Last updated on March 7th, 2024 at 10:59 am
If you are looking for best short medical courses in Kenya this is the guide for you.
In Kenya, there are various short medical courses that you can completed within a relatively short period.
And just so you know, most of these courses are designed to provide specialized training and skills to healthcare professionals and individuals interested in the medical field.
In fact, most of these short Courses target those in the medical field needing promotion or to upgrade their skills.
Additionally, these courses are also good if you want to join the medical field and you don’t have time to study a lengthy medical course.
Here are some of the best short medical courses in Kenya:
Best short medical courses in Kenya
1. HIV Training and Counseling services (HTS)
This is a good course that prepares you to provide comprehensive HIV Testing Services (HTS), strengthen linkage to care and treatment and other post-test services.
Also, you gain knowledge and skills when it comes to defining target populations who need to benefit from HIV testing services.
Target group
Any Health workers who are interested in working in HIV/ AIDS programs (minimum Diploma)
Duration
3 weeks
2. Certificate in Community Health Extension Work
this is a short course that guide you on how to serve as a Community Health Assistant / Community Health Officer or have qualification in any of the following fields:
Target group:
Health Promotion, Community Health Nurse, Environmental Health, Epidemiology, Health Records and Information, Social Work and Sociology or its equivalent field from a recognized institution
Duration:
4 months
3. Adherence Counseling
This course equips you with necessary knowledge & skills to motivate persons living with HIV/AIDS to maintain their treatment and adhere to guidelines provided for them to stay health.
Target group
Everyone certificates in HTS, health or social sciences, counseling community health & development. Additionally, you must have done VCT counseling.
Duration:
1 Week full time plus 1 month practicum/ mentorship
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4. Echocardiography
When you enroll for this course, you learn how to perform and interpret echocardiograms and ultrasound imaging of the heart and blood flow.
On top of that, you gain expert when it comes to understanding of the latest scientific laboratory equipment such as use of the clinical skills laboratory and echocardiographic machines.
Target group
Radiographers
Healthcare professionals with strong background Anatomy & physiology (Nurses, Clinical officers, doctors)
Duration:
6 months
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Nursing and Midwifery Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
CPD short courses:
- Mentorship course for nursing and midwifery student preceptors-1 weeks
- Skills lab management course-2 weeks
- Basic Emergency Obstetric care-1week
- First Aid and Life support courses-3 days
- Leadership and team practice in health care settings-1 week
- Helping Babies Breath (HBB)-3days
- Teaching methodology course for clinical instructors-1 week
- Hospital administration course-2 weeks
Target group for the above CPD short courses
Nurses and midwives who are already qualified and practicing in their respective professions
6. First Responder
This is a good course if you have a helping hand especially during disasters like accident, fire or even crushed building.
Target group:
Volunteers
Institution/corporates with teams of responders.
Duration:
5 days
7. Ambulance Operator Course
This is a good course that equips you with both the theoretical and practical skills on Ambulance operation.
Target group:
Qualified drivers
Duration:
10 days
8. Monitoring & evaluation
This is a good course if you want to gain knowledge to design and implement healthcare projects to meet the populations’ health needs, and promote evidence-based decision making.
Target group
Project Managers, Project Officers, Project Assistants, and health information officers with a diploma.
Duration
4 weeks
9. Healthcare Entrepreneurship
If you are a healthcare entrepreneur, this course empowers you to become healthcare entrepreneurs or to manage their healthcare businesses profitably
Target group
Healthcare workers and those in healthcare business
Duration
Two Weeks
10. Leadership Development Program
If you are a healthcare worker who would like to focus on building leadership capacity, this is the course you should enroll for.
This course helps you gain knowledge when it comes to working in real work teams.
Additionally, you also learn leading, managing, and governing practices that enable them to face challenges and achieve measurable results.
Target group
Training targets teams from healthcare units.
