#210: Creating a Podcast App to Revolutionize Continuing Medical Education with Chris West, USMA ‘88

<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">“We want to be the dominant player in professional education and usher in an entirely new era of professional education. We want to be the medical education platform for a mobile generation.”</span></em></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">- Christ West (USMA ‘88)</span></p> <p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris West (USMA ‘88) is the Chief Operating Officer of ConveyMed, the number one app for Continuing Medical Education (CME) that aggregates</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">content from leading medical education podcasts and partners to provide Continuing Education for medical professionals</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">.</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris is a former executive in the pharmaceutical and biotech industry where he held several senior sales and marketing leadership roles. These roles included general management, medical education, strategic and in-line marketing, and senior sales leadership. Throughout his career, Chris has routinely collaborated with key opinion leaders and societies on physician education initiatives. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><span style= "font-weight: 400;">In this episode, we discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why podcasts are an effective and successful educational tool</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What ConveyMed is doing to push the boundaries of podcast education</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How ConveyMed creates, produces and monetizes podcast content</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why healthcare professionals are ConveyMed’s primary audience</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chris also shares some fascinating statistics on podcast listenters and who some of his content partners are. We enjoy