EmpowerED Workshop: Build Your Own AI Learning Agent: From Idea to Custom Agent

This session will take place on December 7, 2026 from 12:10 pm - 12:50 pm.

Speakers:

Sarah M. Harendt, PhD, MS
Education & Faculty Development Manager
OCPD & TEACH
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Co-Director, Well-being & Mentorship Matters, Department of Medicine
Carilion Clinic/Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine

Brock Mutcheson, PhD, MBA, MEdL
Associate Dean for Assessment, Evaluation, and Strategic Analytics
Chief Data Officer
VTCSOM

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:

• Create a ChatGPT Assistant to assit with basic creative projects
• Integrate external resources into a ChatGPT Assistant
• Modify a ChatGPT Assistant for project variation

Invitees

All interested Carilion Clinic, VTC, and RUC physicians, faculty, and other health professions educators.

Identification and Mitigation of Disclosure of Financial Relationships

Speaker: Sarah M. Harendt, PhD, MS and Brock Mutcheson, PhD, MBA, MEdL reported no relevant relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.

Planning Committee: JT Addair, Mariah Rudd, Michele Richardson, Sarah Harendt, and Shari Whicker reported no relevant relationships with any entity producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients.