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KMTC Upgrading Courses (From Certificate to Diploma Qualifications)

UPGRADING COURSES

(From Certificate to Diploma Qualifications)

S/No Course Entry Requirements Duration Intake Month Campus
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

 

1.

Diploma in Community Health Nursing (Distance Learning)

Certificate in Community Health Nursing (KECN) Registration by the Nursing Council of Kenya

2 Years post-graduation experience

 

2 Years

September

Kitale, Kapkatet, Embu, Kitui
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH

2.

Diploma in Public Health (Upgrading) Certificate in Environmental Health Sciences Two years working experience

2 years

September Karuri, Lake Victoria, Kuria

 

DEPARMENT OF MEDICAL LABORATORY SCINCES

3.

Diploma in Medical Laboratory Sciences (Upgrading) Certificate in Medical Laboratory Sciences. Registration by the KMLTTB

2 years

September Lake Victoria- (Full Time)
DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ENGINEERING

4.

Diploma in Medical Engineering (Upgrading)

Certificate in Medical Engineering.

2 years

September

Nairobi

DEPARTMENT OF NUTRTION & DIETETICS

5.

Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics (Upgrading) Holder of a Certificate in Community Nutrition/Nutrition & Dietetics/Food Science & Nutrition

KNEC Certificate in Nutrition & Dietetics for TVET graduates

2 years

September

Karen, Homa Bay, Thika, Nyandarua, Makueni and Lodwar
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RECORDS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

 

 

6.

 

Diploma in Health Records and Information (Upgrading)

 

 

Certificate in Health Records and Information

 

 

2 years

 

 

September

Nairobi (E-Learning), Kitui, Nakuru, Siaya, Mombasa, Murang’a, Kuria, Msambweni, Bondo, Rera, Kaptumo, Manza, Rachuonyo, Chwele, Ugenya and Nyamache
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROMOTION & COMMUNITY HEALTH

 

 

7.

 

Certificate in Community Health Extension Work (Short Course)

Be a serving Community Health Assistant / Community Health Officer or have qualification in any of the following fields: Health Promotion, Community Health Nurse, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Health Records and Information, Health Systems Management, Population Health, Anthropology, Community Development, Community Health, Community Oral Health, Counselling, Nutrition, Psychology, Public Health, Social Work and Sociology or its equivalent field from a recognized institution

 

 

4 Months

 

 

September

 

 

Nairobi and Garissa

 

8.

Diploma in Community Health (Upgrading) (NEW)

 

Certificate in Community Health from KMTC

 

2 years

 

September

Nairobi, Imenti, Kabar- net, Kangundo, Lod- war, Lugari, Mandera, Manza, Nyahururu, Nyamache, Rachuonyo & Tanariver
DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC & TRAUMA MEDICINE

9

Diploma in Orthopaedics and Trauma Medicine

Certificate in Orthopaedics Plasta Technology/Certificate in Orthopaedics Trauma Medicine

2 years

September/ March

Makindu and Kan- gundo

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