The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) is a state Corporation under the Ministry of Health entrusted with the role of training of the various health disciplines in the health sector, to serve the local, regional and international markets. The College aligns its strategies to those of the health sector, which in turn draws its focus from the national Agenda.

Foundation

In 1990, an act of Parliament under the Ministry of Health established KMTC.

Academics

KMTC is a college with a majority of enrollments in certificate, diploma and post basic diploma levels. The college has been

accredited Accreditation is the independent, third-party evaluation of a conformity assessment body (such as certification body, inspection body or laboratory) against recognised standards, conveying formal demonstration of its impartiality and competence to ...

by the Ministry of education and is under the Ministry of Health. KMTC operates on an academic calendar with two distinct semesters. The first semester begins during early September to late January. The second semester begins in early February to late July. KMTC students use a combination of the department's course number and the number assigned to the class to identify their subjects.

Courses

KMTC currently offers more than 50 courses at certificate, diploma and post basic diploma levels

Main programs

The main programs offered include: #

Clinical Medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practice ...

(basic and higher diploma) #Community Nutrition (certificate and diploma) #Community Oral Health (diploma) #Dental Technology (diploma) #

Environmental Health Environmental health is the branch of public health concerned with all aspects of the natural and built environment affecting human health. In order to effectively control factors that may affect health, the requirements that must be met in ...

(diploma and higher diploma) #

Health Education Health education is a profession of educating people about health. Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual and r ...

(higher diploma) #Health Records and Information (certificate and diploma) #

Medical Education Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, including the initial training to become a physician (i.e., medical school and internship (medical), internship) and additional training thereafter (e.g., Re ...

(higher diploma) #

Medical Engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare purposes (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic). BME is also traditionally logical sciences ...

(certificate, diploma and higher diploma) #Medical Imaging Science (diploma and higher diploma) #Medical Laboratory Science (diploma and higher diploma) #

Nursing Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health ...

(certificate, diploma and higher diploma) #

Occupational Therapy Occupational therapy (OT) is a global healthcare profession. It involves the use of assessment and intervention to develop, recover, or maintain the meaningful activities, or ''occupations'', of individuals, groups, or communities. The field of ...

(diploma) #Optometry Technology (diploma) #Orthopaedic Technology (diploma) #

Pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links heal ...

(diploma and higher diploma) #

Physiotherapy Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions. It is provided by physical therapists who promote, maintain, or restore health through physical examination, diagnosis, management, prognosis, patient ...

(diploma) #Orthopaedic Plaster Technology (certificate) #Registered Nursing-Mental Health and Psychiatry (diploma)

Degree programmes

The college is working in collaboration with the

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to offer degrees in: #Nursing #

Nutrition Nutrition is the biochemical and physiological process by which an organism uses food to support its life. It provides organisms with nutrients, which can be metabolized to create energy and chemical structures. Failure to obtain sufficient n ...

#Medical Laboratory Science #Clinical Medicine UK's Cardiff Metropolitan University is also working with KMTC to offer a degree in Environmental Health Science.

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