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.