Hollis Bixby sits down with us to explore how gamification is reshaping PT education — from DPT programs to hybrid residencies to post-professional training.

Hollis has spent seven years as a sports physical therapist, is wrapping up her manual therapy fellowship through Regis University, and is beginning a new chapter as Assistant Professor at Campbell University. Through her work with Duke’s Orthopedic Hybrid Residency, she’s helping design gamified learning experiences that boost engagement, motivation, and clinical skill development.

• What gamification really is — and what it’s not

• How game elements improve learning and retention

• Strategies educators can implement tomorrow

• How fellowship and residency training benefit from playful design

• Why PT education needs to evolve for today’s learners

• Hollis’s journey from sports PT → educator → innovator

This episode is all about teaching smarter, not harder — and making learning fun again.

Rebekah Griffith joins the podcast to talk about what it means to be a newly minted AAOMPT Fellow working in one of the most unlikely settings — the Emergency Department.

She shares why OMPT-level manual therapy skills are not only relevant in the ED, but essential for rapid assessment, safe decision-making, and efficient patient care. Rebekah explains how fellowship training sharpened her clinical reasoning, helped her manage acute MSK presentations, and expanded her impact within emergency medicine teams.

• The PT’s role in the ED

• How manual therapy speeds clarity and improves outcomes

• Examples of OMPT reasoning in acute, high-stakes scenarios

• Why fellowship training matters outside outpatient ortho

• Reducing unnecessary imaging, opioids, and admissions

• Rebekah’s journey through AAOMPT Fellowship and into ED practice

Whether you’re a clinician, student, or educator, Rebekah’s perspective will reshape how you think about where — and how — manual therapy skills should be used.

Ken Olson joins the podcast to discuss his work on the IFOMPT/IOPTP taskforce on pediatric spinal manipulation and the ongoing clinical reasoning debate around specific vs. general manipulation.



Ken is a private practice clinician, educator, past-president of IFOMPT and AAOMPT, author of Manual Physical Therapy of the Spine, and recipient of the 2024 Distinguished Lecturer Award. His perspective blends evidence, global standards, and decades of practical experience.

• Why the pediatric manipulation taskforce was created

• The taskforce’s findings and new position statements

• Safety, indications, and advocacy for pediatric manual therapy

• The “specific vs. general” manipulation controversy

• The value and evidence for specificity in OMPT

• What great clinical reasoning looks like in manipulation decisions

This is a must-listen for OMPT clinicians, educators, and advocates shaping the profession’s next chapter.