Receive the most comprehensive review and update of the diagnosis, monitoring, and management of critically ill adult patients.
The Multiprofessional Critical Care Review (MCCR): Adult in-person course combines in-person and online learning. The combination of in-person and online is the best way to balance both clinical and educational needs. Receive focused engagement from experts, gaining in-depth knowledge to prepare you for the critical care board examinations or to expand your clinical knowledge and improve patient care.Jonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCMJonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS, FCCMJonathan E. Sevransky, MD, MHS
Attend on July 23-25, 2025, at SCCM Headquarters in Mount Prospect, Illinois
Access to 30.5 hours of online content by subject matter experts providing a full review of critical care topics
A copy of Comprehensive Critical Care eBook and Adult ICU Quick Reference Guide presenting bedside best practices
Up to 48.25 hours of accredited continuing education (ACE) credits and maintenance of certification (MOC) points
“ ”Online sessions are convenient because you can learn at your own pace. I also value live sessions and the opportunity to pause from clinical practice to get this education. I have taken this course multiple times and each time find it more and more useful. Thank you.
In-person learning provides participants with opportunities to:
Online presentations cover topics including:
The in-person learning component has limited space available to allow for personalized attention and optimal learning. It is strongly recommended that you complete the online content before attending the in-person learning to obtain the most benefit. Can't attend in-person? An online only-option is available.
SCCM serves as a leader in critical care education and best practices and has been prominent in the field for more than 50 years. When you attend this SCCM course, trust that you can expect personalized instruction from world-renowned experts, all while benefiting from low learner-to-faculty ratios.
SCCM is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.
*Subject to change
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
New York, New York, USA
Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Planners
Above cochairs and:
Tyquila Sims
Society of Critical Care Medicine
Mount Prospect, Illinois, USA
Faculty List/Thought Leaders*
Heatherlee Bailey, MD, MACP, FCCP, MCCM
Durham VA Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, USA
Michele C. Balas, PhD, RN, CCRN-K, FAAN, FCCM
University of Nebraska College of Nursing
Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Marie Baldisseri, MD, MPH, FCCM
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Robert A. Balk, MD, MCCM
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Elaine Chen, MD
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Sarah M. Cocoma, MD,
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Michael J. Connor Jr, MD,
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Jose J. Diaz Jr, MD, FCCM
University of South Florida
Tampa, Florida, USA
Philip A. Efron, MD, FACS, FCCM
University of Florida
Gainesville, Florida, USA
Khalilah L. Gates, MD
McGraw Medical Center of Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lee Goeddel, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Steven M. Hollenberg, MD, FACC, FAHA, FCCP, FCCM
Emory Heart and Vascular Institute
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Robert Hyzy, MD, MCCM
University of Michigan Health System
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Lewis J. Kaplan, MD, FACS, FCCM
University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Rajat Kapoor, MD, MBA
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
George H. Karam, MD, MACP
LSU Health Science Center
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
Kianoush Kashani, MD, MSc, FASN, FCCP
Mayo Foundation
Rochester, Minnesota, USA
David A. Kaufman, MD
NYU Langone Medical Center and School of Medicine
New York, New York, USA
Jessica Kuppy, MD
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Greg S. Martin, MD, MSc, FCCM
Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Andrew Naidech, MD, MS
Northwestern Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Rahul S. Nanchal, MD, MS, FCCM
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Gourang P. Patel, PharmD, MSc, BCPS, BCCCP, FCCM
University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jose J. Provencio, MD, FCCM
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Michelle Schneider Kozeniecki, MS, RD, CNSC, CCTD, FASPEN
Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Nicole Siparsky, MD, FACS, FCCM
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Beth Taylor, DCN, RD-AC, FCCM
Barnes-Jewish Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Anitha Vijayan, MD, FASN
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Brandon M. Wiley, MD, MS, FASE, FACC, FCCM
Los Angeles General Medical Center and Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, USA
Janice L. Zimmerman, MD, MACP, FRCP, MCCM
Houston, Texas, USA
July 23-25, 2025
SCCM Headquarters
Mount Prospect, IL
Receive focused engagement from experts, gaining in-depth knowledge to prepare you for the critical care board examinations and expand your clinical knowledge to improve patient care.
Prepare for your critical care board examinations or acquire in-depth clinical knowledge to improve patient care through the MCCR: Adult Online course. Experience the flexibility of learning at your own pace.
Comprehensive Critical Care: Adult is the most complete critical care textbook for any learner in adult practice. This resource includes up-to-date information on the core critical care topics, with dozens of charts and suggested reading to guide further exploration.
The Quick Reference Guide includes valuable resources that highlight some of the most useful bedside tools and algorithms available from SCCM, from Fundamentals training to ultrasound and the Surviving Sepsis Campaign.
Subject to change.
