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Adtalem Global Education has launched a comprehensive AI credential program particularly for healthcare professionals at scale, reaching students and practicing clinicians across its institutions and partner health systems.
Through a strategic partnership with Google Cloud, Adtalem aims to deliver curriculum powered by Google Cloud's AI technology, which provides students with direct, hands-on experience with tools reshaping clinical practice.
The partnership will provide Adtalem with Google Cloud’s full AI-optimized tech stack.
According to Adtalem Global Education, the stack highlights Google Cloud AI technologies, including Gemini, Google's family of AI models and Vertex AI services to allow them to jointly develop an AI curriculum.
The AI credential program is set to launch in 2026, with future expansion across all of Adtalem's institutions, including Chamberlain University, Walden University, American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Ross University School of Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Participants in the program will complete specialized coursework covering AI applications in clinical practice, ethical considerations, patient safety protocols and hands-on experience with healthcare-specific AI tools frequently used across hospital systems and clinical practices.
Additionally, healthcare professionals looking to enhance their AI capabilities can access the same credential program via Adtalem's continuing education platform, with coursework that will accommodate working clinicians' schedules.
"Our collaboration with Google Cloud integrates AI education across every stage of learning and practice, ensuring clinicians enter the workforce ready to apply technology confidently, ethically and with purpose," Michael Betz, chief digital officer of Adtalem Global Education, told MobiHealthNews.
THE LARGER TREND
In August, Adtalem Global Education and Sallie Mae signed a letter of intent to explore financing solutions for healthcare students as the federal Grad PLUS loan program phases out beginning July 1, 2026.
The planned program seeks to create a framework for developing customized financing solutions designed for healthcare education, which include deferred repayment options and degree-specific terms.
In July, Chamberlain University and part of Adtalem Global Education and SSM Health launched the Aspiring Nurse Program, a large-scale partnership aimed at funding nursing education, enhancing clinical readiness and creating a route to employment across SSM Health’s care sites in Missouri, Oklahoma, Illinois and Wisconsin.
The partnership offers a direct, employment-focused way for aspiring nurses by integrating tuition support with immersive clinical experience and the opportunity for job placement within SSM Health facilities post graduation in exchange for students pledging to join SSM Health’s workforce.
In May, Adtalem Global Education approved a new share repurchase program, which permitted Adtalem to repurchase up to $150 million of its common stock through May 2028.
Adtalem revealed it finalized its January 2024 board-authorized $300 million share repurchase program in May. The finished repurchase program was sanctioned through January 2027.
In February, the Oncology Nursing Society and Adtalem Global Education partnered to offer Chamberlain University nursing students a free course that provides a comprehensive introduction to oncology nursing.
The class is a part of the institution’s Practice Ready, Specialty Focused (PRSF) initiative, which familiarizes pre-licensure students with the numerous healthcare specialties available via hands-on experiences with practicing nurses.
Funded by a grant from the American Nurses Foundation, the PRSF program is part of Adtalem’s efforts to deal with the country’s continuing nursing shortage.
