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I want to thank the ARCHIVES for giving me the opportunity to respond to the recent letter by Dr Maizel regarding our article. I am pleased to see that Dr Maizel has passionate opinions about education in surgery. Unfortunately, I feel that he missed some of the important points of our article. Nevertheless, Dr Maizel's letter gives me the chance to clarify his several misconceptions about our study and to update him on some of the recent changes in surgical education.

At Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, our surgical residents have historically performed very well from the academic and career standpoints. They enter our residency having achieved high scores on the United States Medical Licensing Examination, which is a testament to their intelligence and self-motivation to read and study. Likewise, our residents have consistently performed higher than the national average on the ABSITE examination without weekly assigned reading and tests. . . . [Full Text of this Article]

Christian de Virgilio, MD

Correspondence: Dr de Virgilio, Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Harbor–UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson St, Box 25, Torrance, CA 90509 (cdevirgilio@rei.edu).

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