Internist vs primary care representative

The differences between internists and primary care representatives can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become an internist, becoming a primary care representative takes usually requires 1-2 years. Additionally, an internist has an average salary of $223,415, which is higher than the $187,913 average annual salary of a primary care representative.

The top three skills for an internist include patients, primary care and EMR. The most important skills for a primary care representative are product knowledge, cardiology, and patients.

Internist vs primary care representative overview

	Internist	Primary Care Representative
Yearly salary	$223,415	$187,913
Hourly rate	$107.41	$90.34
Growth rate	7%	4%
Number of jobs	31,659	232,440
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Average age	48	47
Years of experience	6	2

Internist vs primary care representative salary

Internists and primary care representatives have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Internist	Primary Care Representative
Average salary	$223,415	$187,913
Salary range	Between $120,000 And $415,000	Between $97,000 And $363,000
Highest paying City	Springfield, OH	-
Highest paying state	Alaska	-
Best paying company	Central Ohio Primary Care	-
Best paying industry	Health Care	-

Differences between internist and primary care representative education

There are a few differences between an internist and a primary care representative in terms of educational background:

	Internist	Primary Care Representative
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 35%	Bachelor's Degree, 87%
Most common major	Medicine	Business
Most common college	University of Virginia	University of Pennsylvania

Internist vs primary care representative demographics

Here are the differences between internists' and primary care representatives' demographics:

	Internist	Primary Care Representative
Average age	48	47
Gender ratio	Male, 37.3% Female, 62.7%	Male, 50.1% Female, 49.9%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 5.3% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 10.0% Asian, 19.0% White, 61.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%	Black or African American, 3.9% Unknown, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 14.6% Asian, 5.2% White, 72.3% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.2%
LGBT Percentage	13%	6%

Differences between internist and primary care representative duties and responsibilities

Internist example responsibilities.

Train and manage new interns/ volunteers assisting with the evidence-based hypertension management program.
Implement EMR solely in a huge practice.
Evaluate health education needs of patients and provide necessary training and instruction.
Provide overall quality prenatal health care, gynecological services, patient triage, refer patients with complications, provide patient education service
Perform uncomplicated surgical extractions, bone grafting and suturing as needed independently.
Provide physiotherapy, rehabilitation and chiropractic treatment for various conditions and injuries.

Primary care representative example responsibilities.

Collaborate with primary care physicians and manage key product promotions-Cymbalta, Axiron, Cialis and Strattera.
Achieve sales growth objectives by incorporating product/technical knowledge, teamwork, customer and multi-product focus, innovation and creativity.
Promote in-line products to cardiologists, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians.
Execute sales and marketing of family medicine, cardiology, and endocrinology products.
Promote Microzide & Dilacor for hypertension to primary care.
Promote the company's allergy, asthma, and anti-infective franchise.

Internist vs primary care representative skills

Common internist skills

Patients, 30%
Primary Care, 13%
EMR, 7%
Critical Care, 6%
Private Practice, 6%
Rehabilitation, 5%

Common primary care representative skills

Product Knowledge, 27%
Cardiology, 20%
Patients, 13%
Territory Management, 6%
Internal Medicine, 3%
Neurology, 3%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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