Family Physicians with a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQs) in Sports Medicine Spend the Majority of Their Time Practicing Sports Medicine

2015

Authors Rankin, Wade M, Cochrane, Anneli, Peterson, Lars E, Puffer, James C
Topics Family Medicine Certification, What Family Physicians Do
Volume 28(6):695-696
Source Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

While family physicians holding certificates of added qualifications in sports medicine practice in multiple settings, little is currently known about the proportion of their time devoted exclusively to the practice of sports medicine. We found that most spend a majority of their time doing so, and this number has been increasing over the past decade.