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Revisiting the Advantages of aSOAP Notes: The Best of the Paper Chart and Old School Photography

A Country Doctor Writes

A sore knee or an annual physical are like a closeup or a panorama. I don’t really need the details in order to know how to consider this patient’s risk for future cardiac events. It may look something like this: 40 year old male has a normal routine physical. We may only have 15 minutes with each patient.

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Be The Market: How Doctors Should Invest Their Money

The Motivated MD

Diversification works to smooth out risk events in a portfolio so that the gains in some investments help to combat the losses from others. You spend your life dedicated to patient care while still hoping to leave work and have the energy to be mentally and physically present for your families and friends.

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