Medicine can be divided into modern medicine (commonly known as western medicine) and traditional medicine (including traditional Chinese medicine, Tibetan medicine, Mongolian medicine, Uygur medicine, Korean medicine, Yi medicine, Zhuang medicine, Miao medicine, Dai medicine, etc. Different regions and nationalities have corresponding medical systems and different aims and purposes. India's traditional medical system is also considered to be very developed.
Research fields include basic medicine, clinical medicine, forensic medicine, laboratory medicine, preventive medicine, health care medicine, rehabilitation medicine and so on.
Basic medicine includes: medical biomathematics, medical biochemistry, medical biophysics, human anatomy, medical cell biology, human physiology, human histology, human embryology, medical genetics, human immunology, medical parasitology, medical microbiology, medical virology, human pathology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, medical experimental animal science, medical psychology, biomedical engineering, medical informatics, first aid and nursing.