Clinical education is a core part of health sciences programs at Creighton. Through supervised, hands-on experiences in real clinical settings, students develop clinical reasoning, communication skills and professional judgment while caring for patients. Guided by dedicated faculty and grounded in Jesuit, Catholic values, clinical education at Creighton also emphasizes compassion, reflection and collaboration—preparing graduates to provide safe, ethical and effective care in diverse healthcare environments.
Clinical Education Site Affiliations
Creighton clinics run by faculty where students learn hands-on skills
Health Alliance Partners in Phoenix
Learn how the Arizona Health Education Alliance is bringing together academic and clinical partners to strengthen health professions education, research and patient care in Arizona. Through shared infrastructure and collaborative training environments, the alliance supports learners across disciplines while addressing the area’s crucial workforce needs.
In Omaha, CHI Health serves as a key clinical partner for Creighton University and its primary academic health system affiliation. Through this longstanding relationship, Creighton learners train in high-acuity, real-world healthcare environments, including CHI Health Creighton University Medical Center–University Campus and Bergan Mercy, where they learn alongside physicians, residents and interprofessional care teams serving diverse patient populations.
The close alignment between Creighton and CHI Health gives students access to a broad range of supervised clinical experiences, specialties and teaching resources across the region. These hands-on opportunities help students build confidence, strengthen clinical skills and prepare to deliver compassionate, collaborative care in today’s healthcare environments.
The Occupational Therapy (OTD) program offers an immersive 41.5 weeks of experiential education, which includes clinical experiences. Creighton’s OT faculty guide students to tailor their clinical education to meet their needs and aspirations.
With a network of more than 850 clinical sites across the United States and internationally, each placement offers a distinctive focus that enhances a student’s development as a patient-centered practitioner.
The Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) program’s clinical component includes introductory pharmacy practice experiences during the first three years and advanced experiences in the last year. Eight five-week full time clinical rotations are included in the final year; five are in required practice roles and settings, and three are electives a student selects based on their interests.
These clinical rotations, which are available at locations across the country, provide experience in actual pharmacy practice.
Clinical experiences are integral to Creighton’s Doctor of Physical Therapy programs. This includes 44 weeks of full-time clinical education—nine weeks more than the national average—beginning at the end of the third semester. Under the supervision of licensed physical therapists, students evaluate and treat patients, engage in interprofessional education, and explore specialization.
Students can complete their clinical education at nearly 1,000 clinical sites in 45 states and the Dominican Republic.
In addition to completing training within advanced simulation labs, Creighton nursing and paramedicine students gain hands-on clinical experience. Nursing clinicals allow students to build workforce-ready experience across six specialties; this includes more than 1,000 clinical hours for traditional nursing students and more than 900 clinical hours for accelerated nursing students.
Paramedicine clinicals include field experiences within local fire departments, ambulance services and hospital clinical units. During these experiences, paramedicine students provide direct patient care under the guidance of trained paramedic preceptors.
Learn about Creighton’s faculty-run clinics, which expand access to care in Omaha while providing students with supervised clinical experience. Students apply their classroom knowledge and simulation training in real-world dental, medical and therapeutic clinics that emphasize service, interdisciplinary collaboration and whole person care.
