KMTC Diploma Courses, Requirements and Qualifications

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KMTC Diploma Courses, Requirements and Qualifications

The Kenya Medical Training Colleges (KMTC) offers a wide range of medical related courses across the country. These courses are meant to offer students with practical skills and knowledge in a variety of healthcare sectors.

In this post we will delve into the diploma courses offered at KMTC, their requirements and qualifications.

Diploma in Community Oral Health

This course deals with oral health promotion and disease prevention in the community. In this course, students learn about;

Oral Hygiene
Dental Care
Community Oral Education

Requirements and Qualifications

KCSE mean grade of C plain
A C plain in English/Kiswahili, Biology/Physical Sciences, Chemistry/Physics/Mathematics

Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics

This course aims at training students on the importance of nutrition, its application in promoting health and prevention of diseases by managing our diet.

Requirements and Qualifications

Mean grade of C- in KCSE
D+ in Mathematics/Chemistry/Physics, English/Kiswahili, Biology/Physical Science

Diploma in Health Records and Information Technology

This course is meant to equip learners with knowledge and skills of maintaining patients’ Medical records. Students taking this course explore many other subjects that are meant to enrich themselves with knowledge of maintaining records.

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These subjects include database management, electronic health records, and ethical and legal issues related to health information management.

Requirements and Qualifications

KCSE mean grade of C plain
C plain in Mathematics, Biology/Physical Science and English

Diploma in Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing

This course is a combination of three major areas in Nursing training. They include midwifery, general nursing and community health nursing.

Students who successfully take this course will graduate a clinical nurse, midwife and a community nurse.

This course takes a duration of 3 years including theoretical and clinical practices.

Requirements and Qualifications

A KCSE mean grade of C plain
C plain in English/Kiswahili, Biology/Physical Science
C- (minus) in Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry

Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences

This course aims equipping students with knowledge and skills that are necessary for carrying out laboratory procedures that are necessary for diagnosing ailments and progressively checking patients health.

Students who successfully finish this course becomes laboratory scientists who conduct scientific tests on patients and report to physicians.

Requirements and Qualifications

You must have scored a mean grade of C plain at KCSE Level with a C plain in English/Kiswahili, Biology/Chemistry and a C- (minus) in Mathematics/Physics.

Diploma in Pharmacy

This course aims at equipping students with knowledge and skills necessary in pharmaceutical science, patient care and drug administration.

Students who wish to take this course must have attained certain requirements which include;

C plain mean grade in KCSE
C plain in Chemistry, Biology, English/Kiswahili, Physics and Mathematics.

Diploma in Physiotherapy

This course majorly is concerned with the rehabilitation to patients with physical challenges where students taking this course are enriched with knowledge and skills necessary to improve mobility of the patient, reduce pain and at the end stabilize the patient to normalcy/better space.

Requirements and Qualifications

For you to qualify for this course, you must have scored a mean grade of C plain at KCSE and a C plain in English/kiswahili, a C- in Biology and in Mathematics/Physics/Chemistry.

Diploma in Public Health

This course generally equips students with a strong foundation in issues that affect population health and even the health systems. These healthcare systems may include environmental health, health informatics, disease prevention, global health, ethics, and behavioral and cultural issues.