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Matthew Smith

Matthew Smith

Board-certified orthopaedic physical therapist (PT, DPT, DSc, FAAOMPT) and Instructor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine specializing in OMPT education and clinical reasoning.

Jul 7, 2026

3:09
So what was it that sparked this interest?
3:12
Yeah, I think this interest was sparked kind of three different ways.
3:17
First was my own clinical training.
3:19
I really valued what OMPT, what my training brought me and bringing clinical reasoning as a core principle for myself and my practice versus just technique execution, right? Like going through the whole clinical reasoning process.
3:34
And I don't think we've always done a great job, maybe as a profession, of giving others that access that maybe don't have the means or the time or the thought to go and continue that training.
3:50
So really, I wanted to try and expand the reach of that OMPT framework.
3:55
And I think no better way than with a DPT and residency training and kind of marrying some of those.

13 MINS LATER

16:47
So, you know, what are things that other researchers also need to be looking at, you know, to help us kind of define this area a bit better?

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