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# Medical Assessment and Content Editors at Osmosis

- **Company:** Osmosis
- **Location:** Northeastern, United States / North, United States / Western, United States
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/osmosis/jobs/7814677003

## Job description

Position Overview

We are seeking physician editors to help us build the best learning platform in medical education. This position will be focused on reviewing and revising USMLE-style Step 1 and Step 2 practice questions and/or related topic summaries. This is a fully remote, contract-based position.

What You’ll Do

We are looking for passionate physicians and medical educators to produce accurate world-class content to aid medical students in their education and prepare for their USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 exams.

- Review and revise existing and newly drafted questions, and/or existing and newly drafted topic summaries, to conform to specific product guidelines, including adhering to standards for educational value, readability, and use of inclusive language.
- Ensure assessment items and/or topic summaries are accurate, clinically realistic, and scoped appropriately to prepare for the Step 1 and Step 2 exams.
- Work with the medical illustration team to create or collect images and figures that highlight important medical concepts or disease processes.
- Attend team meetings as needed and regular check-ins with the writing team.
- Identify and complete other tasks as needed.

## What You Bring

- Terminal medical degree, either MD or DO. (Required).
- Successful completion of USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 exams (Required).
- Board certification in a US-approved medical or surgical specialty or completion of at least two years of ACGME-accredited residency training. (Required).
- Prior medical question writing experience is a plus.
- Experience in formal medical education is a plus.
- Familiarity with AI-enabled workflows is a plus.
- Available to commit a minimum of 10 hours per week of asynchronous work.
- Excellent writing, editing, and copy-editing skills with close attention to detail.
- Commitment to the organizational mission of transforming medical education to better serve educators and learners.

## Who we are seeking

We are seeking a broad range of specialties including but not limited to internal medicine, family medicine, surgery, pediatrics, OB/GYN, neurology, psychiatry, cardiology, nephrology, infectious disease, hematology/oncology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, rheumatology, and pulmonology.

To Apply

Please go to osmosis.org/careers and submit the following by 8/31/26:

- Resume
- LinkedIn URL (optional)
- Number of hours you can commit to on an average week

Please note: This is an independent contractor role with an expected commitment of 10+ hours per week. The availability of work depends on project priorities.

## About Osmosis

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Osmosis is a healthcare education platform that provides visual learning tools, videos, quizzes, and study resources to help current and future healthcare professionals understand and retain medical knowledge.
- **Entity Type**: Private (subsidiary of Elsevier, part of RELX Group; acquired in 2021)
- **Headquarters**: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Shiv Gaglani and Ryan Haynes

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Healthcare Education / Higher Education
- **Target Customers**: B2C (medical, nursing, and other healthcare students) and B2B (institutions, educators)
- **Mission Statement**: To empower the world’s clinicians and caregivers by providing an engaging, effective, and efficient learning experience. Vision: “To create a more caring world by developing the most caring people.”

## Products & Services
- **Osmosis Platform (SaaS)**: A comprehensive learning platform featuring visual videos, quizzes, flashcards, a study schedule tool, and evidence-based learning methods (active recall, spaced repetition). Content is created and reviewed by a global network of 100+ physicians, nurses, and healthcare experts.
- **Professional Certificate Program (edX partnership)**: A Healthcare Foundations program designed for anyone interested in studying medicine and healthcare, launched in partnership with edX.
- **Year of the Zebra Initiative**: A global initiative focused on raising awareness for rare diseases through educational content.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (acquired by Elsevier; acquisition price not disclosed)
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue ~$15.2M (LinkedIn estimate); Total Funding $6.65M prior to acquisition
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: TEDCO, Gregory Coleman, and 12+ investors in Series A; now operates under Elsevier. Key partner: edX.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Audience of millions of healthcare learners globally
  - Partnership with edX for professional certificates (2023)
  - “Year of the Zebra” campaign with Elsevier (2023)
  - Employee count: ~267 (LinkedIn, -7.4% YoY) or ~343 (LeadIQ, April 2026) – conflicting reports; likely reflects post-acquisition restructuring
  - Operates in 57 countries

## Competitive Advantages
- **Elsevier Backing**: Access to Elsevier’s vast medical content, editorial resources, and global distribution network.
- **Proven Learning Methodology**: Combines visual storytelling with evidence-based techniques (spaced repetition, active recall) tailored for healthcare education.
- **Community & Scale**: Large, engaged user base of current and future healthcare professionals; strong brand recognition among medical and nursing students.
- **Content Quality**: Content created and reviewed by a network of over 100 clinicians and educators, ensuring accuracy and relevance.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expanding Content Offerings**: Growing nursing content and professional certificate programs to address broader healthcare education needs.
- **Global Reach**: Continuing to serve learners in 57+ countries, with a focus on accessibility and inclusivity.
- **Integration with Elsevier**: Leveraging parent company resources to enhance content, technology, and distribution.
- **Innovation in Learning**: Developing new tools and formats (e.g., interactive videos, adaptive quizzes) to improve knowledge retention.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-Driven Culture**: “Learn. Teach. Care. Together.” – employees are united by a goal to improve healthcare education and patient outcomes.
- **Remote-First**: Most roles are remote (North America or global), with headquarters in Philadelphia.
- **Workplace Rating**: 4.2/5.0 on LinkedIn (97 reviews), with high marks for Work-Life Balance (4.4), Culture (4.3), and Career Development (4.0).
- **Diverse, Global Team**: Employees from over 50 countries; departments include Education, Design, Marketing, Engineering, and Medical Content.
- **Growth Opportunities**: Roles in content creation, medical editing, engineering, and student ambassador programs. Notable alumni have moved to top healthcare institutions and companies (e.g., Harvard Medical School, AMBOSS, Elsevier).
- **Perks**: Competitive compensation (e.g., Content Writer ~$61k/yr, Content Manager ~$87k/yr), flexible work environment, and a supportive learning culture.

## Sources
1. [Osmosis Careers Page](https://www.osmosis.org/careers)
2. [Osmosis Company Page](https://www.osmosis.org/company)
3. [Osmosis Jobs on Greenhouse](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/osmosis)
4. [LinkedIn – Osmosis.org from Elsevier](https://www.linkedin.com/company/osmosis-from-elsevier)
5. [LeadIQ – Osmosis.org from Elsevier Overview](https://leadiq.com/c/osmosisorg-from-elsevier/5a1d98f02300005300878a06)

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