Transitional DPT Distance Program

Curriculum

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.

The transitional DPT distance curriculum consists of 32 semester hours of required didactic coursework.

Working professionals typically take one to two courses per semester and complete the program in two or three years.

Coursework Hrs
NPT 501 Professional Assessment* 2
NPT 515 Cell Biology for Physical Therapy 3
NPT 520 Motor Control/Motor Learning 3
NPT 526* Physical Assessment 3
NPT 531 Pharmacotherapeutics 3
NPT 540 Ethical and Legal Issues in PT Practice 3
NPT 543 Health Care Systems 3
NPT 545 Health Education/ Promotion in PT Practice 3
NPT 555 Radiology 3
NPT 556 Evidence-based Practice and Decision-making 3
NPT 590 Differential Diagnosis 3
Total Program Hours = 32
NPT 560 Professional Practicum (elective) 3

*Requires an on-site visit for laboratory and seminar work. On-site visits are completed in a three-day intensive format during the summer semester. There is online course preparation to be completed prior to the on-site time.

Transitional DPT Program Entry Level OT 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."

Julie Ekstrum, DPT, an assistant professor of physical therapy at Creighton University, is now a Certified Clinical Specialist in Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. Ekstrum will be formally recognized by the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) at the Combined Sections Meeting in February 2008.