Hi Emma, SOAP stands for: Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan. It is a method of recording clinical notes and can be very time consuming. The ‘S’ includes the patient’s reported difficulties, their goals, medical history and social history – anything that the patient says that is important to document is written here. The ‘O’ includes the clinician’s data based on formal and informal assessment – includes muscle strength, range of movement, visual perceptual results, etc. The ‘A’ is your opinion about what is happening – includes prognosis, diagnosis and goal. The ‘P’ is your plan of action – how you intend to achieve the listed goals from ‘A’ and what sort’s of input may be needed. I understand that the OT schools are trying to move away from using SOAP notes because they are such a lengthly process. While they help to clarify your thought process they can take up a lot of time. Maybe try speaking to your supervisor about it? Hope this helps, Veronica
----- Original Message ---- From: Emma Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, 9 July, 2006 4:24:37 PM Subject: [OTlist] Some help. Hi, I am a OT in uk and have difficulty with my note writing due to my dyslexia. I was wondering if anybody have information on SOAP notes and information on writing them as it is getting me down at work. Many thanks emma -- Unsubscribe? [EMAIL PROTECTED] Change options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Help? [EMAIL PROTECTED]
