Pocket Tutor Abdominal Imaging

<p>Titles in the <strong>Pocket Tutor</strong> 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.  </p> <p>Topics reflect information needs stemming from today’s integrated undergraduate & foundation courses:</p> <ul> <li>Common investigations (ECG, imaging, etc)</li> <li>Clinical skills (procedures, patient examination, etc)</li> <li>Professional development (ethics, statistics, etc)</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Clinical specialties that students perceive as too small to merit a textbook (psychiatry, renal medicine)</li> </ul> <p>Highly structured, bite-size content helps novices combat the “fear factor” associated with day to day clinical training, and provides “just enough” for a new rotation.   </p> <p><strong>Key Points</strong></p> <ul> <li>Highly affordable price and convenient pocket size format – fits in back pocket!</li> </ul> <ul> <li> Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science, then a guide to understanding a <em>normal</em> image and the building blocks of an <em>abnormal</em> image, before describing clinical disorders</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Clinical disorders illustrated by a high quality abdominal radiograph, ultrasound, barium study, CT scan or MRI,  with brief accompanying text on facing page that clearly identifies the defining feature of the image (in other words, <em>what is it that makes this a stomach ulcer</em>?)</li> </ul>