Sarah Edwards, Peninsula Medical School

This is a good book, which has been helping me now as a Junior Doctor. This book is a very useful for senior medical students who are getting to grips with the wards. It covers very common xrays that you may see. This has potential benefits for medical finals as this has your typical xrays in! Great book

Posted 19th Oct 2011

Joseph Fitchett, Imperial College, London

The book categorises most acute presentations of chest, abdomen, fracture and paediatric radiographs over 2 pages each after an introductory section to each radiograph type. The text is clear, but best of all, the images point out all the abnormalities making it accessible to beginners and great practice for those more experienced. The book is small, can be carried with you on rotations, and is packed with all the detail we need to know for exams. Helpful for both rotations and for revision. There are normal radiographs included to compare with abnormal radiographs (unlike stated in another review) and so do not be put off by that. The book is not meant to be a full X-Ray guide, but I found it very helpful as it did make it easy.

Posted 14th Oct 2011

Amritha Ajith, University of Durham, Queens Campus, Stockton, Phase I Medicine

This book is a collection of xray images with some description next to each image. I found this useful for my OSCE chest xray station. I also used this book for abdominal xrays and the book also has pediatric xrays and xrays of fractures. The images were similar to the ones used in my lectures and easy to understand. The conditions were also common examinable ones. They also gave detail of further management and tests that could be done. It depends on which medical school you go to but I recommend that you read all of that because I was examined on further management following results of an xray in one of my exam papers. One thing I thought they should have included was the layout for reading an xray (For example, chest xrays would be looked at in the order: patient details, image quality, AP/PA view, airway, breathing, circulation, bones). I also wish there were examples of normal chest and abdominal xrays. Although this seems unnecessary, it would make it easier to tell the abnormal from the normal. If you're looking for an xray book with very abnormal or hard to diagnose results, this is not the book for you. But if you're a medical student, this is good for revision alongside lecture notes, both for osce xray stations and written examinations. I wouldn't recommend that you use this book alone and it certainly doesn't claim to be a full xray revision guide.

Posted 12th Oct 2011

James O'Brien, University of East Anglia

On-Call X-Rays made easy is a concise and easy to read book. The book takes the reader through a basic introduction on X-Ray interpretation and then moves through different pathologies seen on X-Ray in the chest, abdomen, bones and paediatrics. Is very clear and easily read; as well as being able to be picked up at any time and used. A must by for any medical student!

Posted 6th Jun 2011

Bernard Ho, St George's, University of London

This book is perfect for those that are on-the-go readers. The size of this book will fit most bags and the sections are written in a format that can be a quick read or even as a reference guide to the different radiology pathologies you'll see on the wards. The sections are chest x-ray, abdo x-ray, bones, and paediatrics. The individual sections are all written in a very systemic way and most images have arrows to point out the individual learning points. Simply love this book. Get it. Now.

Posted 31st May 2011