Teaching and learning in medicine
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The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires residency training programs to develop methods to teach and assess communication skills in residents to ensure competence as a practitioner. In response, we piloted a communication curriculum for emergency medicine residents. We describe the curriculum and suggest future directions for development based on the strengths and weaknesses of residents' performance and their reactions to the curriculum. ⋯ The curriculum as implemented offers an initial foundation for teaching and learning critical care communication. Instruction in empathy requires improvement.