everyone you are listening to the med geeks podcast thank you so much for

joining today we're gonna be talking about clinical documentation specifically

the soap note clinical documentation is incredibly important. An essential skill for every clinician to master.

Many people are not familiar with the proper way to write a soap note. I get sent a lot of questions on this so that's why we're going to go over it today.

And before you change the channel, I promise there are going to be a lot of pearls packed into this episode.

So stick with me. I promise you'll like it. Let's get going. What's up y'all?

What's up y'all?

Welcome to the Med Geek's podcast.

This is Eric Gordon, your host, and like I said, clinical documentation.

It's maybe not the most exciting thing, but it's extremely important

and we do it a lot in medicine.

So we better do it well.

Now we all know what the H&P is, right, the history and physical.

This is our comprehensive document.

It includes all the information regarding a patient's medical history,

the physical exam, past medical history, social history, surgical history,

what are their allergies, what are their hobbies,

what are their favorite toothpaste brands, etc.

But in the world of medicine, clinicians are just overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information

a lot of times that gets generated and compiled in these electronic medical records.

At least I know I am. The digital age has made it very easy to gather and capture information, but it's not always organized and accessible. Enter the soap note. So a soap note is basically the Spark

notes version of a patient encounter. It tells you exactly what you need to know

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