Kirk
Peck
Assistant Professor
PT, PhD, CSCS
PT
Email:
kpeck@creighton.edu
(402) 280-5633
Advisor:
Sports PT Association
Clinical Education
Biography:
Mr. Peck graduated in 1988 with a Baccalaureate degree in Exercise Science from Kansas State University, a Masters degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Kansas Medical Center in 1990, and a PhD in Higher Education, Administration and Leadership from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2004. His dissertation was focused on how faculty members in a faith-based university perceived their responsibility in fostering the academic mission of Ignatian spirituality.
Since graduation, he has worked in a variety of clinical settings including outpatient sports/ orthopedics, acute care, nursing homes, and home health. In the fall of 1993, he initiated one of only two degree granting programs in Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) in the state of Nebraska. He continued to serve as Director of the PTA Program at Clarkson College for eight and half years before accepting a position as Assistant Professor at Creighton University where he assists with coordinating clinical education experiences for PT students in addition to teaching courses in clinical exercise physiology, and two seminars focused on professionalism and alternative health care.
Mr. Peck has remained active as a practicing physical therapist throughout his teaching career on a part-time basis, and was credentialed as a strength and conditioning specialist through the National Strength and Conditioning Association in the year 2000. Currently, he provides physical therapy services for Native American Indians at the Fred Leroy Health and Wellness Center in Omaha Nebraska.
Publications:
Doctorate Dissertation (2004): "Faculty Perceptions of Their Responsibility in Fulfilling the Academic Mission of Ignatian Spirituality: A Case Study in One Catholic Midwestern University"
Book Chapter (2004): "A Historical Perspective on Jesuit Higher Education and a Personal Reflection of a Physical Therapy Professor" Published In "Jesuit Health Sciences & The Promotion of Justice: An Invitation To A Discussion."
Abstract Presented at APTA Combined Sections Meeting (2005): "Ignatian Pedagogy: An Innovative Approach To Teaching Therapeutic Exercise Prescription In Physical Therapy Education"
December, 2003 Clinical Pearl: "A New Twist on Assessing Patellofemoral Pain." In "The Physician and Sportsmedicine"
Pelvic and Buttock Syndromes. (Chap. 66). In Mellion, M.,Putudian, M., Madden, C. (2003). Sports Medicine Secrets (3rd ed). Philadelphia; Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Physical Therapy Modalities. (Chap 77). In Mellion, M., Putudian, M., Madden, C. (2003). Sports Medicine Secrets (3rd ed). Philadelphia; Hanley & Belfus, Inc.
Instructor in:
PTD 405 Clinical Exercise Physiology & Prescription
PTD Six-Course Seminar Series
Student Clinical Education
Research Interests:
Ignatian Pedagogy/Spirituality
PT/PTA Clinical Reasoning in Patient Care
Exercise Physiology
office:
Creighton University 2500 California Plaza - Omaha, NE 68178
office_hrs:
Fax:
(402) 280-5692
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