M.D. Curriculum

Creighton University School of Medicine
Medical Education Program
 

The Creighton University School of Medicine medical educational program is made up of four components. Each component corresponds to the year that the student is matriculated. 

Program Objectives

The faculty of the Creighton University School of Medicine prepare students to possess the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviors appropriate and necessary to be successful and empathic physicians. The faculty members have characterized the core competencies of the graduates in domains corresponding to competency domains described by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education and identified other objectives particularly relevant for Creighton University School of Medicine graduates. To attain the Doctor of Medicine degree, the Creighton student must achieve the following competencies and program objectives of the medical education curriculum:

Patient Care

  • PC1: Obtain, record, and present pertinent data from a medical history and physical examination.
  • PC2: Demonstrate effective clinical reasoning and judgment to determine an appropriate differential diagnosis and treatment plan.

Medical Knowledge

  • MK1: Recognize normal variations in structure and function of the human body at the whole body, organ, cellular, and molecular levels.
  • MK2: Assess the pathophysiology, signs, symptoms, risk factors, and diagnostic tests of common illnesses.
  • MK3: Describe and apply the current evidence-based clinical practice guidelines in solving problems of health and disease. 

Practice-Based Learning and Improvement

  • PBL1: Demonstrate the ability to critically assess the medical literature and the research methods used in clinical studies to determine whether information should influence diagnosis and treatment.
  • PBL2: Demonstrate the ability to improve skills based on feedback, self-reflection, and life-long learning.

Interpersonal and Communications Skills

  • ICS1: Demonstrate the ability to communicate with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team in a concise and collaborative manner.

Professionalism

  • PROF1: Demonstrate an ethical and compassionate approach to all professional activities including in interactions with patients, families, and members of the healthcare team.
  • PROF2: Demonstrate the ability to collaborate on healthcare teams that include health professionals from other disciplines in providing coordinated services to patients. 

System-Based Knowledge

  • SBK1: Describe concepts and tools to enhance patient safety and improve patient care.
  • SBK2: Demonstrate awareness of the influence of national, regional, and organizational health policy and finance on the practice of healthcare among individuals, within healthcare institutions, within communities, and for public health.
  • SBK3: Apply an understanding of diverse patient populations and the medical consequences of common societal problems to healthcare prevention and treatment plans.

Personal & Professional Identity Development

  • PPID1: Develop a habit of cognitive and affective reflection that enhances one’s self-awareness, resiliency, and wellness, as well as one’s understanding of the profession of medicine and the societal context of medical practice.
  • PPID2: Identify strategies to serve and care for others as a whole person, particularly those most in need, through the practice of medicine. 

Component I - First Year

Component I: New ERA Curriculum

Component I includes eight (8) required Clinically Integrated Blocks (CIB) in addition to interprofessional education activities and selectives. The year begins with a five-week Foundational Science Block that focuses on both social and basic sciences followed by seven sequential blocks generally organized by organ system. The New ERA Curriculum is vertically (organ system) and horizontally (disciplines) integrated.

The most current description of the Component I Curriculum can be viewed in the Medical Curriculum section of the MD Student Handbook on the Creighton website.

Required Courses37.5
Foundational Science
Immunology and Hematology
Musculoskeletal and Integumentary Systems
Neuroscience
Cardiovascular System
Respiratory System
HEENT
Infectious Disease
Introduction to Collaborative Care
Total Credits37.5

GOLD SELECTIVES

GOLD Selectives are available to Component I and II students in four categories:

  1. Student Interest Selectives (SIS) in the Humanities and Special Topics
  2. Guided Research Selectives (GRS)
  3. Career Exploration Selectives (CES)
  4. Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS)

Each GOLD Selective ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 credit hour. Preclerkship students are required to complete 1.5 credit hours of GOLD Selectives before advancement to Component III. Students must complete one SIS selective. Students receive information on the availability of Selectives offered in each semester of the pre-clerkship years during Orientation. 

