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Are SOAP Notes Clean or Dirty? - On Demand 2025
Between clipboard and keyboard, the SOAP note shapes every shift. In this on-demand session, Drs. Rodman and Hofmann debate its merits and messes while you identify communication pitfalls, list benefits and risks for diagnostic reasoning, and describe ways to restore the patient's story. You'll critique habits, appreciate tradition, and apply clearer, cleaner documentation that elevates care and keeps the narrative intact.
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On-Demand
Expires on May 06, 2028
Credit Offered
0.75 CME Credit
0.75 ABIM-MOC Point
0.75 Participation Credit
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Learning Objectives
After completing this activity, learners should be able to:
  1. Identify three ways that the modern SOAP note is problematic in healthcare communication.
  2. List the benefits and risks of using the modern SOAP note for diagnostic reasoning.
  3. Describe one way to "restore the story".
Faculty
  • Heather Hofmann
  • Adam Rodman, MD, MPH

Faculty Disclosures
The individuals in control of content for this activity have no relevant relationships with ACCME-defined ineligible companies to disclose unless listed here. Any relevant relationships were mitigated prior to the start of this activity.

 

Accreditation Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CME Credit Statement
The Society of Hospital Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

MOC Credit Statement
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 0.75  MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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