Occupational Therapy

Before you take your first class, you'll take the oath. That's how serious we are about our profession. In most programs, students take the Occupational Therapist's Oath when they finish their course of study. At Creighton, you'll take it at the beginning. From that moment on, you are part of a community that treats all of its members - faculty and students alike - as professionals, and that holds each individual to the highest professional standards.

In 1999, Creighton began offering the nation's first entry-level doctorate in occupational therapy. Since then, we've helped set new standards in the profession by emphasizing the complex relationships between neurology, occupation, and function in the treating and preventing of disability. In a little more than three years, you can complete the coursework and clinical work to earn the highest degree in the field of occupational therapy. Through the distance-based, post-professional program, licensed occupational therapists with clinical experience can earn the Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD) degree.

In 2007, we began our University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)-Creighton University Distance Initiative. This entry-level program initiative includes asynchronous and synchronous teaching and learning in a unique hybrid model. Students will complete lab work at the UAA campus.

The mission of Creighton's Department of Occupational Therapy is to educate ethical practitioners, engage in scholarship dedicated to the pursuit of truth, serve the profession, and offer occupational therapy expertise to local and global communities. The curriculum is conceptualized as encompassing three primary themes: Occupation, professional practice, and professional identity and leadership. Creighton occupational therapy graduates will be creative, holistic, reflective, and committed to life-long learning.

How do we prepare our graduates for the profession? By surrounding our health science students with classmates and friends who share a passion for helping people. Fully one-third of Creighton's 6,700 students are pursuing degrees in the health professions. With one of the largest - and most distinguished- occupational therapy faculties in the nation with a focus beyond teaching. They're busy writing, researching, and leading the profession. With an academic medical center that is one of the world's leading medical communities and home to Nebraska's busiest trauma center.

Our standards are high. But so are yours. If occupational therapy isn't just a career choice for you - if it's a calling - then maybe you belong here. Our graduates are changing the world.

Entry Level OT Program Post Professional Distance Program