My PA Left The Practice... Question to real medical professionals

The PA that has taken care of me for over a year has left my practice.

She was nice and when I brought up my family history of prostate cancer did not hesitate to check my prostate, which hey I loved it!

But she never even tried to look back there when I told her get hemorrhoids from time to time.

So I'm staying with the same practice and gotta choose another doctor there.

My options are a doctor in her mid 30s, a PA that has been active for 23 years in the 40s and a doctor with 18 years of experience and that has years of military medicine background.

Which one is more likely to not rely on blood work only and also perform physical examination of the prostate during a physical? I know there may be no way to tell based on what I described but I don't know if younger docs rely on labs more than physical examinations or if the one with military experience would be more thorough.

Though I had a Med Fet kink I still want a thorough exam to make sure my health is ok.

You're a bit in the young side for prostate exams or PSA but I understand your family history and prostate cancer. Most doctors are turning to evidence-based diagnostics as a cost-savings measure. If you express your concern about prostate cancer, they are more likely to pay attention to it. If at any time you don't feel as though you've gotten to be what you consider a complete physical, it is your right as a patient to express your concerns. The practitioner should be able to justify, in reasonable terms, why they feel you don't need what you think you might need. If that doesn't work, you can always take your business elsewhere. You're not just a patient, you are a consumer as well.

Sorry, I'm not a medical professional per se, but I am in Healthcare Management.

It's really a crap shoot. I'd try the one with military experience first since they might be more "old school" in their exam.

I personally am drawn to doctors who have practiced at some point at a military facility. My logic is that current sensitivities are less likely to affect exams, meaning that both doctors and their patients are more likely to just want to get the job done. The male/male physicals I have seen have the patients doing exactly as ordered in stripping down, folding clothes in the process. The doctor commands. The patients do as ordered, stand here, sit there, lift this, etc