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- Table 1.
Characteristics of American Board of Family Medicine Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ) Diplomates When Registering for the Sports CAQ Examination, 2003–2017 (n = 1112)
Variable N (%) Median (IQR) age at time of most recent exam 47.3 (42.1–54.2) MD 1020 (91.7) Male gender 948 (85.2) Most recent exam year 2003 39 (3.5) 2004 15 (1.4) 2005 24 (2.2) 2006 8 (0.7) 2007 42 (3.8) 2008 16 (1.4) 2009 138 (12.4) 2010 10 (0.9) 2011 104 (9.4) 2012 77 (6.9) 2013 176 (15.8) 2014 109 (9.8) 2015 106 (9.5) 2016 99 (8.9) 2017 149 (13.4) Certified with ABFM in February 2018 968 (87.1) Faculty (n = 1109) Yes 674 (60.8) No 435 (39.2) Practice size Solo 112 (10.1) Small 425 (38.3) Large 246 (22.2) Other 326 (29.4) Professional time devoted to sports medicine, median (IQR) 50 (25–80) Greater than 75% of their professional time devoted to sports medicine 356 (32.0) Most time in sports medicine devoted to (n = 1108) Administration 31 (2.8) Direct patient care 1001 (90.3) Research 4 (0.4) Teaching 72 (6.5) Participates in an organized sports clinic 662 (62.5) Team physician level (n = 856) Adolescent 341 (39.8) Child 34 (4.0) Collegiate 380 (44.4) International/amateur 68 (8.0) Professional 124 (14.5) IQR, interquartile range; ABFM, American Board of Family Medicine.
- Table 2.
Characteristics of American Board of Family Medicine Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification Diplomates, 2003–2017 by Time Spent in Sports Medicine (n = 1112)
Characteristic Spends Greater than 75%Time in Sports Medicine (n = 356) 75% or Less Time in Sports Medicine (n =756) P-Value Median age (IQR) at Time of most recent exam 44.1 (41.5–51.3) 48.0 (42.3–54.9) < .001 MD 316 (88.8) 704 (93.1) .014 Male gender 301 (84.6) 647 (85.6) .65 Most recent exam year < .001 2003 0 (0.0) 39 (100.0) 2004 1 (6.7) 14 (93.3) 2005 2 (8.3) 22 (91.7) 2006 0 (0.0) 8 (100.0) 2007 5 (11.9) 37 (88.1) 2008 6 (37.5) 10 (62.5) 2009 26 (18.8) 112 (81.2) 2010 0 (0.0) 10 (100.0) 2011 43 (41.4) 61 (58.7) 2012 27 (35.1) 50 (64.9) 2013 67 (38.1) 109 (61.9) 2014 41 (37.6) 68 (62.4) 2015 33 (31.1) 73 (68.9) 2016 42 (42.4) 57 (57.6) 2017 63 (42.3) 86 (57.7) Certified with ABFM in February 2018 338 (94.9) 630 (83.3) < .0001 Faculty (n = 1109) .59 Yes 227 (63.8) 447 (59.4) No 129 (36.2) 306 (40.6) Practice size .31 Solo 36 (10.6) 76 (10.1) Small 130 (36.5) 295 (39.2) Large 91 (25.6) 155 (20.6) Other 99 (27.8) 227 (30.2) Most time in sports medicine devoted to (n = 1108) .035 Administration 7 (2.0) 24 (3.2) Direct patient care 334 (94.1) 667 (88.6) Research 1 (0.3) 3 (0.4) Teaching 13 (3.7) 59 (7.8) Participates in an organized sports clinic 317 (89.0) 345 (49.0) < .0001 Team physician level (n = 856) Adolescent 111 (34.1) 230 (43.4) .0067 Child 18 (5.5) 16 (3.0) .069 Collegiate 178 (54.6) 202 (38.1) < .0001 International/amateur 27 (8.3) 41 (7.7) .77 Professional 57 (17.5) 67 (12.6) .051 IQR, interquartile range; ABFM, American Board of Family Medicine.
- Table 3.
Characteristics Associated with Spending More than 75% of Professional Activities in Sports Medicine by American Board of Family Medicine Sports Medicine Certificate of Added Qualification Diplomats, 2003–2017
Characteristic Odds Ratio (95% CI) Age less than median (47.3 years) 1.53 (1.12-2.08) MD 0.65 (0.38-1.09) Most recent exam year 2011 to 2017 compared to earlier exam 2.47 (1.62-3.78) Faculty Yes 0.79 (0.57-1.11) No REF Participates in an organized sports clinic 6.43 (4.15-9.95) Team physician level Professional 1.48 (0.92-2.37) Adolescent 0.98 (0.65-1.48) Child 1.10 (0.46-2.66) International/amateur 0.98 (0.54-1.76) Collegiate 1.66 (1.10-2.50) CI, confidence interval.
