Email updates   Open Access Research article  Between forwarding
and mentoring: a qualitative study of recommending medical
doctors for international postdoctoral research positions  Dario
Sambunjak* and Matko Marušić  Author Affiliations  1Department
for Research in Medicine and Healthcare, University of Split,
School of Medicine, Split, Croatia  For all author emails,
please log on.  BMC Medical Education 2011, 11:31 
doi:10.1186/1472-6920-11-31   Received:9 December 2010
Accepted:9 June 2011 Published:9 June 2011  © 2011 Sambunjak and
Marušić; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.     Young scientists
rarely have extensive international connections that could
facilitate their mobility. They often rely on their doctoral
supervisors and other senior academics, who use their networks
to generate opportunities for young scientists to gain
international experience and provide the initial trigger for an
outward move.   To explore the process of informal recommending
of young physicians from a small country for postdoctor