Fig. 1. Amount of time spent in each part of the preoperative interview. *  P < 0.05 difference between the time spent in each task between the blunter and monitor standardized patients. Abbreviations shown on abscissa are from  table 1. Blunter depicted with the  black bars , and monitor depicted in  gray. Error bars represent SEM. hx = history; open = opening the interview; pers = gaining the patient’s perspective; pe = physical examination; plan = making a plan; ga = describing the general anesthetic; risks = discussing the risks; pain = planning for postoperative pain management; close = closing the interview.