Entry-level OTD Program

Technology

Beginning August 2008, all entering full-time occupational therapy students will be issued a personal tablet computer. The expense and related support for the tablet computer will be incorporated into the normal tuition for the occupational therapy program.

Occupational Therapy education and practice in the 21st century will critically depend on graduates who have mastery of information technology. All health care professionals depend on the timely delivery and use of many types of networked information resources. Occupational Therapists already rely extensively on information systems for the provision of care to patients. Access to the internet is an integral part of personal education and professional practice. The age of e-commerce is upon us. The School of Pharmacy and Health Professions’ integration of a variety of technologies into the classrooms and laboratories ensures our graduates are well prepared to capitalize on the rich opportunities that lie ahead in education, research and professional practice.

Our faculty is committed to incorporating tablet computers into a wide variety of educational experiences. The Office of eLearning and Academic Technologies provides support services that ensure our students receive the onsite help they require to successfully engage the School’s educational technologies, including their tablet computer. Orientation to the use of the tablet computer and software applications occurs during Welcome Week immediately prior to the start of fall semester classes.

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.