Gold Track Selectives1.5
Student Interest Selectives (SIS)
Students must complete at least one SIS course.
Omaha
A History of Disability and Medicine
Creative Writing Workshop for Future Physicians
Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals I
Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals II
Childbirth and Social Justice
Physician’s Vocation Program, Year 1: Introduction to Ignatian Spirituality in Medicine
The Art of the Examination: How Observation Leads to Empathy in Healthcare
Talking with Kids: Play, Empathy, and Communication with Children
Communication Around Women's Health and Bodies
Mindfulness and Medicine
Gender/Sex, Communication, and Culture
Exploring Resistance to Vaccination
Developing a Professional Identity-Clinical Care and Accompaniment
The Medicalization of Deviance
Lessons from People Who Died
Problematic Progress in Parasitology
Restorative Recreation
Religion and Medicine
Theatrical Storytelling: Empathy, Treatment, Humanity (OMA)
Brain Death: What's the Latest?
Food Insecurity, Climate Change, and Public Health
Making Mistakes in Medical Practice
Birth of the Clinic (OMA)
Compassion Science (OMA)
Eldercare, Brain Injury, and the End of Life (OMA)
Procreation and the Beginning of Life (OMA)
Phoenix
Photography and Medicine (PHX)
Nature and Art Exposure (PHX)
3D Art and Empathy (PHX)
Rasaboxes and Emotion (PHX)
Drumming Cultures of the World (PHX)
Design Thinking for Complex Problems (PHX)
Communicating in Spanish (PHX)
Medicine and Marketplace (PHX)
Healing Traditions (PHX)
Camus' Plague (PHX)
Religion and Bioethics (PHX)
Art and Examination (PHX)
Practice of Creative Attention (PHX)
History of Disease (PHX)
Remember Thou Art Mortal (PHX)
Middle-Eastern Culture (PHX)
Power of Art (PHX)
Design, Ideas, and Prototypes (PHX)
Empathy and Humility (PHX)
Uncertain Futures (PHX)
Music and Grieving (PHX)
Learning to Walk Anew (PHX)
When Cadavers Danced (PHX)
Truth, Trust, and Conspiracy Theories (PHX)
Death Set to Music (PHX)
Art, Place, and Community (PHX)
Opera and Disease (PHX)
Art for Equity in Medicine (PHX)
Reviled Bodies
Hiking and Academic/Clinical Wellbeing
Guided Research Selectives (GRS)
Omaha & Phoenix
Guided Research Selective I
Career Exploration Selectives (CES)
Omaha & Phoenix
Career Exploration Selective I
Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS)
Omaha & Phoenix
Mission Outreach Selective I
Mini Medical School M1 Selective
 

Electives

IDC 183 Healer’s Art (0.5 credit hour)
The Healer’s Art course is a medical school elective designed by Rachel Remen, M.D. The course’s innovative educational strategy is based on a discovery model. The Healer’s Art course addresses one of the hidden crises in medicine: the growing loss of meaning and commitment experienced by physicians nationwide under the stress of today’s healthcare system. The course consists of five two-and-a-half-hour evening sessions which occur typically five weeks in a row, each divided into large- and small-group experiences.

FAP 480 M1-COPC Public Health Summer Endowed Research Assistantship
This eight-week summer assistantship exposes students to the COPC process and improves their knowledge about health disparity issues. After the selection process, students will be asked to either identify a research question they have developed which fits the COPC model and seeks to research a health disparity issue in an underserved population or choose from a list of ongoing faculty COPC research projects. Students then will submit the research proposal in conjunction with the grant faculty to the IRB for their approval. As part of the assistantship, students will participate in an orientation program in May at the end of their M1 year which will introduce them to the COPC research model and provide an overview of the faculty’s expectations for this project. Once the research question is selected and approved by the IRB, students will begin to enroll subjects into the research program. It is the expectation of this project that students will continue to work on the research question and enrolling available subjects on a longitudinal basis past the 8-week assistantship. It is also expected students will culminate their research activity by taking FAP481 in the M4 year in order to finish analyzing and writing their manuscripts.

Component II - Second Year

Component II includes seven required Clinically Integrated Blocks (CIB) and a period of preparation of the USMLE Step 1. The M2 year begins with the Renal System followed by six additional system blocks.  The last block is followed by a dedicated period of preparation for Step 1 of the United States Medical Licensing Exam® (USMLE®), which includes a Guided Step 1 Review, time for self-directed study, and taking the USMLE® Step 1 exam.  The year ends with a combination of orientation and clinical skills training in preparation for the M3 clinical rotations.

The most current description of the Component II Curriculum can be viewed in the Medical Curriculum section of the MD Student Handbook on the Creighton website.

