The film stars James Karen as Michael Kenneth Marshall, a young medical student who goes through medical training at Columbia and Cornell.
During his internship in pediatrics, Marshall loses one of his patients, a young girl to diphtheria.
While studying at Johns Hopkins, Marshall helps battle an outbreak of diphtheria in Baltimore, which confirms to him his chosen vocation.
[1] The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
[2] The Academy Film Archive preserved Journey into Medicine in 2011.