Hmm.. It's a short list as far as testing, really (though I don't need a royal flush to place my bet).
Most practices do far more diagnostic testing than are recommended by most scientific panels - not because they are advised against, but mostly because panels don't advise stuff for which there is inadequate evidence (recognizing that some may some day turn out to be wise).
Among my basic screening tests (ones I advise routinely for healthy patients in the right age and gender groups):
- Lipids every 5 years
- Pap every 2 years or so
- Blood pressure every couple of years
- Colonoscopy every 10, at least for a baseline
- Mammography (though this is a complicated one)
- PSA if patient desires after good coaching
- Eye exams every couple of years for the older patient
- Immunizations: tetanus, pertussis, flu, zoster; maybe pneumonia, hep b if risks
- HIV if risk exposure
- Lifestyle screening and counselling
Probably forgetting a few.
And there is something helpful and reassuring about the occasional office visit so the doc and patient learn each other's baseline style, drama level, and leanings.