Student interested in premed with disability

[Bunnyfeet97]

Hello, I'm a 20 yr old college student who is interested in getting into the medical field. I have a huge interest in psychiatry, pediatrics, and cardiology. I need to do a lot of shadowing and getting as much experience as possible. However, I have never lost my startle reflex as a baby. So I jump easily to fast, sudden movements and certain noises. I'm not sure if this will affect my future career. My jumping is subtle but enough for people to notice, and I assume that I'd never be able to become a surgeon. Any advice ?
Thank you so much!

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[Ribonucleic Acid]

You can still be a doctor with your disability. I'd say that neurosurgery would be a little less likely lol. Shoot for the stars!


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[getdown]

Hello, I'm a 20 yr old college student who is interested in getting into the medical field. I have a huge interest in psychiatry, pediatrics, and cardiology. I need to do a lot of shadowing and getting as much experience as possible. However, I have never lost my startle reflex as a baby. So I jump easily to fast, sudden movements and certain noises. I'm not sure if this will affect my future career. My jumping is subtle but enough for people to notice, and I assume that I'd never be able to become a surgeon. Any advice ?
Thank you so much!

Your condition doesn't preclude you from being a physician. Certain specialties like you said will probably be out of the picture, specifically any interventional specialty requiring a steady hand (all surgery, interventional radiology, interventional cardiology, etc). But the other fields you're interested in likely should be fine.

 

[Pagan FutureDoc]

Doesn’t seem to be something that would preclude you from working as a physician with reasonable accommodations (not sure any would be necessary in this situation)

 

[ellia]

I don't think this will be a big issue except for maybe in surgical fields...