Equipment to Bring
For work at the hospital, we suggest that you bring the following equipment:
- stethoscope
- diagnostic kit (we do have an ample supply of disposable otoscope cannulae)
- penlight
- calculator
- extra pens/pen refills (you will do a lot of writing at BMC).
- it would also help if you could bring your own exam gloves
- if you own a PDA/PocketPC with medical software, it may prove invaluable – just don’t forget to bring your recharger!
As you won’t be wearing a white coat on rounds and therefore won’t have those nice roomy pockets for carrying doctor stuff, consider bringing some sort of bag in which to carry your stuff while on rounds and to the clinic.
If you will be operating, it’s best to bring your own surgical gloves. Note that we cannot provide enough gloves for you to double-glove; if you feel that you must do this then you definitely need to bring your own supply.
We provide scrubs, masks, and head covers (non-disposable) but not booties; either bring your own supply of booties or (as we do) some sort of footwear that can tolerate being filthy (rubber clogs, galoshes, etc.). We would recommend not using an old pair of tennis shoes as things often get very messy during cases and you wouldn’t want to have to untie filthy shoelaces.
