Shiv Gaglani: Learning Through Osmosis

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Shiv Gaglani is CEO and co-founder of Osmosis, a wildly popular open-source health education platform used by millions of current and aspiring clinicians.. In this episode, Shiv details his mission to expand access to medical education around the world and reflects on some of the most challenging decisions of his entrepreneurial career. Justin and Shiv also discuss the perks and wonders of game-changing educational tools revolutionizing the way the industry approaches med school.

JUMP STRAIGHT INTO:

(01:06) - Choosing a degree in health policy and engineering - “Healthcare was kind of in my blood, but then I grew up in Cape Canaveral, Florida where the shuttle is takeoff. And so a lot of my classmates, their parents were engineers at NASA.”

(05:59) - The moment when health education changed forever: Shiv shares how the idea to create Osmosis came up - “Osmosis probably is best known now for our massive library of educational videos. We have over 2100 videos that cover basically all of the first, all of the didactic aspects of med school.”

(10:58) - The complexity of health education and digital learning as a flexible space - “What makes me most excited about health education is not just training providers and clinicians and caregivers but going even further and training the general public to take better care of their health.”

(18:43) - The ongoing learning mindset and the goal of making health easier to understand - “The vision of Osmosis is that everyone who cares for someone will learn by osmosis.”

(26:48) - Shiv reflects on the moment when he decided to become an entrepreneur - “What other worlds could we live in where two people in Baltimore could come up with an idea that then years later, people in Sudan are learning from? It's so cool.”

(34:08) - New paths of learning and the value of knowledge beyond tests and degrees - “There's no right sequencing. That's one of the core pieces of advice. Let go of self limiting beliefs about when you should be doing something and how you should be doing it.”

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