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Certificates of Added Qualification


The AAFP recognizes that the primary benefit of CAQs is to strengthen the development of academic and administrative family physicians. (August Board 2001) (2004)

Geriatric medicine, sports medicine and adolescent medicine are of vital importance to family physicians. The AAFP supports Certificates of Added Qualifications (CAQs) in geriatrics, sports medicine and adolescent medicine as means to provide family physicians with additional academic credentials. (2004)