In the 1920s and 1930s and to the end of the Japanese occupation in 1945, Taiwanese who had graduated from technical schools in Japan gradually came to fill the dominant leadership roles. Of these, the largest number were again physicians, especially when you add in those who graduated from medical colleges in Taiwan itself Clearly doctors have long held an esteemed and important place in Taiwanese society.
一九二○年代以降以及日據末期，專科以上的留學生逐漸在社會領導階層中佔重要地位，其中仍以習醫者最多，加上台灣的醫學校出身者，醫師在台灣社會中長期擁有最受尊崇的地位。