OnlineMedEd

OnlineMedEd operates as a comprehensive online learning platform specifically designed for medical education. The company was established in 2014 by co-founders Dr. Dustyn Williams and Jamie Fitch and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. The genesis of the company dates back to the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, where Williams, then a medical student at Tulane University, began creating videos to supplement his and his peers' learning when many professors did not return. Williams, who also holds an undergraduate degree from Yale University, serves as the lead educator, leveraging his experience as a practicing internal medicine physician and clerkship director to shape the curriculum. Fitch, a clinical epidemiologist by trade with a background from Ohio State University and Tulane, provided the bridge to the development team to transform Williams' educational content into a structured company.

The firm primarily serves medical students (M3 and M4 years), residents, and other healthcare professionals such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, aiming to prepare them for board exams like the USMLE and COMLEX, as well as for their clinical practice. It also partners directly with universities and institutions, providing them with digital curriculum and tools to support their faculty. The business model operates on a freemium basis, offering a substantial amount of content, including over 70 hours of video lessons, for free to a global audience. Revenue is generated through premium subscriptions which unlock additional features like detailed notes, a question bank with detailed answer explanations, and memory tools. The company has pursued a business-to-business strategy, focusing on university partnerships to integrate its platform directly into medical school curricula. After bootstrapping for its first six years and reaching eight-figure revenue, the company secured a $5 million seed round in 2020 and a $20 million funding round in 2021. In March 2025, OnlineMedEd was acquired by Archer Review, a health care education company backed by Leeds Equity Partners, to create a more comprehensive learning ecosystem for healthcare professionals by combining OnlineMedEd's curriculum with Archer Review's adaptive learning technology.

The platform's core offering is its proprietary PACE (Prepare, Absorb, Cement, Enforce) learning framework, which integrates whiteboard video lessons, notes, challenge questions, and memory reinforcement tools. The content is designed to promote mastery over memorization, focusing on a single, unified voice to deliver a consistent and interconnected curriculum. It covers a wide range of topics across basic sciences and clinical sciences, including over 250 topics in 19 specialties. The platform also provides resources to support student well-being, such as mindfulness sessions and modules on effective learning strategies. Used by over 300,000 learners in more than 190 countries, the platform is designed to make medical education more efficient, allowing faculty to concentrate on active, high-impact learning while students apply their knowledge in practice.

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