Required courses:36
Gastrointestinal System
Renal-Urinary System
Endocrine System
Reproductive System
Life Cycle
Multisystem Disease/Clinical Decision Making
Step 1 Guided Review and Study
Brain and Behavior
Total Credits36

GOLD Selectives

GOLD Selectives are available to Component I and II students in four categories:

  1. Student Interest Selectives (SIS) in the Humanities and Special Topics
  2. Guided Research Selectives (GRS)
  3. Career Exploration Selectives (CES)
  4. Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS).

Each GOLD Selective ranges from 0.5 to 1.0 credit hour.  Preclerkship students a required to complete 1.5 credit hours of GOLD Selectives before advancement to Component III. Students must complete one SIS selective. Students receive information on the availability of Selectives offered in each semester of the pre-clerkship years during Orientation. 

Gold Track Selectives1.5
Student Interest Selectives (SIS)
Students must complete at least one SIS course.
Omaha
A History of Disability and Medicine
Creative Writing Workshop for Future Physicians
Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals I
Communicating in Spanish for Medical Professionals II
Childbirth and Social Justice
The Art of the Examination: How Observation Leads to Empathy in Healthcare
Talking with Kids: Play, Empathy, and Communication with Children
Communication Around Women's Health and Bodies
Mindfulness and Medicine
Gender/Sex, Communication, and Culture
Exploring Resistance to Vaccination
Developing a Professional Identity-Clinical Care and Accompaniment
The Medicalization of Deviance
Lessons from People Who Died
Problematic Progress in Parasitology
Restorative Recreation
Physician's Vocation Program: Theological Issues in Medicine
Physician's Vocation Program: The Problem of Suffering
Religion and Medicine
Theatrical Storytelling: Empathy, Treatment, Humanity (OMA)
Brain Death: What's the Latest?
Food Insecurity, Climate Change, and Public Health
Making Mistakes in Medical Practice
Birth of the Clinic (OMA)
Compassion Science (OMA)
Eldercare, Brain Injury, and the End of Life (OMA)
Procreation and the Beginning of Life (OMA)
Phoenix
Photography and Medicine (PHX)
Nature and Art Exposure (PHX)
3D Art and Empathy (PHX)
Rasaboxes and Emotion (PHX)
Drumming Cultures of the World (PHX)
Design Thinking for Complex Problems (PHX)
Communicating in Spanish (PHX)
Medicine and Marketplace (PHX)
Healing Traditions (PHX)
Camus' Plague (PHX)
Religion and Bioethics (PHX)
Art and Examination (PHX)
Practice of Creative Attention (PHX)
History of Disease (PHX)
Remember Thou Art Mortal (PHX)
Middle-Eastern Culture (PHX)
Power of Art (PHX)
Design, Ideas, and Prototypes (PHX)
Empathy and Humility (PHX)
Uncertain Futures (PHX)
Music and Grieving (PHX)
Learning to Walk Anew (PHX)
When Cadavers Danced (PHX)
Truth, Trust, and Conspiracy Theories (PHX)
Death Set to Music (PHX)
Art, Place, and Community (PHX)
Opera and Disease (PHX)
Art for Equity in Medicine (PHX)
Reviled Bodies
Hiking and Academic/Clinical Wellbeing
Guided Research Selectives (GRS)
Omaha & Phoenix
Guided Research Selective II
Mission Outreach Selectives (MOS)
Omaha & Phoenix
Mission Outreach Selective II
Mini Medical School M2 Selective

Component III - Third Year

Component III students are required to complete all clerkship rotations at Creighton University School of Medicine – affiliated hospitals and clinics.

The most current description of the Component III Curriculum can be viewed in the Medical Curriculum section of the MD Student Handbook on the Creighton website.

Required Clerkship Rotations44
Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Family Medicine Clerkship
Internal Medicine Clerkship
Neurology Clerkship
Ob/Gyn Clerkship
Pediatrics Clerkship (PHX)
Psychiatry Clerkship
Surgery
Required courses:4
M3 Gold Track
Step 2 Clinical Knowledge Exam Guided Review
Elective Courses4
Omaha
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Outpatient Internal Medicine
Pediatric Opthamology
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pathology M3 Elective (OMA)
Diagnostic Radiology
Radiation Oncology M3 Elective
Radiation Oncology M3 Elective
Ophthalmology M3 Elective (OMA)
Orthopedic Surgery (OMA)
Orthopedic and Plastic Surgery (OMA)
Vascular Surgery (OMA)
Colorectal Surgery (OMA)
Breast Surgery (OMA)
Pediatric ENT Surgery (OMA)
NE Spine Surgery (OMA)
Neurological Surgery
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (OMA)
Phoenix
Anesthesiology
Anesthesiology
Dermatology
Emergency Medicine M3 Elective - Valleywise (PHX)
Ambulatory Internal Medicine (PHX)
Psychiatry
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pathology
Diagnostic Radiology (PHX)
Diagnostic Radiology 2 (PHX)
Radiation Oncology (PHX)
Ophthalmology M3 Elective (PHX)
Orthopedic Surgery (PHX)
Plastic Surgery (PHX)
Burn Surgery (PHX)
Neurosurgery (PHX)
Urology (PHX)
ENT Surgery (PHX)
Thoracic Surgery (PHX)
Neurosurgery Trauma (PHX)
Orthopedic Surgery Trauma (PHX)
Primary Care Ophthalmology (PHX)
Otolaryngology (PHX)
Total Credits52
 

