American College of Critical Care Medicine

Nominate a Master of Critical Care Medicine

Eligibility Requirements

• All nominees for MCCM must have been an FCCM for at least 10 years and must have distinguished themselves by achieving national and international professional prominence by virtue of personal character, leadership, eminence in clinical practice, outstanding contributions to research and education in critical care medicine, or years of exemplary service to SCCM, ACCM, and the field of critical care medicine in its broadest sense.
• Members of the ACCM Board of Regents and SCCM Council are not eligible for MCCM nomination until they have been out of office for two years.​
• Posthumous nominations are accepted. Posthumous nominees must have been fellows in good standing for at least 10 years at the time of their death.

Criteria

• Contributions to SCCM and ACCM with an emphasis on furthering the goals and missions of both organizations, including active involvement in at least one task force or committee
• National and international leadership in critical care medicine as evidenced by current and past academic and organizational positions
• Contributions to critical care medicine through other medical societies, agencies, or organizations that impact the delivery of critical care medicine
• Research grants and projects (investigator-initiated grants that are funded through a peer-reviewed process) on which the nominee was the principal investigator
• Teaching accomplishments, especially those that impact the training of healthcare professionals in critical care medicine (The nominator should highlight the impact of the accomplishments at the national and international level.)
• Contributions to the community and volunteer work (eg, assistance during disasters)
• Publications (especially those with significant scientific impact)
• Awards and honors
• Nomination requirements:
  • The nominator must submit a letter of recommendation highlighting the nominee's contributions.
  • The nominator must solicit two additional letters of support attesting to the nominee’s significant contributions. Both of these letters should be from outside the nominee’s current institution (ie, not a current professional colleague or research collaborator) but need not be from other fellows.
  • The nominator must include the candidate’s most recent CV with the application.

Information for Masters

Rules

• Members of the ACCM Board of Regents and SCCM Council are not eligible for nomination for MCCM until they have been out of office for two years.
• The election of nominees for MCCM will be by a majority vote of the ACCM Board of Regents at its fall board meeting, with approval by SCCM Council at its fall meeting.
• During the first five years of MCCM conferral (2012-2016), there was no limit on the number of MCCMs conferred. Beginning in 2017, a limit of five MCCMs was established for any given year. There is no requirement that the Board or Council select any MCCMs in any given year. If an MCCM is awarded posthumously, the posthumous award is not included in the number of MCCMs that can be awarded annually.

• The ACCM Awards Committee reviews nominations and decides which nominees should be presented to the ACCM Board of Regents.
• The Awards Committee evaluates the nominees based on the criteria. Although nominees are not required to excel in all areas, they must achieve prominence in more than half of the criteria. In addition, all nominees are expected to have demonstrated significant involvement and leadership within SCCM or ACCM, including committee work and other activities. The committee judges the nominee’s relevant areas of excellence based on the evidence provided in the letters and documented in the nominee’s CV.

• The MCCM designation is conferred at the ACCM Convocation at the following SCCM Congress. The candidate is required to participate in the Convocation, except under extenuating circumstances in which the candidate is unable to travel. The decision as to whether a candidate is required to attend the Convocation shall be at the discretion of the Board.

• Masters of ACCM are authorized to use the designation MCCM in connection with their professional activities, as long as their SCCM membership remains current and they remain an SCCM member in good standing. The MCCM will receive a certificate from the college. MCCMs enjoy the same privileges as FCCMs if they remain in good standing with the ACCM.