The year a doctor spends as an intern may seem routine to someone not in the medical profession. But for an intern it is a kaliedoscopic experience: the cases once studied only in textbooks become living patients. It is a difficult year for most interns, including Dr Karen Mack, the subject of this film.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
321784
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Career education
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Vocational guidance
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Career education
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Medicine - Study and teaching
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Vocational guidance
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Hospitals - Staff
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical films
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medical personnel
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Medicine - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)