Component IV - Fourth Year

The fourth year prepares students for residency and provides a chance to explore their own interests in specialized areas of medical practice. Each student must complete at least 40 weeks (40 credits) of coursework.

The most current description of the Component IV Curriculum can be viewed in the Medical Curriculum section of the MD Student Handbook on the Creighton website.

At the beginning of the fourth-year students are required to:

  • Take the USMLE Step 2 CK exam between completion of the Step 2 Review Course and July 1.

Required Coursework 40 credits (1 week = 1 credit)

12 credits must be earned by taking the following courses:

  • Critical Care Selectives (4 credits)
  • Sub-Internship (4 credits)
    • Note: Students have the option of taking an additional Critical Care Selective (4 credits) in lieu of a Sub-Internship (4 credits) as part of the 40 required credit hours.
  • Capstone (4 credits)

28 credits can be earned by taking any combination of the following courses:

  • Critical Care Selectives
  • Sub-Internships
  • Clinical Electives
  • Non-Clinical Electives (maximum 8 credits)
  • Extramural Electives (maximum 12 credits)

Note: No more than three essentially identical electives are allowed.

Critical Care Selectives4, 8
Omaha
Introduction to Anesthesiology
Inpatient Cardiology
Pulmonary/Intensive Care Unit
Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Surgical Intensive Care Unit
The following Sub-Internships count towards the Critical Care requirement:
Pulmonary Diseases Sub-Internship (OMA)
Renal Medicine Sub-Internship (OMA)
Infectious Diseases Sub-Internship
Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship
Critical Care Sub-Internship (OMA)
Pediatric Critical Care Sub-Internship (OMA)
Pediatrics Infectious Disease Sub-Internship (OMA)
Neonatal Intensive Care Services Sub-Internship (OMA)
Phoenix
Introduction to Anesthesiology - Valleywise (PHX)
Emergency Medicine
Pulmonary/Lung Transplant
Critical Care Medicine
Pediatric Cardiology
Neonatology Critical Care PCH (PHX)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PHX)
Pediatric Anesthesia
Pediatric Outpatient Department
Pediatric Pulmonology
Neonatology Critical Care
Neurosurgery Trauma and Critical Care (PHX)
Surgical Critical Care - Valleywise (PHX)
Trauma Surgery - Valleywise (PHX)
The following Sub-Internships count towards the Critical Care requirement.
Neuroanesthesia Sub-Internship (PHX)
Introduction to Anesthesiology
Emergency Medicine - Chandler/Mercy (PHX)
Infectious Diseases Sub-Internship (PHX)
Inpatient Cardiology Sub-Internship (PHX)
Critical Care Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Pediatric Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship (PHX)
Pediatric Critical Care Sub-Internship (PHX)
Pediatric Cardiac Critical Care Sub-Internship (PHX)
Surgical Critical Care Sub-Internship – Chandler (PHX)
Cardiothoracic Crit Care Sub-I
Acute Care Surgery Sub-Internship
Trauma Critical Care Sub-Internship
Sub-Internships4,0
Omaha
Inpatient Family Medicine Sub-internship
Rural Family Medicine Sub-internship
General Medicine Sub-Internship
Hematology/Oncology Sub-Internship (OMA)
Emergency Medicine Sub-Internship
General Neurology Sub-Internship (OMA)
Urogynecolony Sub-Internship
High Risk OB Sub-Internship (OMA)
OB/GYN Sub-Internship (Immanuel) (OMA)
OB/GYN Sub-Internship (CUMC Bergan) (OMA)
Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Sub-Internship (OMA)
Consultation/Liaison Psychiatry Sub-Internship (OMA)
Pediatric Inpatient Sub-Internship
NICU Sub-Internship at Children's Hospital (OMA)
General Surgery Sub-Internship (Red) (OMA)
Head and Neck Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA)
General Surgery Sub-Internship - VA (OMA)
General & Oncology Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA)
Urology Sub-Internship (OMA)
Orthopedic Spine Sub-Internship (OMA)
Orthopedic Sports Medicine Sub-Internship (OMA)
Orthopedic Pediatric Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA)
Neurological Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Elective (OMA)
Selective in Pediatric Surgery
Burns - St. Elizabeth's Hospital (OMA)
Phoenix
Inpatient Family Medicine Sub-Internship (PHX)
