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I always hear this as one of the bad sides of "such and such" school ("their library was tiny!")
But aren't textbooks pretty much all you need for medical school? Unless you are doing research, why is it important to have a huge library?
It doesn't make sense for schools to grow and maintain huge libraries if they are not research-oriented... you won't need them-unless you want to look up some studies on an obscure disease you might encounter during rotations (and won't be tested on in the boards anyways). In this day of modern techonology, can always just order the journal article online.
Just curious
But aren't textbooks pretty much all you need for medical school? Unless you are doing research, why is it important to have a huge library?
It doesn't make sense for schools to grow and maintain huge libraries if they are not research-oriented... you won't need them-unless you want to look up some studies on an obscure disease you might encounter during rotations (and won't be tested on in the boards anyways). In this day of modern techonology, can always just order the journal article online.
Just curious