Through my writings, I prove that I possess great skills in recognizing and exploring the different genres utilized by my discipline and the different conventions used within those genres. I identify the two genres used in discipline as handwritten patient notes and computerized patient notes. Patient confidentiality prevented me from acquiring actual documentation used in patient charts, so instead I found many samples of patient notes from online medical sources and had my physician interviewees verify which examples were accurate representations of actual patient notes. After confirming that my samples were valid, I analyzed them to establish the similarities and differences of the two genres. Referring to experts in the field to ensure the accuracy of my samples made the identification of the genres very effective.