Inpatient Family Medicine Sub-Internship
Internal Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
IM Hospital Med Sub-Internship
Renal Medicine Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Hematology & Oncology Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Cardiology Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Gastroenterology Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Outpatient Internal Medicine Sub-Internship (PHX)
Internal Med Sub-internship
General Neurology Sub-Internship (PHX)
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Sub-Internship (PHX)
Maternal Fetal Medicine Sub-Internship (PHX)
OB/GYN Sub-Internship (PHX)
General Hospital Psychiatry Sub-Internship (PHX)
Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Adult Inpatient Psychiatry Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Psychiatry ACT Sub-Internship
Psychiatry First Episode Clinic Sub-Internship (PHX)
Inpatient Pediatrics Sub-Internship (PHX)
Colorectal Surgery Sub-Internship - Chandler (PHX)
Orthopedic Surgery Sub-Internship (PHX)
Urology Sub-Internship (PHX)
Burns Surgery Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Sub-Internship - Valleywise (PHX)
Ophthalmology Elective (PHX)
Colorectal Surgery Sub-Internship
Endocrine Surgery Sub-Internship
Minimally Invasive Surgery Sub-Internship
General Surgery/Vascular Sub-Internship
Neurological Surgery - Barrow (PHX)
Capstone4
Omaha
Family Medicine Capstone
Internal Medicine Capstone
Obstetrics and Gynecology Capstone
Psychiatry Capstone (OMA)
Advanced Pediatrics
Surgery Capstone
Phoenix
Anesthesiology Capstone
Family Medicine Capstone (PHX)
Internal Medicine Capstone
Obstetrics & Gynecology Capstone
Pediatrics Capstone
Surgery Capstone (PHX)
Remaining Credits can be any combination of the following:28
Additional Critical Care Selectives (see list above)
Additional Sub-Internships (see list above)
Clinical Electives
Non-Clinical Electives (maximum 8 credits)
Extramural Electives (maximum 12 credits)
Omaha Clinical Electives
Anesthesiology Pain Medicine
Geriatrics (OMA)
Private Family Medicine
Inpatient Family Medicine
Hospice and Palliative Care
Dermatology
Medical Hematology/Oncology/Palliative Care
Gastrointestinal Medicine
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Rheumatology
ILAC Outpatient Medicine-Dominican Republic
ILAC Outpatient Medicine for Student Coordinators-Dominican Republic (OMA)
General Neurology
Prenatal Diagnosis
Gynecology Oncology
General Obstetrics - Foreign Service (Dominican Republic)
Inpatient Gynecology
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Domestic Violence Practicum
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Sports Medicine
Pediatric Ophthalmology
Pediatric Plastic Surgery (OMA)
Pediatric Genetics and Metabolic Disease
Pediatric Cardiology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Endocrinology Services
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Service
Pediatric Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
General Pediatrics
Pediatric Allergy and Immunology
Preventive Ophthalmology (Dominican Republic)
Introduction to Pathology Practice
Microbial Laboratory Diagnosis
Diagnostic Radiology
Angio/Interventional
Radiation Oncology (OMA)
Trauma (OMA)
General Surgery Sub-Internship (Red) (OMA)
Vascular Surgery
General & Oncology Surgery Sub-Internship (OMA)
Urology/Gynecology (OMA)
Ophthalmology - Terp (OMA)
Vascular Surgery (OMA)
Orthopedic Trauma Surgery Elective (OMA)
Otolaryngology (OMA)
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OMA)
Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (OMA)
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (OMA)
Phoenix Clinical Electives
Making Meaning at the End of Life (PHX)
St. Vincent De Paul Medical & Dental Clinic
Primary Care Sports Medicine
Respite Care for the Homeless
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism
Endocrinology & Metabolism
Interventional Pulmonary Medicine (PHX)
Emergency Medicine Ultrasound - Valleywise (PHX)
Minding the Gap (PHX)
Endocrinology & Metabolism - Valleywise (PHX)
Rheumatology - Valleywise (PHX)
Pulmonology - Valleywise (PHX)
Clinical Neurology - Valleywise (PHX)
Gynecologic Surgery
Labor and Delivery
Women's Imaging - Valleywise (PHX)
