Meredith Smith is a physiotherapist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy. She is an Academic Co-Lead for Clinical Education and an Academic Co-Lead for Unit 4: Physical Practice III which focuses on neurological physical therapy practice. She is a graduate of the MScPT program at the University of Toronto, holds a Bachelors in Physiology from Michigan State University, and recently completed a Master of Education with a concentration in Health Professions Education from the University of Ottawa.
Meredith also continues to occasionally practice clinically in private practice with a focus on clients living with neurological conditions.
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Dhir, J., Cleaver, S., Lurch, .S, Miller, P.A., Smith, M., Smith-Turchyn, J., Udarbe Han, M., Wojkowski, S. (2024). Developing a collaborative understanding of health justice in physiotherapy: Findings from a national consensus development conference. Physiotherapy Canada. e20230076. https://doi.org/10.3138/ptc-2023-0076
Vazir S, Newman K, Kispal L, Morin AE, Mu Y, Smith M, Nixon S. Perspectives of Racialized Physiotherapists in Canada on Their Experiences with Racism in the Physiotherapy Profession. Physiotherapy Canada. 2019; 71(4):335-45.
