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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 17.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Surg. 2011 Nov 16;203(1):63–68. doi: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2011.08.005

Table 3.

Teaching points

Domain Teaching point Number of stories
Clinical Operative technique 15
Operative decision making 9
Error identification 7
Therapeutic options 4
Programmatic Resource management 7
Professionalism/surgical culture 4
Residency structure 3

These teaching points are not mutually exclusive; for example, a single story may illustrate both a resource management and a professionalism lesson.