Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’, at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentations Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging) Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking) The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training, and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. Key points Logical, sequential content: an introduction to the clinical essentials of psychiatric practice, then chapters devoted to common groups of disorders and clinical issues, e.g. mood disorders, anxiety disorders, child and adolescent psychiatry Fully updated to reflect the new DSM V Additional content on old age psychiatry and social care. New chapter on mental health services and legislation

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with “on the go”. Their highly affordable price represents great value for those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Common investigations (ECG, Chest X-Ray, etc) Clinical skills (procedures, patient examination, etc) Important and/or complex specialties in which students receive comparatively little dedicated training (psychiatry, renal medicine) Key Points Logical, sequential content: an introduction to the clinical essentials of psychiatric practice; then chapters devoted to common disorder “clusters” or clinical issues (e.g. Anxiety disorders, Self harm & suicide) Descriptions of common disorders enhanced by Clinical Scenarios (Patient presents with...) which help students and trainees to recognise and manage common presenting problems

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’, at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentations Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging) Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking) The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. Key points Practical, accessible guide to examining the patient, which remains the bedrock of diagnosis and clinical evaluation Consistent chapter organisation: each body system chapter starts with relevant basic science, then highlights key signs before summarising examination technique Fully-updated second edition features new sections on sepsis evaluation, examination of elderly patients; tips on paediatric consultations; and all illustrations now in full colour

Highly affordable, pocket-sized guide to Musculoskeletal Imaging for junior doctors and medical trainees.

Highly affordable, pocket-sized guide to Paediatric Clinical Examination for junior doctors and medical trainees.

First principles of emergency imaging -- Understanding normal results -- Recognising abnormalities -- Gastrointestinal system -- Genitourinary system -- Chest and vascular disease -- Head and neck -- Neurological imaging -- Musculoskeletal system -- Paediatric emergency imaging.

Highly affordable, pocket-sized guide to Renal Medicine for junior doctors and medical trainees.

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with “on the go”. Their highly affordable price puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Common investigations (ECG, imaging) Clinical skills (patient examination) Clinical specialties that students perceive as too small to merit a textbook (psychiatry, renal medicine) Key points Breaks down a subject that students and trainees find confusing due to the number of differentials that mimic each other Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science, clinical essentials and diagnostic pathways; then chapters devoted to individual disease groups within dermatology, including perinatal and paediatric Descriptions of common disorders are enhanced by Clinical Scenarios (Patient presents with...), which help students and trainees to recognise and manage common presenting problems

Highly affordable, pocket-sized guide to Orthopaedics for junior doctors and medical trainees.

Titles in the Pocket Tutor series give practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with ‘on the go’, at a highly-affordable price that puts them within reach of those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment. Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate and foundation courses: Common presentations Investigation options (e.g. ECG, imaging) Clinical and patient-orientated skills (e.g. examinations, history-taking) The highly-structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the ‘fear factor’ associated with day-to-day clinical training and provides a detailed resource that students and junior doctors can carry in their pocket. Key points Guide to appearance of normal images and abnormal signs helps you navigate imaging results successfully and recognise underlying pathology Clearly labelled, high-quality images teach you to identify anatomical landmarks and clinical signs Concise disease descriptions give key facts and cardinal imaging features to look out for in practice New to this edition: chapter on thoracic trauma and over 50 additional X-ray images, including those of newer medical devices Previous edition (9781907816062) published in 2012