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This paper provides a rapid review and commentary on current research exploring AI\u2019s integration into healthcare curricula, highlighting its potential to enhance competency development, critical thinking, and learner engagement. Evidence shows that AI can enrich educational experiences by tailoring instruction to individual needs, facilitating clinical reasoning, and reducing the cognitive and logistical burdens faced by graduate students who balance academics with professional and personal responsibilities. Yet, the increasing reliance on AI also introduces ethical, cultural, and pedagogical challenges, including algorithmic bias, data privacy concerns, inequitable access to technology, and the risk of diminishing independent judgment. Within rehabilitation education, additional issues arise related to patient confidentiality, assessment authenticity, and the unauthorized use of educators\u2019 intellectual property. 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