ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Ting Wang, PhD; Thomas R. O’Neill, PhD; Bradley G. Changstrom, MD; Prasad Chodavarapu, MS; James C. Puffer, MD; Warren Newton, MD, MPH
Corresponding Author: Bradley G. Changstrom, MD; The American Board of Family Medicine; University of Colorado School of Medicine.
Email: bradley.changstrom@cuanschutz.edu
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2025.250293R1
Keywords: ABEM, ABFM, ABP, ABPMR, Athletic Injuries, Certification, Clinical Competence, Examination Questions, Licenses, Physicians, Program Evaluation, Psychometrics, Quantitative Research, Specialty Boards, Sports Medicine
Dates: Submitted: 07-30-2025; Revised: 09-02-2025; Accepted: 09-15-2025
Status: Volume 39, Issue 1 (Publishes March 2026)
The Certificate of Added Qualification in Sports Medicine is administered by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) and cosponsored by the American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM), the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), and the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR). This article reviews the methodology used to determine the appropriate weighting of the CAQSM exam questions across five content domains.