Choosing primary care physician/where to go for annual checkup?

Go to your insurance website. They should have a list of doctors in your area. Pick the closest one with an American name.

It's called a general practitioner.

So should you pick a general practitioner, a family medicine doctor, or an internal medicine doctor?

So your 26 and can't figure out how to pick a doctor?

Internist

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It's called a general practitioner.

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There aren't really very many General Practitioners around anymore. GP = 1 year internship after medical school. They aren't to be confused with Family Practice, internists, or pediatricians, who each spend 3 years after medical school in residency. They all (can) practice primary care, but the latter 3 are all eligible for board certification from national groups. GP's don't have a boarding agency. And their post-grad training is much shorter.

So OP, go to your insurance's website or brochure and look for any Family Medicine (or Family Practice...same thing) or internal medicine outpatient clinics.

I would find a young General Practitioner that's going to be around awhile.

If your looking for a Doctor.

I like my Doctor.He's 2 years older than me.I've been seeing him about 12 years.I'm 54.

I didn't start going to the Doctor til I was 38.

Everyone needs a Doctor.A lot of Specialists require Referrals from GP's.

Smallish, slight Asian female. You don't want a fat finger when prostate exam time rolls around.