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Distance Education in the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions


Welcome to the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions' distance education information web site.  This site provides a suite of information and resources related to the School's distance education offerings. 

Creighton’s School of Pharmacy and Health Professions has a distinguished 100 year history of educating outstanding Health Care Professionals.  The School offers online clinical doctorate degrees in each profession utilizing established best practices in distance pedagogy. In 2001, the School pioneered the nation’s first and only entry level web-based doctor of pharmacy degree.  In 2008, the School began the Doctor of Occupational Therapy University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA)-Creighton University Distance initiative. This entry-level program initiative includes asynchronous and synchronous teaching and learning in a unique distance hybrid model. Students complete didactic course work online and engage in laboratory learning experiences on the UAA campus  

Vision Statement for Distance Education in the SPAHP:

The Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions will be a nationally/internationally recognized leader in the provision of quality distance education grounded in the tenets of sound pedagogy, infused with Ignatian values, centered on service to students and our professions, committed to building effective learning communities and delivered through leading edge technology.