Students are responsible for the purchase of their own medical equipment. The following are required during the first year:

• stethoscope
• pen light
• reflex hammer
• ophthalmoscope/otoscope
• tuning forks (128Hz)
• BP cuff
• ocular protection - personal goggles permitted if they meet published Health Canada Standards (or CSA-Z94.3)

The following laboratory supplies are also required:

• a white long lab coat
• anatomy dissecting kit/2 persons (not biology kit)
• one box of gloves
• one pair of safety glasses/person

Students are also responsible for purchasing two white lab jackets for the first year via the Undergraduate Medical Education Office. Information about this and the 鈥淲hite Coat Ceremony鈥� will be circulated at the beginning of the first year. The Ceremony is held in September or October of the second year.

It is recommended that students have a smart phone or pager during TCP (Transition to Clinical Practice) and Clerkship so that their clinical teams can reach them.