A call to action in consultation training

To the editor: We applaud the authors of "How to Give a Consultation and How to Get a Consultation" for bringing communication issues between specialists to the attention of the emergency medicine community. The communication skills that inform a consultation are defined by both the CanMEDS and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competency frameworks. However, the educational science of a consultation is poorly studied. Hence, effective teaching strategies for both undergraduate and graduate medical education programs are potentially lacking.