Reddit reviews Clark's Pocket Handbook for Radiographers (Clark's Companion Essential Guides)

I'm in first year doing DI in Scotland, we've been on placement since November. Don't be nervous, speak up and ask questions. You'll quickly learn which members of staff will let you do as much as you're comfortable with, while others will pretty much just carry on with their job until you ask/offer to do something. If you get to choose which room you're working in, try and get in a room with someone who's been helpful before, you'll learn more.

Every radiographer does things slightly differently, and different departments will have different 'standard views' from the ones you learned in uni. Learn what they want and do it their way, not the way you were taught in uni. DON'T argue that 'well this is the way we were taught to do it'!

Be as helpful as possible. Clean up / wipe down surfaces, process cassettes (if you're using them), offer to go get patients changed, etc. Don't stand around looking bored, if you don't know something, ask about it, genuine curiosity will be rewarded.

Remember your TLD and anatomical markers - I found this book really useful for carrying around (fits perfectly in NHS tunic pockets). Sometimes the radiographers will even ask to borrow it, so brownie points for you.

Good luck on your placement!

Merrill and Bontrager tend to be recommended by Americans, most of us Brits go for Clark's Positioning in Radiography.

Not read the 13th edition of the big boy book myself (basically everywhere has 12th edition, and I am not paying for a new one lol), but the only thing I disagree with in the first edition (since updated to 2nd edition) of the [little baby handbook for students and such] (https://www.amazon.co.uk/d/Books/Clarks-Handbook-Radiographers-Companion-Essential/1498726992/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=R5H91P80E0SZ5ZKVP0QH) was the ankle section, they describe a correct mortice view, but then the demonstrated image has their centring... somewhat high... :v

The main other book I consider a "must have" is Accident and Emergency Radiology, but as an ortho resident, you are likely past that (it is basic image interpretation, suitable for a junior doc or the average band 5/6 radiographer), though you might consider giving it a flick through anyway, it's not a long read, and is a very good quality book.

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Edit: Interesting thing about Clark's - go back a few versions from the 12th edition and they were inexplicably using nude patients in a solid half of the demonstration images, flicking between covered and uncovered for seemingly no reason. God knows why. In any of the modern ones, they are all wearing swimsuits, at least!