Always document everything ooh. To avoid stories that touch

@MOtales27 One good thing I learnt in OBGYN during my housejob is defensive medicine. Patient declines an essential intervention/investigation? Counsel the patient thoroughly, and document the refusal even more thoroughly with time stamps and all. Make dem no whine you.

Rule of thumb for doctors.. Never see anyone, write any prescription without proper documentation, as a male doctor especially if you are practicing outside of Africa do not examine a female patient alone in a close room or office without a chaperone present, and lastly if you cannot handle a case, refer the patient to the appropriate department and document.

@MOtales27 E no add up o

I'm not arguing the plausibility, my own is the message is always document to avoid problems

@MOtales27 How can you be negligent for a patient that didn't present himself for treatment?

@MOtales27 But this his story does not add up sha

@MOtales27 You know I think it's really sad, profs and medical elders are the ones who drill it into our heads to always document, idk why they don't take that advice

@MOtales27 I don’t get…unless this patient has been a regular or known patient. There’s nothing to document. Are you going to take a piece of paper and document randomly?. You don’t even know the patient’s name or hospital number. This story doesn’t add up.

@MOtales27 We get the lesson but the story needs to be checked abeg

@MOtales27 “Documentation is the soul of practice. For whatever is not documented is not done” Mr X, a _yr old caucasian male who presented with headache x 1/7 No dizziness Not a known HTNve O/E conscious and alert Vitals bla bla bla Plan: Bed rest recommended Analgesics