Duration
2 workshops of 3 days each. Mentorship & coaching between workshops
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11. Safe Phlebotomy
This is a short course that gives you knowledge and skills to perform safe phlebotomy, provide quality specimens for laboratory tests, handle phlebotomy equipment and avoid occupational exposure.
Target group
Laboratory technicians, technologists, scientists, medical officers, clinical officers, nurses, another certificate or diploma in health-related course.
Duration:
5 days
12. Infection Prevention and Control for healthcare workers
This course equips you with knowledge & skills to prevent and control infections in different healthcare set ups
Target group
Healthcare workers, hospital support staff, hospital administrations, HTC counselors, and other hospital staffs
Duration:
5 days
13. Infection Prevention and Control for non-healthcare professionals
This course equips you with knowledge and skills to prevent and control transmission of infections between patient and carer in health facility, home, community set ups and other establishments with risk of infection transmission.
Target group
Anyone with KCPE certificate
Also, it targets Hospital support staff (drivers, cleaners, security personnel, carers, cooks, etc) Home-based caregivers, Hospitality workers
Duration
5 weeks
14. First aid and basic life support
When you enroll for this course, you learn how to manage life threatening emergencies.
Side note: I should be noted that the training follows approved international guidelines
Target group
Everyone interested including Drivers, Disaster teams, teachers, care givers and so on.
Duration
2 weeks
15. 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
Target group
Physiotherapists with a Minimum Requirement of Diploma in Physiotherapy
Duration
2 weeks
16. Regional Anaesthesia and Acute pain Management
This is a short course that prepares you to manage acute pain and improve perioperative care.
In short, you will be in a position to prepare and utilize nerve block equipment.
Target group
HND in Anaesthesia (Clinical Medicine or Nursing)
Duration
6 months
17. Upper Extremity Splinting in Occupational therapy
Upper Extremity Splinting in Occupational therapy course equips you with current knowledge and skills to manage injuries and conditions of the upper extremity through splinting more effectively.
Target group
Practicing Occupational therapists with a minimum qualification of Diploma
Duration
2 weeks
18. Community Mental Health
This course equips you with knowledge to promote mental health in the community, provide mental health ‘first aid’, recognize and refer clients, and support recovery & integration of clients with mental health disorders.
Target group
Volunteers from community health, Community based workers and people with skills to handle people with mental challenges.
Duration
12 weeks Distance learning, with on campus module introductory sessions
19. Nutrition in critical care
The course prepares you to assess nutritional needs of critically ill patients, formulate appropriate nutritional interventions and apply integrated approach to manage critically ill patients professionally.
Target group
Doctors, nurses, nutritionist and any interested Healthcare workers
Duration:
2 weeks
20. Health Communication and Journalism
If you are planning to pursue a course in communication and journalism in the medical field, this is the course to go for.
Simply, this course is designed to develop competent journalists, Public Relations Officers and health managers in health reporting and generating compelling narratives on health news.
Target group
All individuals interested to enroll for this course, health management stakeholders, and community health workers.
Duration:
4 Weeks (7 days Face to Face and 21 days Fieldwork)
21. Disaster and Trauma Counseling Management
Equips the learners with the skills, knowledge, attitudes and competencies in identifying and responding to different types of disasters and make recovery
Target group
Senior and middle level managers in Government ministries, police, fire department personnel, disaster managers and development officers
Duration:
2 weeks
Some of the medical institutions offering best short medical courses in Kenya
KMTC (Kenya Medical Training Collage)
AMREF International university
Kenya red cross training institute
Wrapping up on best short medical courses in Kenya
Those are some of the best short medical courses in Kenya and some of the best institutions offering different courses.
Now, have you decided on the course you would like to pursue, please visit the institution website and see the application process.
Besides, be sure to confirm the availability of the course from the institution or medical organizations in Kenya as the offerings might have changed since my last update.
Lastly, always ensure that you pursue courses from recognized institutions and check for reviews and feedback from past participants to gauge the quality of the training provided.
Good luck!