From Med School to 350K+ Subscribers: Teaching That Actually Works

Teaching isn’t the reward you get after you’ve learned something. For Taim Dawod, it’s been the learning method itself.

In this episode, we revisit a conversation with Taim Dawod, a medical doctor from Norway who started a medical education YouTube channel in his first year of med school, with no experience in video, editing, or teaching online. What started as a way to make anatomy easier to study for himself grew into a channel with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

The conversation gets into how Taim’s visual way of learning shapes everything he creates, and why adding animations was the moment his audience really started to connect. He also talks about working through a full medical curriculum one topic at a time alongside hospital shifts.

He walks through his 7-step process for making medical education videos. And his approach to consistency is simpler than you’d think. One hour a day, even if it’s just one sentence, is what keeps him going.

Learning points from the episode include:

• 00:00 – 01:48 Intro
• 01:49 – 02:33 Taim’s background as a medical doctor and content creator
• 02:34 – 04:12 Taim’s #1 tip: start without experience
• 04:13 – 07:20 Why the channel started as a visual learning tool
• 07:21 – 11:37 The turning point: animations and 3D visuals
• 11:38 – 17:10 Choosing topics and working through a curriculum
• 17:11 – 21:25 Taim’s 7-step process for creating educational videos
• 21:26 – 26:27 Building a sustainable habit: one hour a day
• 26:28 – 28:57 Tips for aspiring educational content creators
• 28:58 – 36:17 Speed round questions
• 36:18 – 37:44 Taim’s final take and where to find him
• 37:45 – 38:44 Outro

Important links and mentions:

• Subscribe to Taim’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TaimTalksMed
• Follow Taim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/taimtalksmed/
• Learn more about Camtasia: https://www.techsmith.com/camtasia/