Primary care doctors such as family practitioners, internists, pediatricians, gynecologists, and nurse practitioners undertake the medical care of patients. Their duties include treating patients by examining their medical history and symptoms, diagnosing health problems, and providing general health information and recommendations to help educate patients. To perform these duties effectively, primary care doctors must have good medical education and certifications in their respective fields so they are skilled at diagnosing issues and caring for patients' overall health needs.

1. Who are primary care doctors and what are their duties?
Primary care doctors are the ones who undertake the medical care of the patients. From
checkups, to providing of treatments to the patients, and giving of recommendations to
them; all things are being taken care of by the primary care doctors.
There are different kinds of primary care doctors in Staten Island:
 Family practitioners
 Internists
 Pediatricians
 Gynecologists
 Nurse practitioners
Now, let's have a look at their duties:
 Basic duty: The prime duty of physicians is to treat the patient. However, in
order to do so, they need to have a look at the patients’ medical history. This
would let the doctor know about the patients present medications being taken,
operations he or she has gone through and few more details related to their
health. After studying the medical history, doctor job is to examine the patients
and prescribe the medicines and tests like X-ray, blood pressure, ECG and few
more, if required.
 Expertise in diagnosing patient problem: To treat the patient a doctor needs
to have good knowledge about the diseases and problems, which a common
man is facing nowadays. In fact, they should be skilled and experienced enough
to diagnose the patient problem quickly. However, to be expertise in it a
physician needs to have good education from the best medical schools.
 Provide general health information to patients: Another important duty of
physicians is to make the patients aware of the various factors like hygiene,
medicines, tests, vaccinations and more. This would help in educating the
patients beforehand, which might be helpful for them in their future. For example,
beforehand if patient is made aware of the disease called malaria caused by
mosquito bite due to contaminated water in and around the house, a patient
won't let the contaminated water to gather nearby their house. Rather they would
make sure that other people also follow the hygiene path, which would protect
their loved ones from the malaria.

2. However, in order to be specialized in all the above duties, doctors should have
good education, as well as certification in their respective field. Apart from this
doctors who are working under physicians group in New York, they are said to be
the best doctors for taking care of their patients.
So, if you are looking for such doctor then don’t be in a hurry, take your time till you
are not sure that the doctor you have chosen is right for you and your loved ones.