# THE AMOSIST PHYSICIAN--A NEW ROLE

Department of Defense PIN 66367 THE AMOSIST PHYSICIAN--A NEW ROLE THIS FILM GIVES OBJECTIVES OF THE NEW HOSPITAL PROCEDURE FOR TREATING MORE PATIENTS, USING SPECIALLY TRAINED MEDICS (AMOSISTS) TO HANDLE MINOR ILLNESSES. EXPLAINS THE ROLE OF THE AMOSIST MD: SEEING PATIENTS WHO REALLY NEED A PHYSICIAN, TEACHING AMOSIST AND FEWER MD PERSONNEL PROPER WAYS TO TAKE HISTORIES, EXAMINE AND DIAGNOSE SYPTOMS USING TRIAGE AND ALGORITHM SYSTEMS, AND ADMINISTERING THE PROGRAM TO BE CERTAIN IT FUNCTIONS EFFICIENTLY AND SMOOTHLY. POINTS OUT POSSIBLE PROBLEM AREAS IN THE AMOSIST CLINIC.

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1977
- By: Department of Defense
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/gov.dod.dimoc.66367)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

Not offered: its uploader marks it public domain, and the US Copyright Office's records do not settle that it is (a record that may be another film's, a film first published abroad, a year when renewal was automatic, or a country they do not name). Unclear is not offered.