Clinical Officers perform general and specialized medical duties such as diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury, ordering and interpreting medical tests as well as performing routine medical and surgical procedures.
Here are entry requirements for this course at diploma and higher diploma levels
| Academic
Programme |
Course | Duration | KMTC Campus Where Course is Offered | Entry Requirements |
| Diploma | Clinical Medicine | 3 years | Selected KMTC Campuses | KCSE mean grade of C with C in English or Kiswahili, and C in Biology/Biological Sciences, C- in Chemistry/Physical Science. C- in any one of the following: Mathematics, Physics/Physical Sciences |
| Higher Diploma |
Pediatrics | 12 months | Nairobi and Kisumu | Diploma / Degree in Clinical Medicine and Surgery and registration with Clinical Officers Council |
| Ophthalmology and Cataract Surgery | 18 months | Nairobi | ||
| Family Health | 18 months | Nairobi, Embu, Nyeri, Nakuru, Mombasa,
Machakos, Eldoret, Kisumu, Kakamega |
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| Dermatology and
Venereology |
18 months | Nairobi | ||
| Chest Medicine | 18 months | Nairobi and Nakuru | ||
| Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) and Neck Surgery | 18 months | Nairobi and Nakuru | ||
| Reproductive Health | 18 months | Nairobi and Thika | ||
| Anaesthesia | 18 months | Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kisumu, Kisii, Thika, Embu | ||
| Mental Health and Psychiatry | 18 months | Mathare | ||
| Ophthalmology
Advanced Refraction and Low Vision |
18 months | Nairobi | ||
| Oncology and Palliative care | 18 months | Nairobi | ||
| Audiology and Hearing Care Technology | 18 months | Nairobi | ||
| Emergency and Critical Care Medicine | 18 months | Nairobi | ||
| Orthopaedics | 18 months | Nairobi | ||
| General Ophthalmology 18 months | Nairobi | |||
| Addictive Sciences | 12 months | Mathare | Diploma in any health related course from KMTC or any other recognised institution. |
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