The idea of dots is a unique way in which the instructor can monitor the student's abilities in different skill sets. This places the focus on the student to obtain the required competency skills checked off without direct supervision from an instructor. I also found it quite informative when discussing staff and the procedures that are being performed on patients. While instructing students in the textbook manner, oftentimes in a clinical setting they may encounter procedures being performed that are not neccesssarily by the book. This allows the student to reinforce their skill sets when performing tasks while seeing alternative methods of getting these tasks achieved. The student should always be aware that by no means would they attempt to show or correct their perceptor the textbook fashion of doing their job. This would obviously be out of line with channels of communication.