With authorization from TVET and its authority, the college offers Certificate and Diploma Courses in Perioperative Theatre Technology, Community Health and Development, Health Records and Information Technology and Nutrition and Dietetics.
Perioperative Theatre Technology
Work Opportunities
The course produces Theatre Technicians that provide assistance to surgeons during major and minor surgeries in theatres across private and government hospitals in Kenya.
The course takes 2 years (6 semesters) for certificate and 3 years (9 semesters) for Diploma.
Training involves theories and more of practicums weekly and industrial attachments and 6 months internship to expose students to hands on work due to the delicate nature of the human body/patient that requires competency.
Examiners of Perioperative Theatre Technology are KNEC/CDACC and its accrediting body is Perioperative Theatre Technologists Association (POTTA), who after qualifying grants working Licences to students.
- Theatre Technicians in Private and Public Hospital Theatres
- Theatre Technicians outside countries
- Non-Governmental Health Organizations (NGOs) as Theatre Technicians
- Perioperative Theatre Lecturers after upgrading to Degree Level
Community Health and Development
Work Opportunities
This course produces Community Health Officers who operate as health care providers on primary care provision, health promotion and community development. Their role is anchored on prevention and strengthening of medical care at household levels in Kenya.
The course takes 1 year (4 semesters) for Artisan, 2 years (6 semesters) for Certificate and 3 years (9 semesters) for Diploma.
Training involves theories and more of practicums and industrial attachments and 6 months internship on community diagnosis to help students identify the health needs in the community and give possible recommendations to relevant authorities for action.
Examiners of Community Health and Development are KNEC/CDACC and are licenced by the Kenya Health Professional Oversight Authority (KHPOA).
- Community Health Officers in Community Hospitals
- Non-Governmental Health Organizations (NGOs)
- Community Health Experts outside Countries
- Community Health Lecturers after upgrading to Degree Level
Health Records and Information Technology
Work Opportunities
The course produces Health Records Officers and Technicians to bridge the gaps felt in the documentation of patient medical records for evidence purposes in the effective treatment of the patient, administration use and planning/budgeting on matters patients and resources required for patient healthcare across all hospitals in Kenya.
The course takes 2 years (6 semesters) for certificate and 3 years (9 semesters) for Diploma.
Training involves theories and more of practicums weekly and industrial attachments and 6 months internship to expose students to hands on work to enable them be efficient in supporting medical care through provision of evidence-based patient medical records for treatment.
Health Records Course initially regulated by AMRO-K is now regulated by Health Records and Information Management Board under the HRIM Act, Act No. 15 of 2013, the board that accredits the college and licences students after qualifying.
- Health Records Officers/Technicians in Hospitals
- Non-Governmental Health Organizations (NGOs) such as Ampath, USAID
- World Health Organization as Health Information System Experts
- Ministry of Health as Health Information System Experts
- Medical Insurance Firms as Coders
- Health Records Lecturers after upgrading to Degree Level
Nutrition and Dietetics.
Work Opportunities
The course produces Nutritionists (Clinical, Community, Sports, Food Science and Consultants) who are aimed at using diets to treat patients, the vulnerable groups in the community that include the elderly, expectants mothers, those with chronic diseases and malnourished children and athletes.
The course takes 2 years (6 semesters) for certificate and 3 years (9 semesters) for Diploma.
Training involves theories and more of practicums weekly, industrial attachments and 6 months internship to expose students to hands on work for purpose of managing diseases and lifestyle using diets efficiently and effectively.
Nutrition and Dietetics course is examined by KNEC and is regulated by Kenya Nutritionists and Dietician Institute (KNDI), the board that accredits the college, indexes students and licences students after qualifying.
- Clinical Nutritionist in Hospitals
- Community Nutritionists in Community Hospitals Food Industry Nutritionists
- Sports Nutritionists
- Lifestyle Nutritionists
- Non-Governmental Health Organizations (NGOs)
- Nutrition Lecturers after upgrading to Degree Level