This article highlights the courses offered at KMTC Kisumu Campus. KMTC Kisumu campus was started in 1953 and is one of the biggest KMTC campuses in Kenya with a yearly output of over 200 trained health professionals. The campus is located in Kondele area next to Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital on Kisumu-Kakamega road approximately two kilometers from Kisumu town.
List Of Courses Offered At KMTC Kisumu Campus
KMTC Kisumu Campus offers certificates, diplomas, higher diplomas, and short courses. The list below highlights all of them.
- Diploma in Community Health Nursing
Requirements: Mean Grade C, C in English or Kiswahili and Biology/Biological Sciences. C- in any one of the following: Chemistry or Physics/ Physical Science or Mathematics
Duration: 3 years
- Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery
Requirements: Mean Grade C, C in English or Kiswahili, and C in Biology/ Biological Sciences, C- in Chemistry/Physical Sciences C- in any one of the following: Mathematics, Physics/Physical Sciences
Duration: 3 years
- Diploma in Medical Imaging Sciences
Requirements: Mean Grade C, C in English or Kiswahili and Physics/Physical Sciences and Biology/Biological Sciences. C- in any one of the following: – Mathematics, Chemistry
Duration: 3 years
- Diploma in Pharmacy
Requirements: Mean Grade C, C in English or Kiswahili and Chemistry/Physical Science and Biology or Biological Sciences C in any one of the following: – Physics/Physical Sciences or Mathematics
Duration: 3 years
- Certificate in Medical Engineering
Requirements: Mean Grade C-, C- in English or Kiswahili, D in Mathematics and D- in Physics/Physical Sciences. D in any one of the following: Chemistry, Biology/Biological Sciences, Electricity, Metal Work, Technical Drawing
Duration: 2 years
- Higher Diploma in Ultrasound
Requirements: Diploma in Medical Imaging Sciences or its equivalent
Duration: 2 years
- Higher Diploma in Paediatric Nursing
Requirements: Diploma in Orthopaedic Trauma Medicine
Duration: 2 years
- Higher Diploma in Anaesthesia (in Nursing and Clinical Medicine)
Requirements: Diploma in Clinical Medicine & Surgery
Duration: 2 years
- Short course in HIV Testing Services (HTS)
Requirements: Health workers, Anyone interested in working in HIV/AIDS programs (minimum
Diploma)
Duration: 2 weeks
Students at KMTC Kisumu have access to a well-stocked library, a Well-equipped computer lab, a skills lab, a fast Wi-fi hotspot, and a Hostel block. Currently, there are over 1000 students in the school with the number expected to increase in the next subsequent intakes.
Students also have their practical lessons mainly at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital and Kisumu County Hospital which are both approximately two kilometers from the Campus. The other sites for rural experience include the Mbale, Mosoriot, and Muhoroni Rural Health Training Centre.
KMTC Kisumu Campus Contacts
Phone: 0708 668 923, 020 – 785002
Email: kisumu@kmtc.ac.ke
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