The Role of AI in Educating the Next Generation of Healthcare Professionals - with Rhett Alden of Elsevier

Today's guest is Rhett Alden, Chief Technology Officer at Elsevier. Elsevier is a global leader in information analytics and academic publishing, providing trusted scientific, technical, and medical content for researchers, clinicians, and professionals. Rhett returns to the podcast to explore how AI is reshaping healthcare education by bridging the gap between emerging technologies and traditional training methods. In this episode, Rhett shares how Elsevier is applying generative AI to enhance procedural training for healthcare students and professionals while emphasizing the continued importance of human-led instruction for conceptual understanding, ethical decision-making, and patient empathy. He also discusses the increasing adoption of AI across healthcare education institutions and the need for thoughtful implementation models that preserve quality and support human connection in learning environments. Want to share your AI adoption story with executive peers? Click emerj.com/ex2 for more information and to be a potential future guest on Emerj's flagship' AI in Business' podcast!