KMTC SHORT COURSES 2020
KMTC CERTIFIED SHORT COURSES
The following short courses are on offer in various campuses. Short courses are offered to individuals, corporates or tailor- made for organizations. Enroll today to meet your Continuous Professional Development (CPD) requirements and remain relevant in your profession.
| Course | Description | Target Group | Campus | Duration | Fees (KES) |
| HIV Training and Counseling services (HTS) |
The course prepares participants to provide comprehensive HIV
Testing Services (HTS), strengthen linkage to care and treatment and other post-test services, define target populations who may particularly benefit from HIV testing services (accredited by Nascop) |
Health workers
Anyone interested in working in HIV/AIDS programs (minimum Diploma) |
Lake Victoria
Nairobi Kisumu Machakos Kitui Lodwar Homa Bay Siaya Kapkatet |
3 weeks | 24,500 |
| Adherence
Counseling |
The course equips participants with skills to motivate persons living with HIV/AIDS to maintain
their treatment, adhere to |
Those with certificate in HTS, health or social sciences, ounseling
community health & development. Must |
Lake Victoria Lodwar Nairobi
Homa Bay |
1 Week | 10,500 |
| guidelines in order to reduce viral load. | have done VCT
counseling. |
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| Echocardiography | The course enables the participants to perform and
interpret echocardiograms and ultrasound imaging of the heart and blood flow, gain expert understanding of the latest scientific laboratory equipment including use of the clinical skills laboratory and echocardiographic machines |
Radiographers, Healthcare
professionals with background in medical physiology. |
Nairobi | 3 months (part-time) | 90,500 |
| Monitoring &
evaluation |
The course provides participants with requisite knowledge to design and implement healthcare projects to meet the populations’ health needs, and promote evidence-based decision making. Graduates work with local & international NGOs, public & private sector projects | Project Managers, Project Officers, Project Assistants, health information officers,
practitioners involved in designing, supervising, coordinating or monitoring interventions (minimum Diploma) |
Siaya Nairobi Murang’a Rachuonyo | 4 weeks (full time)
7 Weeks (part-time) |
35,000 full time
55,000 part- time |
| Healthcare
Entrepreneurship |
This course empowers participants become healthcare entrepreneurs or to manage their healthcare businesses profitably | Healthcare workers
and those in healthcare business |
Nairobi | 2 weeks | 25,500 |
| Safe Phlebotomy | The course gives participants knowledge and skills to perform
safe phlebotomy, provide quality specimens for laboratory tests, handle phlebotomy equipment and avoid occupational exposure. |
Laboratory technicians,
technologists, scientists, medical officers, clinical officers, nurses, other certificate or diploma in health related course |
Lake Victoria
Nyeri Kitui Machakos Nairobi |
3 days | 15,500 |
| Infection
Prevention |
This modular course participants will be equip participants to
prevent and control infections in different healthcare set ups |
Healthcare workers, hospital support staff,
hospital administrations, HTC counselors, caregivers in general |
Makindu
Rachuonyo Kitui Thika Nairobi Lake Victoria Nyeri Isiolo |
3 day (one module) One week (three
modules) |
3,500 (3 day)
6,500 (one week) |
| First aid and basic life support | This course empowers participants to prevent and manage life threatening emergencies. Training follows approved international guidelines helps participant’s | Drivers, Hotelier,
Police officers, Security firms, County emergency / Disaster teams, teachers, etc |
Eldoret Makindu Kwale Rachuonyo Thika Machakos Msambweni | 2 weeks (Evening) | 10,500 |
| Sign Language for
Health workers |
The course prepares participants to communicate in sign language,
helping the deaf access healthcare in line with Universal Health Coverage |
Health workers &
those interested in working the deaf; minimum requirement certificate in any course |
Molo
Murang’a |
6 months (3 fulltime & 3 practicum) | 60,500 |
| Community Health and Development | This is a foundation course for those interested to build a career
in community health, such as Community Health Assistant, in support of UHC |
Form four leavers and anyone interested in
working at community level; minimum requirement D Plain |
Lodwar
Kwale Makindu Manza Isiolo Mandera Taveta Sigowet |
6 months fulltime | 32,500 |
| Medical
Engineering (Basic electronics) |
The course participants will gain and apply knowledge to build,
service, repair and maintain electronic medical equipment |
Technicians
Those wishing to pursue technician career with a bias to medical equipment |
Eldoret | 3 months (part-time) | 25,500 |
| Food Hygiene and
Inspection |
The course helps participants to source and prepare/handle food
hygienically therefore reducing food transmitted diseases |
Food handlers –hotels, restaurants, kiosks,
home etc |
Kwale
Kakamega Kitui Manza Karuri Kabarnet |
6 weeks | 15,500 |
| Counseling skills for Healthcare Professionals | The course prepares participants to provide holistic clients’ care using counseling approaches;
prevent burnouts among themselves, improve communication skills and interpersonal relations at work place. |
Health workers , social workers, community health workers,
teachers Anyone interested in providing counseling services (minimum entry certificate) |
Mathare
Kwale |
6 months (part-time) | 60,500 |
| Nutrition in Critical care | The course prepares participants to assess nutritional needs of critically ill patients, formulate
appropriate nutritional interventions and apply |
Healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, clinical officers,
nutritionists, pharmacy |
Thika | 2 weeks (fulltime) | 25,500 |
| integrated approach to manage critically ill patients | technologists, lab technologists and the
community health workers) |
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| Computer packages
(basic) |
The course prepares participants to be proficient in using
computer for daily office work, a basic requirement for employment. |
Open to anyone who wants to be proficient
in computer use |
Loitokitok
Homa Bay Makindu Muranga Lodwar |
Evening (2 hours daily for
2 months) |
4,500 |
General Information
Tuition fee cover all training materials. Venue is KMTC campus offering the course.
Tailor-made in-house courses also provided; logistics arrangements as agreed with sponsor.
To apply, go to KMTC.ac.ke/portal or visit the KMTC campus nearest to you. Indicate the campus you prefer.
General Contact:
Admissions office, Headquarters Nairobi
Email: admissions@kmtc.ac.ke
Tel: (+254) 02 2725711/4; 0736993813, 0723004569, 0723004516
You may also contact the Principal of the campus offering the course for more details
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