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 “White Coat Ceremony” 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.