Entry-level OTD Program

2009 Class Profile

Total Enrolled: 46
Average Cumulative GPA: 3.49
Hold Degrees: 48%
Average Age: 22
Gender: Female - 93%; Male - 7%
Ethnic Diversity: 7%

Students came from 15 different states. Approximately 46% attended Creighton University for undergraduate studies; 54% came from other institutions.

National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy
Below you will find the new graduate aggregate results on the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy (NBCOT) for the period of 2005-7.

  Creighton Candidate Results
Total Number of Program Graduates 84
Total Number of Eligible First-time Test Takers of National Certification Examination 63
Total Number of Eligible First-time Test Takes Who Passed Exam 60
Percentage of the Total Number of Eligible First-time Test Takes Who Passed Exam 95.2%


Details about the NBCOT may be accessed at http://www.nbcot.org.

Entry Level OT Program Post Professional Distance Program

At the Creighton University Medical Center 2006 Commencement, Fr. John P. Schlegel, S.J., Creighton University President stated, "Your professors have challenged you to be leaders in your professions. As a student, you were expected to go beyond the ordinary to achieve the extraordinary. Your patients will expect no less of you. Do not disappoint them. Ethics, service, and excellence: These three words have been consistent across the 127 years of Creighton's existence; they serve as the foundation for what we do today. You will carry these with you; they are marks of a Creighton health care professional."

Heather Goertz, OTD, assistant professor, collaborated with the Omaha Street School (OSS) and received a $1,000 grant from the Omaha Community Foundation's Youth in Philanthropy award to implement a program - Tea for Teens: Women in Leadership - to develop leadership skills in young women attending the OSS.