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KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE
FACULTY OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
KENYA MEDICAL TRAINING COLLEGE
For further information contact:The Head,
Department of Occupational TherapyKenya Medical Training College
P.O. Box 30195, 00100 Nairobi KenyaPHONE (+254)-020725711/2/3/4
Fax (+254)-0202722907E-mail: info@kmtc.ac.ke
Website: www.kmtc. ac.ke
An Occupational Therapist is expected to perform the following Functions and duties;1. Identifyoccupationalperformancedeficitsand theircauses2. Collaborate with the client and formulate achiev ableprioritisedobjectives,whichtheclientwould wishtoaccomplish.3. Analyse,Select,modifyandadaptoccupationsto meettherapeuticneeds4. Effectivelymanageclientwithoccupational performancedeficits5. Evaluateinterventionoutcomes6. Documentproceduresundertakenduringinter vention period7. CarryoutResearch
About
For further information contact:TheHead,
Department of Occupational TherapyKenyaMedicalTrainingCollege
P.O.Box30195,00100NairobiKenyaPHONE(+254)-020725711/2/3/4
Fax(+254)-0202722907E-mail:info@kmtc.ac.keWebsite:www.kmtc.ac.ke
Demonstrationofuseofanactivitytomanagetheclient,sthoughtprocess.
Studentsdemonstratingliftingtechniquesfromawheel chair to a bed
Lecturerinstructingandsupervisingstudentsonuseofadaptedspoonsforfeeding
DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
Diploma in Occupational Therapy
DescriptionoftheCourse• Full-timecollegebasedfrom8:00amto 4:00pm• Hourcoverageforthiscourseis1178hours fortheoryworkand1792hoursforpracti cal,atotalof2970hours• Totalcoursecreditfactoris297• Modularandsemesterizedprogram• Atotalof32modulesinsixsemesters
Minimum Entry requirementKenyaCertificateofSecondaryEducation(KCSE)MinimumaggregateofC(plain)andabovewiththefollowingspecificrequirements:•CinEnglishorKiswahiliandBiologyorBiologicalSciences,•C-inanytwo(2)ofthefollowing;physics,physicalSciences,Chemistry,Mathematics,Agriculture,HomeScience
Examination/AssessmentThecollegeexaminationpolicyapplies.Theprogramincludesbothformativeandsummativeassessments.Theformativeassessmentsareconductedwithinthesemesterwhilesummativeassessmentsareconductedattheendofeachsemesterandattheendofthetraining.
Modes of assessment include;• Assignments• Projects• Casestudies• Casepresentations• Writtenexaminations• Skilldemonstrations• Dissertations• Journals
Marksarecalculatedandrecordedingeneralpointaggregate(GPA)systemforendofsemesterandpromotionalexaminationforyear1&2studentswhileapass(50%andabove)orfail(below50%)systemforthefinalqualifyingdiplomaexaminations
Duration of the CourseThree(3)calendaryears
Qualification after the Course• Occupationaltherapist
Immediate future plans for the program• Expansionoftheprogramtootherconstituent colleges.• StartingaBscinOccupationalTherapyCourse (Fulltime).• ADegreeconversionprogramfordiplomaholders toaBsc.inOccupationalTherapywithalocal university.(Parttime)• MastersinOccupationalTherapywithalocal University.• PhDwithalocalUniversity
Campuses where it is offeredMombasaandMachakosMTCs
Job OpportunitiesOccupationalTherapists/graduatesfromourcollegearetrainedtoaddressissuesthataffectoccupationalperformanceoftasksbyclients.Jobopportunitiesarereadilyavailableinthelocalandglobalmarket.Theirservicesareconsumedinthefollowingareasamongothers;• Healthfacilities• Workplaces• Industries• Rehabilitationcentres
• Vocationalrehabilitationcentres• Correctionalcentrese.g.prisons• Architecturalinstitutions• Homebasedcare• Homefortheelderly• Hospices• Communitycenters• SpecialneedsChildren’shome• Specialschools• AssessmentCentersforSchoolplacement
Opportunities available for further training
TwolocalUniversitiesareofferingdegreecourseinOccupationaltherapy;• JomoKenyattaUniversityCollegeofAgriculture andTechnology(JKUAT)• PresbyterianUniversityofEastAfrica(PUEA).• KMTCiscurrentlyPartneringwithDepartment ofNeurobiology,CareSciencesandSociety, DivisionofOccupationalTherapy,Karolinska Institutet,Stockholm,Swedenthroughstudent -teacherexchangeprogramwithavisionto developtheprogramtodegree level and beyond.
Some of the activities undertaken during practical sessions in our laboratories
Alecturerexplainingtestpositionforpositivesupportingreflex
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