A newspaper reader is pissed that a heart murmur was missed in a young athlete’s death, and wants more physician CME:

Is it any wonder that the physician who examined young Bruda’s heart missed his murmur? This observation dovetails with another brief article describing the restoration of Sen. First’s (sic) medical license after his accountant falsified his submission to the Tennessee Medical Board. In light of this, you should educate your readers that continuing medical eduation in Texas is a sham both in content and in enforcement by the Texas Medical Board.

Physicians in Texas are required to take 20 hours/year of CME, but it does not have to be done in their specialty. The Texas Medical Board verifies 1% of CME each year. Placing your life in the hands of a physician in Texas is equivalent to boarding a commercial plane flown by someone that had a pilot’s license at one time…and he has a parachute and you don’t!