Description
Offering step by step guidance on how to properly document patient care, the Third Edition of SOAP for Family Medicine presents 90 of the most common clinical problems encountered on the wards and clinics in an easy-to-read, two-page layout, using the familiar "SOAP" note format. Emphasizing the patient’s clinical problem, not the diagnosis, this pocket-sized quick reference teaches both clinical reasoning and documentation skills and is ideal for use by medical students, PAs, and NPs during the Family Medicine rotation.
- Introduction offers templates, tips, and guidelines for writing SOAP notes.
- Clear, well-written example SOAP notes for a wide range of diagnoses focus on the most important information for patient documentation.
- Now with an improved format that consolidates each SOAP note on two facing pages, the portable, pocket-sized format makes practical information quickly accessible.
- The widely used SOAP format provides an ideal starting point for students learning to document patient notes.
