Stuttering During Rotations

[Adenocarcinoma]

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I have a question from attending physicians and residents. I have a pretty bad stutter. I am an IMG. My stutter is bad to the point that I have blocks and my head starts moving when I speak and I don't make eye contact. When I am on the phone people usually get frustrated or think the signal is bad. In medical school, I never did any presentations except twice which went very badly. All the classes we had to present I talked to teachers to just give me a C. I have heard in America residents do a lot of presentations and have to speak to a lot of patients. I would like to know do you guys think I would have any chance working in America? I have been very frustrated. I am bringing any excuse I can not work as a doctor due to this reason. I was even thinking about changing careers completely and study accounting since it doesn't have much talking. I would really appreciate if you could give me an HONEST opinion on my situation.

 

[SpartanWolverine]

Honest assessment: effective, efficient communication is an absolute necessity in medicine. It does not sound like you meet that basic criteria based on your description.

I've known several people with stutters who have been able to make their way through medical school just fine, however. It seems a shame to throw away an entire career over something that is important for many aspects of life. Have you attended speech therapy?

 

[Adenocarcinoma]

Yeah, but it never helped.

 

[dpmd]

When I was in residency there was a family practice resident I worked with some that had a stutter. Doesn't sound like his was as disabling as the OP though. He was able to get the information conveyed well enough and that was what was important.

 

[libertyyne]

Pathology.

 

[NuttyEngDude]

When I was on medicine rotations, there was a guy who spoke extremely slow and I mean I SLOOOOOW, but every single attending loved him. He was thorough and had a perfect content presentation.

 

[Redpancreas]

When I was on medicine rotations, there was a guy who spoke extremely slow and I mean I SLOOOOOW, but every single attending loved him. He was thorough and had a perfect content presentation.

Every single word must have been a crystallized nugget of gold. I get interrupted with decent presentations after the first sentence. I'm allowed to continue sometimes but it doesn't matter what I say, still get interrupted.