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When a Medical Student or Junior Doctor asks me how
can I learn radiology from 1 book I now have the answer. The
Unofficial Guide to Radiology contains 100 annotated radiographs
displaying a very comprehensive range of diseases. The
presentation starts with an unknown case, which you are invited
to review. You then turn over the page and line diagrams are used
to demonstrate what you should have seen. The perfect report is
displayed, followed by a series of questions which examine your
knowledge of the background medicine or surgery. This is a great
way to get a feel for radiology as a whole and will deal with a
lot of the problems that Medical Students and Junior Doctors face
every day. I can also see its value for those much further on in
their career who have speed in one area and would like to
revise radiology as a whole and reassure themselves that they can
still remember what they learnt years before. The team producing
the book have worked very hard to find good quality images with
excellent examples of a wide range of disorders. It also
reemphasises the importance of conventional radiographs, which we
tend to forget now we concentrate heavily on cross-sectional
imaging. I am very pleased to recommend this inexpensive book to
a wide range of medical and paramedical professionals. --David
Wilson, President of the British Institute of Radiology
I have not come across a text that is as comprehensive a guide to
radiology and radiology services for medical students and junior
doctors as this... Other books such as the Lecture Notes of
Radiology and C course: imaging that are also ed at
providing medical students with an overview of various imaging
modalities and how to assess for common pathology do not have the
same breadth or readability as this text. Working through this
book a student would undoubtedly feel more confident and prepared
in presenting imaging findings on a ward round and the authors
are to be congratulated on their efforts --BMA Medical Book
Awards 2015
Which radiographs from each system are most likely to be
presented in exams? This excellent book presents the classics,
and at one level this makes it a high-yield textbook that will be
extremely valuable to medical students and junior doctors. What
is especially striking is the definition and clarity of the
illustrations, with on-image labelling enabling one to be
absolutely certain of which is the endotracheal tube, the
nasotric tube and the central line, for example. --Bob Clarke,
Associate Dean, Professional Development, London. Director, Ask
Doctor Clarke Ltd.
About the Author
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Mark Rodrigues is a Radiology Registrar based at the
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. He recently won the highly
prestigious Frank Doyle Medal from the Royal College of
Radiologists. Following graduated with Honors from Edinburgh
University, he has continued to excel, publishing and presenting
research extensively and internationally in the fields of
radiology and medical education. Mark is also consistently
involved in teaching medical students directly through the
University of Edinburgh, but also through setting up independent
teaching courses, and as a student-selected lecturer for the
Edinburgh Student Radiology Society. Zeshan Qureshi is a
Paediatrician based at Great Ormond Street and the Institute of
Global . He graduated with distinction from the university
of Southampton, and has published and presented research work
extensively and internationally in the fields of cology and
medical education. Whilst working in Edinburgh he was part of the
leadership team developing a near peer teaching programme, where
by junior doctors, throughout south east scotland, were both
trained to teach, and delivered teaching across every hospital in
the area. This book is an extension of this philosophy: that
junior doctors and fresh graduates know how to express complex
ideas in order for it to be easily understood from a students
perspective. That junior doctors can teach, and write in a
complimentary way to senior doctors: one that is friendly and
fun, easy to read and relevant to both exams, and the day to day
to life of junior doctors. Following the success of The
Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs and the feedback from the
students being taught, The Unofficial Guide to Radiology was
developed. This book extensively expands on the radiology chapter
in The Unofficial Guide to Passing OSCEs, providing a
comprehensive learning resource for X-ray interpretation for
medical students, junior and hospital doctors and nurse
practitioners.