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so since 1980 and have nearly 300 meetings of one sort or another KEEP RECORDS!
on it. So, I took a look at the 2012 to 2014 list, and there were more If at all possible, get the certificate of attendance, with the appro-
than enough, and there were two hours of ethics, both from the med-
ical school’s orthopaedic department’s grand rounds. I had certifi- priate language and documentation of the credits allowed, at the time
cates for the Academy meetings I’d been to, and for all of the online of the meeting.
material I had completed, but none from grand rounds. I found out
how to get those and downloaded them. I was checking their list Don’t lose/misplace the certificates…in fact, maybe make a couple
against mine and noticed that neither of the ethics lectures was there. of copies and file them somewhere else.
Oh, boy! After a bunch of phone calls to some really nice and helpful
people at UTHSCSA’s CME office and the orthopaedic department, Be ready a month or two after your biennial registration ends to
they finally were able to prove to themselves that I had indeed been get the letter. It may not happen, but if it does, you’ll be equipped.
there and to get that information into their database so that I could
download a complete copy to send to the board. Epilogue: A couple of weeks after I wrote this, I received a letter
from the TMB saying that I had passed their scrutiny, and all was
All’s well that ends well, right? Well, I don’t really know. I well. This was about five weeks after I had submitted the material.
haven’t heard from the board that my stuff was adequate, but it’s
only been a month or so since I sent it in. We shall see. Here are Fred H. Olin, MD, is a semi-retired orthopaedic sur-
today’s lessons: geon who was greatly relieved when he finally got all of
that documentation together.

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