The post-professional OTD distance curriculum consists of 47 semester hours of required didactic course work. The program permits distance learners access to required course work through web-based technology, print, videotape, and CD-ROM. Courses are asynchronous and are available online 24-hours, 7 days a week for the convenience of the working professional.
In addition to didactic courses, students engage in 16 semester credit hours of professional rotations which offer students the opportunity to extend and refine knowledge acquired in the didactic curriculum. The professional rotation component of the curriculum is tailored to each individual based on the student's self-assessment of professional competencies. Students may elect to enhance generalist clinical skills or select a focused area for professional study. Whenever possible, professional rotations will be arranged at practice sites in the student's geographic region.
Accepted students may begin the post-professional OTD distance program during any fall or spring semester that POTD 500 is offered.
| Coursework | Hrs |
| POTD 500 Introduction to Clinical Doctoral Studies1 | 2 |
| POTD 501 Historical Perspectives of Occupation | 3 |
| POTD 511 Neuro-Occupation I | 3 |
| POTD 514 Occupation and Health: Population Perspectives | 3 |
| POTD 516 Health Systems Management | 3 |
| POTD 517 Health Care Policy | 3 |
| POTD 521 Occupation in Community | 3 |
| POTD 541 Critical Analysis of Occupational Therapy Practice | 3 |
| POTD 553 Introduction to Inquiry | 2 |
| POTD 554 Research Proposal | 2 |
| POTD 555 Research Implementation I | 1.5 |
| POTD 556 Research Implementation II | 1.5 |
| POTD 562 Advanced Clinical Ethics | 3 |
| POTD 565 Instructional Methods and Evaluation | 3 |
| POTD XXX Leadership | 3 |
| POTD XXX Electives | 6 |
| POTD 580 Trajectory Planning | 1 |
| POTD XXX Capstone | 1 |
| POTD 590 Post-Professional Rotation2 | 16 |
| Total Program Hours = 63 | |
1POTD
500 Introduction to Clinical Doctoral Studies is the
first course students are required to complete. All
students enrolled in this course for fall semester 2009
are required to attend an on-campus session from
August 26-29, 2009 or January 20-23, 2010. This two semester credit hour course
requires payment of a one-time technology fee of
$725. Students enrolled in the course will be provided a
personal tablet
computer and case. Upon graduation, ownership of the
personal tablet
computer transfers to the student.
2Post-professional rotations may vary
in number; each student must complete 16 credit hours
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.
