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Since World War II, the United States has been a major recipient — as opposed to donor — of medical manpower. Physicians, and also nurses, have been seeking opportunities there for advanced professional training as well as for career practice. Prior to World War I and continuing to a substantial degree until World War II, the prevailing migratory pattern of physicians was away from the United States rather than to it. At that time many American physicians aspiring to positions of eminence within their profession, whether in teaching, research, or practice, sought to extend their educational experience with graduate training obtained in the leading medical centers of Europe.
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Dublin, T.D. (1985). The Migration of Physicians to the United States — A Study of Candidates for ECFMG Certification, 1969–1982. In: Laaser, U., Senault, R., Viefhues, H. (eds) Primary Health Care in the Making. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69977-1_6
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