Physical Therapy

In your first month and before you take your first exam, you'll take the pledge. That's how serious we are about our profession. In most other programs, students take the Physical Therapist's Pledge 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 - with respect, and that holds each individual to the highest standards of professional conduct.
 

In 1993, Creighton led the entire profession by offering the nation's first Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree. What prompted such a pioneering move? A recognition that a higher standard was needed. Soon, the profession followed. The DPT prepares our graduates - in eight semesters - for autonomous practice. Achieving the DPT, of course, requires more than hard work. It also requires a deep commitment to patient care. Through innovative distance-learning, licensed physical therapists with one or more years of clinical experience can earn the Transitional (nontraditional) DPT degree.

Creighton's Department of Physical Therapy facilitates individuals and communities in achievement of the ideal that each individual has responsibility for maintaining the quality and dignity of his/her own life and for participating in and enriching the human community. Creighton University Department of Physical Therapy is committed to leadership in clinical doctoral education through academic excellence, significant scholarly contributions, service to the human community, and fostering societal and professional dedication within its graduates.

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 an physical therapy faculty of 15 who average more than 15 years of clinical experience, lead in the classroom, and serve the profession showing national leadership in rehabilitation research and the advanced study of human motion. 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 physical 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 DPT Program Transitional DPT Program