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

5. 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

John Ambulance Kenya

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!

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