PCOM: Perspectives: Ninja Nerd and the Power of Hybrid Learning

About this episode

The episode features an interview with Zach Murphy discussing the origins and impact of Ninja Nerd and the benefits of hybrid learning for medical students.

For this episode, I sat down with Zach Murphy, president and CEO of Ninja Nerd, the widely recognized online learning platform that has grown into a global resource for students and clinicians in medicine and science. We discuss Ninja Nerd’s origin story and its growth into a leading resource serving millions of prospective health care leaders, in addition to the emergence of hybrid learning and how this education model can be particularly beneficial for medical students.

People in this episode

Guest: Zach Murphy

Topics covered

• hybrid learning
• online learning
• medical education
• Ninja Nerd

Keywords

• education model
• health care leaders
• global resource

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ninja Nerd, Ninja Nerd’s

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