Pediatric Psychiatry (PHX)
Pediatric Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Pediatric Endocrinology
Pediatric Hematology-Oncology
Pediatric Rheumatology
Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition
Medical Care for Homeless and At-Risk Kids and Teens
Pediatric Urology
Allergy and Immunology - PCH (PHX)
High-Risk Adolescent Medicine (PHX)
Breastfeeding Medicine
General Pediatrics Outpatient/Nursery
Anatomic and Clinical Pathology
Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology
Pediatric Orthopedics
Clinical Genetics/Dysmorphology
Pediatric Nephrology
Assessment of Child Abuse and Neglect
Development and Behavioral Pediatrics
Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Urgent Care
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Pain Management (PHX)
Hematology/Hematopathology (PHX)
Anatomic/Clinical Pathology (PHX)
Interventional Radiology - Valleywise (PHX)
Diagnostic Radiology - Valleywise (PHX)
Interventional Radiology
Musculoskeletal Radiology Elective
Neuroradiology - Valleywise (PHX)
Pediatric Neuroradiology
Diagnostic Radiology
Advanced Diagnostic Radiology
Radiation Medicine PRC
Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery (PHX)
Urology (PHX)
Otolaryngology (PHX)
General Thoracic Surgery (PHX)
Pediatric Surgery (PHX)
Hand Surgery - Valleywise (PHX)
Omaha Non-Clinical Electives (max 8 credits)
Gross Anatomy
Teaching Practicum in Medical Anatomy (OMA)
Longitudinal COPC Public Health Endowed Research
Clinical Moral Perception, Art, and Medicine
Planetary Health (OMA)
Medicine and the Law
Theology, Bioethics & Medicine
Bearing Witness: Memoirs of Dying, Death and Grief (OMA)
Medical Jurisprudence (OMA)
Relational Care: Self-Care in Medicine (OMA)
Medical Informatics
Minority Health Disparities-Issues & Strategies
LGBTQIA Health Disparities: Issues and Strategies
Research in Med Hem/Onc/Palliative Care and Primer in Bio-Stats
Introduction to Global Health
Medical Education Elective
Evidence Based Medicine - Independent Study
Topics in Immunology/Application to Clinical Medicine
Clinical Psychopharmacology
Narratives in Illness
Phoenix Non-Clinical Electives (max 8 credits)
Gross Anatomy (PHX)
Simulation Elective
Anatomy
Medicine as Ministry: Death and Dying
Special Topics in Psychiatry
Surgery Research
Seeing Beyond Ourselves in Surgery (PHX)
Omaha & Phoenix Non-Clinical Electives
Why Catholic Medicine?
Directed Independent Research
Directed Independent Study
Extramural Electives (maximum 12 credits)
Anesthesiology Extramural
Family Practice Extramural
Medicine Extramural
Neurology Extramural
Obstetrics and Gynecology Extramural
Pathology Extramural
Pediatrics Extramural
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Extramural
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Extramural
Psychiatry Extramural
Radiation Oncology Externship
Radiology Extramural
Surgery Extramural
Total Credits40

Clinical Education & Simulation Center

The mission of the Simulation Education Center shall be to assist health sciences faculty in the development, implementation, and evaluation of educational sessions for Creighton University health sciences learners at various levels of training.  We exist to enhance the learning process and increase learner satisfaction with their educational experiences. We promote faculty development and are committed to the advancement of excellence in education at Creighton University so that graduates are able to provide comprehensive and safe patient care.  The goals and objective for all of our activities are designed to provide learners with opportunities to demonstrate clinical competence in a safe and constructive environment.  Learners are given opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in a variety of skills, while showing compassion and sensitivity to patient needs and concerns. Learners are taught to work as a team and are encouraged to reflect upon their experiences.  Educational sessions are designed to promote an awareness of, and responsiveness to, the larger context and system of health care and the ability to call upon system resources to provide quality patient care.  It is our goal to foster professional behavior that acknowledges the mission and vision of Creighton University.