What Adtalem Chairman and CEO Steve Beard shared at the Axios Future of Health Summit.
Against a backdrop of healthcare staffing crises, policy changes in Washington and the evolving needs of patients, Adtalem Global Education Chairman and CEO Steve Beard shared his vision for increasing access to healthcare higher education and alleviating workforce challenges at the Axios Future of Health Summit on May 14.
Speaking with Axios publisher Nicholas Johnston, Beard described Adtalem’s educational approach and use of technology like artificial intelligence as well as how it improves health outcomes.
“Much of higher education has chased a value proposition rooted in high selectivity and historical prestige,” Beard said. “We want to expand the opportunity for folks who want to be clinicians, and we take a holistic approach to building classes that are broadly representative of the communities those clinicians are ultimately going to serve.”
Technology and AI in Higher Education
Speaking about accomplishing those goals at scale, Beard delved into how Adtalem’s five universities leverage technology, including artificial intelligence.
“We think generative AI is a game changer in a very positive way,” Beard said. “We’re leveraging it across a host of use areas.” Those include AI tutors and student support capacities that allow Adtalem’s institutions to meet students where they are.
Education for Patient Outcomes
While Beard believes that new technologies can relieve clinicians of burdensome administrative tasks and improve outcomes for patients, he also reiterated the importance of cultural competence for medical professionals.
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