Shiv Gaglani, Co-Founder of Osmosis: A Once and Future Med Student Shakes Up Health Education

Episode 53 January 25, 2023 00:20:25
Shiv Gaglani, Co-Founder of Osmosis: A Once and Future Med Student Shakes Up Health Education
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Shiv Gaglani, Co-Founder of Osmosis: A Once and Future Med Student Shakes Up Health Education

Jan 25 2023 | 00:20:25

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Show Notes

As a medical student at Johns Hopkins University ten years ago, Shiv Gaglani quickly realized it was time to shake up a century-old approach to medical education and make the experience more personalized and efficient. That was the spark for creating Osmosis, an online and mobile learning platform that he left med school to grow. The company, which was acquired last year by the European-based medical publisher Elsevier, has attracted millions of medical and allied health students to its learning system and short-form educational videos. “Osmosis has been designed around trying to make it as easy as possible for someone to access and consume content. We also push tailored content to people instead of relying on their willpower to come back to the system,” Gaglani tells Futuro Health CEO Van Ton-Quinlivan. Check out this engaging conversation about what’s changed in medical education, the qualities that health professions students will need to be successful in the future, and the potential impact of AI on learners and providers. You’ll also hear how educators are integrating Osmosis’ content into training, and why Shiv is returning to med school later this year.

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