Primary care physician or PCP is a practitioner who delivers first contact for patients with an undiagnosed health issue and also continuing care of varied medical conditions.
PCP should have MD, MBBS or DO degree to be called as a primary care physician.
Primary care physicians provide basic diagnosis and non-surgical treatment for common illnesses and medical conditions. PCP diagnoses the patient to collect the information on the present symptoms, past medical history and other health details as well as do a physical examination.
PCP is a well trained physician in some medical tests like interpreting results of blood or other patient samples, electrocardiograms, or x-rays. If you are in need of any complex and intensive diagnostic procedures, then you should consult a specialist.