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Thika

Brief History

Thika Medical Training College started in 1969 under the sponsorship of Norwegian Government in collaboration with the Kenya Government.
The college started training Kenya Enrolled Community Health Nurses (KECHN) up to the year 2006.
Started up grading for (KECHN) to Kenya Registered Nurses for duration of eighteen (18) months in 1998 to date.
Started pre-service (KRCHN) March 2005 with 50 students and that pioneer class has just qualified.
Started Diploma in Clinical Medicine in September 2005 with sixty two (62) students who have since qualified.
Started Distant Learning in March 2007 with fifty one (51) student for upgrading who are ongoing and in their final module and whose progress is quite satisfactory. We also run HBC courses in conjunction with Mildmay.
The students' population has grown steadily to the current number- 537.

Location

We are located in Thika, 50 KM from Nairobi, specifically in Thika Municipality, general Kago road, next to Thika District Hospital.

We are about 30 meters from Thika District Hospital. In addition we are affiliated to Gatundu District hospital where our nursing students obtain much required practice

Course Offered

1) Diploma in Clinical Medicine.
2) Diploma in Nursing – pre-service, in-service and distance learning.

Housing and Dining

We have hostels that hold about three hundred and ten (310) students who dine in the campus.

Sports

We are actively involved in the on-going inter zone sports tournament. We are in the same zone with Garissa and Murang'a and we are a cohesive/harmonious group.

Population of staff and students

Staff - We have thirteen (13) teaching staff, four (4) in Clinical Medicine and nine (9) in Nursing and twenty six (26) non teaching staff.

Students - We have a total of five hundred and thirty seven (537) students.

Other details

We are a cohesive, hardworking team. Through this teamwork our pioneer Clinical Medicine and KRCHN (pre-service) classes did exceptionally well in their respective qualifying examinations.
We have two (2) busses which hold a total of 54 passengers.
29 and the other 25.
We have expanded in physical facilities in class rooms and Skills Lab computer.



	Basic Facts
	Philosophy Our Vision "A center of excellence in the training and development of competent health professionals." Our Mission "Training competent multidisciplinary health professionals". Our Mandate Training and development of competent health professionals Students Over 10,000 students taking courses in various health disciplines within the 28 colleges.

	Faculty 700 academic staff and 840 non-academic/administrative, supportive and subordinate staff giving a total of 1,540 staff. Research Research is a crucial component of training and it is given emphasis in the KMTC Act. Alumni KMTC established an Alumni Association open to current and past staff and students.

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