CS Patient Note

[East2WestDoc]

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Did anyone who wrote the patient note find that they ran out of space on the HPI section and had to cram stuff into it? I had to do this and literally had a few centimeters of space left before the physical exam section. As a result, I had crammed into whatever space was left in the HPI all of the allergies, PMH, fam hx, meds, soc hx, and ROS (I just wrote per HPI for ROS). While it was legible, it was just plain old sloppy. I mean I'm pretty confident that I put all the necessary components (OPQRST, etc) so all the content is there. It's just messy. Anyone do this and stiff end up ok in the end?

I feel like the cases were really straight forward when I took it and the rest of the exam I felt good about. Obviously no one is perfect so I missed a few small things here and there, but I'm more concerned about my note looking stupid.

 

[m250]

Did anyone who wrote the patient note find that they ran out of space on the HPI section and had to cram stuff into it? I had to do this and literally had a few centimeters of space left before the physical exam section. As a result, I had crammed into whatever space was left in the HPI all of the allergies, PMH, fam hx, meds, soc hx, and ROS (I just wrote per HPI for ROS). While it was legible, it was just plain old sloppy. I mean I'm pretty confident that I put all the necessary components (OPQRST, etc) so all the content is there. It's just messy. Anyone do this and stiff end up ok in the end?

I feel like the cases were really straight forward when I took it and the rest of the exam I felt good about. Obviously no one is perfect so I missed a few small things here and there, but I'm more concerned about my note looking stupid.

In FA, it states that your notes can be either hand-written or typed on the compuer - when do you make that decision, immediately prior to when the test begins? Also, is there a limit to how much you can type if you choose to use the computer?

Assuming you are halfway decent on the computer, the logical choice to me seems to type each note. That way you don't have to worry about legible hand writing when you are rushed, you don't run out of room, and I would imagine it is much easier to make a note that is overall much easier to read. Any thoughts?

 

[lord_jeebus]

There is a character limit on computer entries. If you are writing a note that exceeds the limit, you are either not using any abbreviations, or writing a lot of things that are not pertinent.

I think that typing is better, unless your handwriting is beautiful and you type with one finger.

 

[Blesbok]

There is a character limit on computer entries. If you are writing a note that exceeds the limit, you are either not using any abbreviations, or writing a lot of things that are not pertinent.

I think that typing is better, unless your handwriting is beautiful and you type with one finger.

I typed mine and I ran out of room on the Hx part a few times. But I rarely used abbreviations, but would go back and insert them if I ran out of room. I also used a new line for PMH, PSH, Meds, allergies, Fam hx, and Soc hx. That probably took up some room too.

 

[East2WestDoc]

There is a character limit on computer entries. If you are writing a note that exceeds the limit, you are either not using any abbreviations, or writing a lot of things that are not pertinent.

I think that typing is better, unless your handwriting is beautiful and you type with one finger.

Yeah the problem using the computer was the character limitation. I felt insecure limiting myself to whatever the character limit was on the computer. Despite this, I almost wish that I typed in the long run. I averaged about 5 to 6 sentences on the HPI, excluding additional headings I made for the allergies, ROS, Soc Hx, PMH, and Fam Hx, etc.