Results section of the Recommendation Report

I.

Rating Genres

What Genre

Will it help
for future
career?

How important
is it in PT
workplace?

Is it
common in
the field?

10

Will it help
students
when they
get hired?
10

Patient
Progress
report
Patient Eval.
And Re-Eval.
Discharge
papers
Treatment
plan and
Exercise

10
10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

As seen in the chart above, each genre is common in the field and would help
student in their future career.
II.

Interviewing Professionals
Sam Lutz a physical therapist in a rehab clinic, explained that patient progress
reports, Patient evaluation and re-evaluations, discharge papers, and treatment
plan and exercise are genres of writing used daily in his workplace. It is
essential for each patient has all these documentations to see each patients
progress, what needs to be worked on, when they will be discharged and what is
the treatment approach. (S. Lutz, personal communication, Nov 15, 2014).

III.

Conventions
Derrick Sayao another physical therapist that was interviewed provided what
components the writing genre used in the field. He provided SOAP, which is the

standard convention that is used (Subjective, Objective, Assessment & Plan).

SOAP is the basic conventions consist in the genre of writing, and it depends on
each company how they would format each document. Subjective is the
information the therapist receives form the patient in relation to his/her current
diagnosis or complaint. Objective is the data information collected through
various test and measures. Assessment is the section where the therapist draws
some conclusions from the information gathered during the examination. Lastly,
Plan of care is the expected outcomes, goals, interventions and discharge
plannings. These are the conventions that are incorporated in the documents
PTs use daily. (D. Sayao, personal communication, November 14, 2014).
IV.

Online Research
Physical therapy notes are required in the field. These notes must consist of
SOAP (Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan). These are the main parts
of the PTs notes when dealing with a patient.
(a) Subjective is the information is the part where the patient explain his or her
condition or problem. It is important anything that is written down in this
section is related to the patients condition. (Mangusan, 2010, p.1).
(b) Objective is the portion where the PT has concrete measures, for instance,
blood pressure, range of motion and treatment interventions. The objective
must be detailed enough in order for other therapist to know what to do, if
the original therapist is not around. (Mangusan, 2010, p.1).
(c) Assessment is where the PT records the progress and performance of the
patient during treatment procedure. (Mangusan, 2010, p.1).

(d) Plan is the final section where the PTs would outline the course of treatment
after gathering all the information about the patient. (Mangusan, 2010, p.1).

References
Lutz, S. (2014, November 15). Email Interview.
Sayao, D. (2014, November 14). Telephone Interview.
Mangusan, D. (2010, July 26). Writing physical theraphy SOAP notes basics. Retrieved
from http://www.physicaltherapynotes.com/2010/06/physical-therapy-soap-notest-notes.html