KMTC short and marketable Courses – Requirements.
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 Homa Bay Nakuru | 3 weeks | 24,500 | |
Adherence Counseling | The course equips participants with knowledge & skills to motivate persons living with HIV/ AIDS to maintain their treatment and adhere to guidelines provided | Those with certificate in HTS, health or social sciences, counseling community health & development. (Must have done VCT counseling) | Nairobi Lake Victoria Homa Bay Machakos Nakuru | 1 Week full time + 1 month practicum/ mentorship | 16,500 | |
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 strong background Anatomy & 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 | 4 weeks | 35,500 full 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 | |
Health Systems Management | This courses prepares participants to become managers in healthcare sector. | Healthcare workers with minimum qualification of Diploma (healthcare professionals, health administrators, human resources officers, procurement officers, project managers, etc) | Nairobi | 4 weeks (online) | 40,500 | |
Leadership Development Program | This course is focused on building leadership capacity of healthcare workers. Working in their real work teams, participants learn leading, managing, and governing practices that enable them to face challenges and achieve measurable results | Training targets teams from healthcare units. Teams learn through implementing a leadership project chosen by their health system leaders | Nairobi | 4 workshops of 3 days each. Mentorship & coaching between workshops | 50,500 | |
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 | Nairobi Port Reitz Lake Victoria Nyeri Kitui Machakos | 3 days | 15,500 | |
Exercise Physiology and prescription. (Therapeutic) | The training provides participants with knowledge and skills on global evidence based standardized exercise protocols after musculoskeletal injuries. | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | 2 weeks | 15,500 |
Infection Prevention and Control (with emphasis on COVID 19) | This course equips participants with knowledge & skills to prevent and control infections in different healthcare set ups | Healthcare workers, hospital support staff, hospital administrations, HTC counselors, caregivers in general | Makindu Kitui Nairobi Nyeri Isiolo | 5 days | 7,500 |
Vestibular Rehabilitation | This course prepares participants with knowledge and skills to manage vestibular system, dizziness and balance disturbance disorders. | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | One week | 10,500 |
Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation | This prepares participants to address the physiotherapy management of a person with cardiac/ pulmonary system dysfunction | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | 2 weeks | 15,500 |
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 with the deaf; minimum requirement Certificate in any course | Molo Murang’a | 6 months (3 fulltime & 3 practicum) | 60,500 |
Pelvic Floor Rehabilitation | This course is designed to provide participants with essential skills to perform assessment in pelvic floor dysfunctions and treatment interventions using evidence-based practice technique. | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | 2 weeks | 20,500 |
Integumentary and wound care | This course is designed to equip participants with Physiotherapy skills in wound management and related pathologies in terms of assessment, diagnosis and treatment. | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | 2 weeks | 20,500 |
Geriatric Rehabilitation | This course focuses on biopsychosocial aspects of aging. Integration of physical aging process, appropriate evidence-based evaluation techniques, outcome measures and design of effective treatment plan. | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | 2 weeks | 15,500 |
Nutrition in critical care | The course prepares participants to assess nutritional needs of critically ill patients, formulate appropriate nutritional interventions and apply integrated approach to manage critically ill patients | Healthcare workers (doctors, nurses, clinical officers, nutritionists, pharmacy technologists, lab technologists and community health workers) | Makueni Thika | 2 weeks | 25,500 |
Point of Care Ultrasound in Midwifery | The course prepares participants to be proficient in using computer for daily office work, a basic requirement for employment. | Practicing midwifes. Minimum qualification Certificate in Nursing (ECHN, KRCHN, BsN) | Nairobi | 6 months full time | 100,500 |
Peadiatric Neuro- rehabilitation | This course is designed to provide participants with evidence-based essential skills in treatment of children with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular and cognitive impairments. | Physiotherapists Minimum Requirement Diploma in Physiotherapy | Nairobi | 2 weeks | 15,500 |