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.
