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This too will pass. Had a very similar situation in med school having to give a presentation in front of around 50 classmates. My teacher told me I should think about other careers and that I probably wasn’t cut out for medicine. In the end, my stutter has let me carry a chip on my shoulder and has made me a better person and physician. Now I’m an attending teaching residents at a hybrid academic/private practice making really good money. A few years ago I found out one our residents has a stutter and was thinking about quitting because he didn’t think he could handle the kind of work we do. We had a great talk, and he didn’t quit. Now he’s one of the other attendings working with our group. It’s funny, experience and confidence with your clinical abilities will bring more confidence in your speech, and better fluency. Keep working hard and you’ll do well. This will all be a memory in a few years.