Each year, the American Board of Internal Medicine® reviews and updates the content for the Critical Care Board Exams. Then, to help you focus your review, it issues an outline of the primary medical topics and their approximate percentages for a typical exam.
The topics you can expect to see on the 2025 Critical Care Medicine Certification and Critical Care Medicine Maintenance of Certification exams are:
| Percent of Exam | Critical Care Medicine Board Exam Topics |
|---|---|
| 15.0% | Renal, Endocrine, and Metabolic Disorders |
| 17.5% | Cardiovascular Disorders |
| 20.0% | Pulmonary Disease |
| 12.0% | Infectious Disease |
| 5.0% | Gastrointestinal Disorders |
| 9.5% | Neurologic Disorders |
| 5.5% | Hematologic and Oncologic Disorders |
| 7.0% | Surgery, Trauma, and Transplantation |
| 4.5% | Pharmacology and Toxicology |
| 2.0% | Research, Administration, and Ethics |
| 2.0% | Critical Care Ultrasound Scanning |
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