you have any desire to engage in research as a Family Medicine Resident? How about as you get into practice post-residency training?

You hopefully have a sense of the types of research that interest you. Whether that would be in clinical research, healthcare quality, or practice improvement research, come to your interview prepared to speak passionately about that research interest. If you have experience in medical research during medical school, be sure to bring up that experience in your answer.

"My passion for primary care goes beyond clinical care. I have a strong passion for healthcare improvement efforts and would love to engage in research related to improving hospital readmission rates and enhancing patient involvement. Can you talk a bit about the types of research your current classes of residents are engaging in right now?"

"Yes, specifically I am interested in research focused on quality improvement projects to improve patient care. I am especially interested in doing a quality improvement project to look at increasing the number of patients who follow up in the clinic after discharge from the hospital within 1 week of discharge."