List of Faculties at Kenya Medical Training College KMTC

Clinical Officers performs 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

These cadres are trained to treat injuries related to bones and soft tissue by applying non-operative approaches.

Medical Imaging Technicians are responsible for gathering images through X-rays, ultrasounds and other equipment. These images are then used by Doctors and other health care professionals to diagnose or more closely examine medical issues, concerns or conditions.

The program entails the management of patients’ health records; both manually and electronically (EMR), electronic health Information, health data classification and management, research, community diagnosis, emergency medicine, application of ICT in health care, monitoring and evaluation, pathology, anatomy and physiology.

The course entails preparing adult learners for teaching research, mentorship, development of health learning/teaching materials, assessment of learning outcomes and development, review and evaluation of curricula in health training institutions.

Registered Nurses work in Hospitals or outpatient facilities, where they provide hands on care to patients by administering medications, managing intravenous lines, observing and monitoring patients’ conditions, maintaining records and communicating with Doctors.

Community health nurses on the other hand work within a community to support population health and create awareness on preventive health services.

Pharmacy Technicians are mandated with receiving, confirming and filing prescriptions, counselling patients on rational use of medicines, managing inventory in the entire drug supply chain, extemporaneous preparation of products, pharmaceutical sales and marketing detailing consultants, chemical analysis in the pharmaceutical industry and regulatory affairs in pharmaceutical companies.

Community Oral Health practitioners roles and functions will be primarily to undertake promotive, preventive, curative and rehabilitative oral health activities within the communities.

Public Health Officers identify and investigate health issues and health hazards. They monitor health status to identify community health problems, enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety, evaluate effectiveness, accessibility and quality of personal and population based health services.

The department trains students to promote health and prevent diseases by educating the people and creating public awareness on disease prevention measures. The Health Promotion practitioner intervenes using three categories of strategic interventions: knowledge and skills development, mitigation of competing interests, and advocating for health.

The department trains Community nutritionists who play a pivotal role in educating members of the community on ideal nutrition, diet and food selection. In addition, this cadre educates the community on ways to develop healthy eating habits that fulfill their dietetic requirements and ways to manage diseases through nutrition.

Dental Technology is a specialty in the field of dentistry that deals with the treatment and rehabilitation of the tissues of the oral cavity and the face. It encompasses the design and fabrication of various prostheses and corrective appliances such as dentures, braces and crowns and bridges.

The Medical Engineering profession deals with design, manufacture, installation and maintenance of medical and hospital equipment.

The department trains its students to identify occupational performance deficits and their causes with an aim to treating injured or disabled patients through the therapeutic use of everyday activities.

Optometrists perform vision tests and analyze results, diagnose sight problems such as near sightedness or farsightedness, and eye diseases such as glaucoma. They prescribe eyeglasses, contact lenses and other visual aids.

Physiotherapy is a comprehensive approach to the prevention, diagnosis and therapeutic management of pain and disorders of human movement. The discipline is concerned with helping people restore mobility and wellness after an injury, accident or disability.

Graduates of this program assess, design and fabricate as well as fit orthopedic appliances used to support, align, prevent or correct deformities of a body part and improve the function of a movable body part. These appliances include prosthetics and orthotics