Day 1 – Wednesday, July 23, 2025 | |
| 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Registration and Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:20 a.m. | Welcome and Course Overview |
| 8:20 a.m. – 8:50 a.m. | Biostatistics and Trial Design for Intensivists |
| 8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | Board Review Questions: Kidney, Acid-Base Disorders, Obstetrics, Electrolytes, and Endocrine |
| 9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Complex Acid-Base Disorders/Cases You Must Know How to Manage |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:10 a.m. | Obstetric Emergencies |
| 10:10 a.m. – 10:20 a.m. | Break |
| 10:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m. | Electrolyte Emergencies |
| 10:50 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. | Endocrine Emergencies |
| 11:15 a.m. – 11:35 a.m. | Board Review Questions: Sedation, Cerebrovascular Disease, Seizures, and Brain Death |
| 11:35 a.m. – 11:55 a.m. | Sedation, Analgesia, and Neuromuscular Blockade: Drug Selection and Pharmacology |
| 11:55 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Management of Severe Stroke and Subarachnoid Hemorrhage |
| 12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:50 p.m. – 1:05 p.m. | Seizures and Status Epilepticus |
| 1:05 p.m. – 1:20 p.m. | Brain Death |
| 1:20 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. | Airway Emergencies |
| 1:45 p.m. – 2:10 p.m. | Board Review Questions: Respiratory Disease, Mechanical Ventilation, Noninvasive Support, and Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (VV ECMO) |
| 2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. | Mechanical Ventilation I: Noninvasive and Invasive Oxygenation and Ventilation Strategies |
| 2:30 p.m. – 2:50 p.m. | Mechanical Ventilation: Management of Acute Respiratory Failure and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| 2:50 p.m. – 3:10 p.m. | How to Use VV ECMO |
| 3:10 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Liberation From Mechanical Ventilation Using the ICU Liberation Bundle (A-F) |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Analysis and Therapy of Supraventricular Arrhythmias |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Analysis and Therapy of Ventricular Arrhythmias |
Day 2 – Thursday, July 24, 2025 | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:40 a.m. | Board Review Questions: Cardiovascular Disease, Hemodynamics, and Cardiovascular Surgery |
| 8:40 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. | Acute Coronary Syndromes (Non-ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) |
| 9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m. | Acute Coronary Syndromes (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) |
| 9:15 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Congestive Heart Failure: Diagnosis and Management |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:05 a.m. | Cardiovascular Surgery Complications and Mechanical Devices |
| 10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. | Break |
| 10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Venoarterial ECMO Overview |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Point-of-Care Ultrasound Cardiac and Lung for the Boards |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. | Board Review Questions: Blood Emergencies, Solid Organ Transplantation, and Surgery |
| 11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. | Bleeding and Coagulation Disorders |
| 11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. | Venous Thromboembolism (Deep Vein Thrombosis/Pulmonary Embolism) |
| 12:10 p.m. – 12:50 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:50 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. | Complications of Solid Organ Transplantation |
| 1:10 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Acute Kidney Injury and Renal Replacement Therapy |
| 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. | Board Review Questions: Gastrointestinal, Liver, and Pancreas |
| 2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m. | Acute Pancreatitis |
| 2:20 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Hepatic Failure |
| 2:45 p.m. – 3:05 p.m. | Gastrointestinal Bleeding |
| 3:05 p.m. – 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. | Monitoring and Stabilization of the Trauma Patient |
| 3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Trouble in the Environment: Temperature, Drowning, and Radiation |
| 3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. | Toxicology and Drug Overdoses |
| 4:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. | Post-Intensive Care Syndrome |
Day 3 – Friday, July 25, 2025 | |
| 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. | Continental Breakfast |
| 8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m. | Board Review Questions: Infections, Sepsis, Pneumonia, and Shock |
| 8:45 a.m. – 9:05 a.m. | Severe Infections: Bacterial, Fungal, and Viral |
| 9:05 a.m. – 9:20 a.m. | Evidenced-Based Management of Septic Shock |
| 9:20 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Community-Acquired and Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia, Including Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia |
| 9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. | Break |
| 10:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. | Board Review Questions: Nutrition, Hematology/Oncology, Ethics |
| 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. | Ethics and Palliative Considerations in Critical Care |
| 11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. | Hematologic/Oncologic Emergencies |
| 11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m. | Nutrition Support in the ICU |
| 11:40 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Shock |
| 12:00 p.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:10 p.m. | Highlights of 2024-2025 Guidelines |
| 1:10 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Course Wrap-Up and Closing Remarks |
Up to 48.25 ACE credits and MOC points are available.
Sheraton Suites Chicago Elk Grove
121 Northwest Point Boulevard
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Unlock stylish comfort at Sheraton Suites Chicago Elk Grove, an all-suite hotel offering the best in the Chicago area with convenient access to O’Hare International Airport. Featuring inviting guest rooms, Wi-Fi access, restaurant, lounge, pool, and fitness center. Free breakfast and transportation to and from the course are included when you book with SCCM's hotel block!
SCCM rate*: $127
*Rate does not include applicable taxes.
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Daily parking rates: Free parking
Reservations: Make your hotel reservation by July 5, 2025, to receive SCCM’s discounted rate for stays between July 22 and 26, 2025, free breakfast, and transportation to and from the course.
