In Reply to Mehta et al and to London et al

Charles G Prober1, Joseph C Kolars, Lewis R First

  • 1Senior associate dean for medical education and professor of pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford School of Medicine, Stanford, California; cprober@stanford.edu. Senior associate dean for education and global initiatives, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Professor and chair, Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, and past chair, National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President and chief executive officer, National Board of Medical Examiners, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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