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. 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 as part of orthopaedic and emergency rotations Logical, sequential content: relevant basic science; then chapters devoted to the clinical essentials of orthopaedics and the disorders and injuries seen most commonly in practice Descriptions of common disorders are enhanced by Clinical Scenarios (Patient presents with. . . ), which help students and trainees to recognise and manage common presenting problems