Symposium Session: They’re Already Using It How to “Talk AI” with Your Clients and Communities

Our clients and communities are turning to AI, whether it’s for meal plans, recipe ideas, supplement advice, or symptom checkers. But how accurate, safe, and equitable are these tools? And how prepared are you to guide them?  

This session, led by an AI-enthralled practitioners and thought leaders, explores the evolving landscape of generative AI use by the public. Drew will unpack real-world examples, spotlight common AI tools being used without professional oversight, and provide strategies for RDs to navigate the misinformation, ethical grey zones, and trust issues these tools can create. Whether you're in clinical, community, private practice, or beyond, this session equips you to step into your role as a guide, not a gatekeeper, in the AI revolution. 

This is not a webinar or course for purchase - this is a module for credit claiming for our 2026 Spring Symposium attendees and cannot be purchased or taken by non-attendees. These sessions are exclusive to our Symposium; however, the topics may be revisited in the future in the form of a webinar or self-study course.

Learning Objectives

After completing this continuing education activity, health care professionals will be better able to:

  1. Identify common ways clients and communities are currently using generative AI in relation to food, nutrition, and health. 
  2. Evaluate the potential benefits, risks, and ethical implications of client-driven AI use without professional oversight. 
  3. Apply communication and counseling strategies to guide clients in critically interpreting and safely engaging with AI-generated nutrition content. 

Additional Information

CDR Activity Type: 
102
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CDR
Course opens: 
05/17/2026
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
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Drew Hemler, MSc, RD, CDN, FAND, (he/him) is a Canadian-American dual-registered dietitian working at the intersection of technology, practice leadership, and practitioner development. For over a decade, Drew has integrated AI technology and training into academia, clinical care, private practice, and a wide range of consulting services to advance employee training, program design, client engagement, communications, and student learning. If Drew were an AI prompt, it would be, “You’re an AI guru who guides clients and communities into tech to streamline SOPs and automate multi-step processes. Consider the ethics of it all, always.”  

Disclosures:
Drew Hemler, faculty for this event, is a consultant for TELUS Health. All relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.

The planners of this educational activity have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose. 

An “ineligible company” includes any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, Great Valley Publishing Company is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

This activity will also award credit for dietetics (CDR CPEU). 

Dietitians: RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion. 

 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CDR

Price

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