The role of the physician has evolved significantly over the past 10 years. There has been an introduction of new physical roles at the hospital level, and primary care physicians have become little more than strategic gatekeepers.

For this assignment, you will research and provide examples of how the traditional roles of physicians within health care have evolved over the past 10 years.

Be sure to include expanded and minimized roles, private practice, large group practice, specialist, and hospital physician roles.

This should be 3-5 pages, excluding the cover page, abstract page, and reference page. You need to support your work with at least 4 academic or professional peer-reviewed sources published within the past 5 years.

For a resource guide on using the online library to search for references.