Course Rationale
Kenya has critical gaps in the provision of the medical care services as noted in the Kenya demographic health survey (KDHS) conducted between 2007/08 (KDHS, 2008/2009). Currently, Kenya has an approximate 14 medical doctors per 100,000 inhabitants and produces an approximate 600 doctors per year with only a third of these graduates remaining within the public health care system. To maintain the ratio of 14:100,000, 2100 physicians must have been trained by the year 2020. To improve access to physician services, Kenya requires training of specialists as well as general and community oriented practitioners. To attain a ratio of 16 doctors:100,000 residents by the year 2030, at least 3000 doctors will need to be trained. As the population increases, the medical training must also grow in order to meet the needs and demands imposed by new developments at national and global levels.
In the period of over 45 years since Kenya gained independence, the demand for access to higher education particularly the medical based programmes is far greater than can be met by the products of the current national universities including Nairobi, Moi, Kenyatta, Egerton, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) which offer medical training programmes. Many students are forced to seek training abroad with an approximate Kshs. 500 million worth of foreign exchange being spent. Not only does this situation appear to be “no longer justifiable,” but it is also recognized that the demand will continue to increase more than rate of 4% of population growth per year.
These factors, together with Government Policy on social and economic development, have led Mount Kenya University alongside other universities embark on the establishment of a number of schools in health sciences to offer training at degree and later at post-graduate level in medicine, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry, and in laboratory based preclinical programmes, to try and bridge this gap between Kenya’s need in medical services.
Why study the programme
The programme aims at producing graduates who are: -
Programme Objectives
Entry Requirements
Candidates wishing to study for the Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery degree shall have met the minimum University entry requirements.
In addition, the applicants shall meet the school entry requirements based on the following subject cluster:
Course Duration
Exemptions and credit transfers
Applicants may transfer credits for similar units taken and passed in other institutions recognized by the university senate in the basic years only.
Applicants seeking transfer of credit shall:
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