How often do you give speeches/presentations in med school?

[DAT_MAN]

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I've never been a big fan of public speaking. There was maybe 20 people in my speech class. How is presenting in med school different than undergrad?

 

[DAT_MAN]

I've never been a big fan of public speaking. There was maybe 20 people in my speech class. How is presenting in med school different than undergrad?

 

[StritchMD2011]

Three times.

 

[logos]

Once here (during years 1 and 2) at ohio state.

 

[deleted77919]

Three times.

Edit: For those catching this thread later, the OP posted this thread three times, hence the joke.

 

[Law2Doc]

I've never been a big fan of public speaking. There was maybe 20 people in my speech class. How is presenting in med school different than undergrad?

You will likely have to give a presentation or two in the first couple of years. But in rotations, you will be presenting patients to folks pretty regularly.

 

[Tired Pigeon]

I think this varies widely by school. We do a lot of small group presentations during the preclinical years (10-20 people), and some stuff in front of larger groups.

Public speaking is one of those things that gets a LOT easier if you do it a lot. I used to hate it, but deliberately took courses in undergrad that would force me to do it because it's a really helpful skill to possess. After a while, it stops sucking and actually gets to be kind of fun. And having good presentation/public speaking skills will serve you well for the remainder of your career.

 

[Doko]

I've never been a big fan of public speaking. There was maybe 20 people in my speech class. How is presenting in med school different than undergrad?

Well, if you go to med school with PBL like the Cleveland Clinic, you'll be presenting a powerpoint at least once a week... sometimes twice.

But you get used to it... as med students/doctors/etc you'll be presenting all the time... we all suck at it at first, but with time, it'll get better....

nothing to stress too much over.

 

[DoctorPLASTIC]

I've never been a big fan of public speaking. There was maybe 20 people in my speech class. How is presenting in med school different than undergrad?

I would like to know too. I just gave a presentation for school to about 25 people and couldnt sleep the 2 nights before and was anxious the whole day. Sure when the time came I went into my other personality and delivered it unnervous, loud and professional. But that time worrying about it beforehand is ULCER forming.🙁

 

[Pontifex Maximus]

At UMD, its twice during the first year. Don't know about second.

 

[Pontifex Maximus]

At UMD, its twice during the first year. Don't know about second.

 

[Orthonut]

Three times.

What a coincidence! I've also presented three times.

 

[mudphudwannabe]

I've had a few presentations -- probably 2 per semester or so. In the first year we had to give a couple of presentations in front of the whole class, then there were a few small group activities where we would have to present something in a group of 4-5 people, which was a bit more laid back. Now in the second year we have patient presentations where we present individually to a small group (8 people). I still get pretty nervous, but it's not that bad. You'll get used to it!