that the basic sciences that we learn are very relevant in our profession, as how any medical professional should see it. however, just like in ANY medical professional... experience is key. your complete grasp of the fundementals will only make you a better clinician. im not talking about the guy that can memorize tons of notes to take a test...but the guy (or gal, not being sexist) that can take said information and make actual clinical judgements on an actual patient. i have run in to wayyyy too many "top of the class" folks that can not to this day explain to me why we use a luting cement as opposed to a resin bonded cement (or the other way around) for some fixed work and not others. or plenty of folks that dont get how epinephrine reversal works, yet passed pharm, phys, biochem, with no probs. i wouldn't care so much on the clinician that simply "passed the tests" to get the A. i want to know who the person that gave a damn to actually "learn" the material to be working on me in any context. if you seek out knowledge to better your self and your talents you'll never fall on the bottom of the pile. and if you do, well, you might be in the wrong profession. __________________ My future is blinding, I WILL SUCCEED! "Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible." -Doug Lawson GPRs