Titles in the Pocket Tutor series provide practical guidance on subjects that medical students and foundation doctors need help with "on the go", offered at a highly affordable price. This accessibility makes them ideal for those rotating through modular courses or working on attachment.

The series covers:

• Common investigations (ECG, imaging, etc.)
• Clinical skills (patient examination, etc.)
• Clinical specialties that students perceive as too small to merit a textbook (psychiatry, renal medicine)

Key points

• Practical, accessible introduction to a subject that students find daunting but which juniors will encounter during orthopaedic and emergency rotations.
• Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science; followed by chapters devoted to the clinical essentials of orthopaedics, including the disorders and injuries most commonly seen in practice.
• Descriptions of common disorders are enhanced by Clinical Scenarios (e.g., Patient presents with...), helping students and trainees to recognise and manage common presenting problems.