Clinical medicine courses (Diploma and degree) and requirements

Clinical medicine is a medical course offered at the Diploma and degree level in Kenya. The main difference between a Bachelor of Medicine and clinical medicine is that the latter doesn’t have a major focus on surgery.

Clinical medicine focuses solely on diagnosis and treatment but you might choose to specialize in surgery. The course is offered at diploma and degree levels of study. In this article, we will look at the requirements and schools you can enrol in.

Clinical medical courses offered in Kenya colleges and universities

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Course	Basic Entry requirement	Fee structure per year
Diploma in clinical medicine and surgery	At least C plain in KCSE	Ksh 82, 000
Bachelor of science in clinical medicine and surgery or community health	At least c plus in KCSE	Between Ksh 237, 000 and 337, 000

Diploma in clinical medicine

A diploma in clinical medicine takes 3 years to complete and one year of mandatory internship. To be admitted for the course, you need a KCSE mean grade of C plain or above, C plain in either English/Kiswahili, C plain in biology, C minus in Chemistry, and C minus in either mathematics/physics.

KMTC Colleges offering diplomas in clinical medicine

1. Kenya medical training college – bomet campus
2. Kenya medical training college – bondo campus
3. Kenya medical training college – bungoma campus
4. Kenya medical training college – busia campus
5. Kenya medical training college – chuka campus
6. Kenya medical training college – eldoret campus
7. Kenya medical training college – embu campus
8. Kenya medical training college – garissa campus
9. Kenya medical training college – gatundu campus
10. Kenya medical training college – homa bay campus
11. Kenya medical training college – isiolo campus
12. Kenya medical training college – iten campus
13. Kenya medical training college – kabarnet campus
14. Kenya medical training college – kakamega campus
15. Kenya medical training college – kapenguria campus
16. Kenya medical training college – kapkatet campus
17. Kenya medical training college – kilifi campus
18. Kenya medical training college – kisii campus
19. Kenya medical training college – kisumu campus
20. Kenya medical training college – kitale campus
21. Kenya medical training college – kitui campus
22. Kenya medical training college – loitokitok campus
23. Kenya medical training college – machakos campus
24. Kenya medical training college – makindu campus
25. Kenya medical training college – makueni campus
26. Kenya medical training college – meru campus
27. Kenya medical training college – mombasa campus
28. Kenya medical training college – mosoriot campus
29. Kenya medical training college – msambweni campus
30. Kenya medical training college – muranga campus
31. Kenya medical training college – mwingi campus
32. Kenya medical training college – nairobi campus
33. Kenya medical training college – nakuru campus
34. Kenya medical training college – nyahururu campus
35. Kenya medical training college – nyamira campus
36. Kenya medical training college – nyandarua campus
37. Kenya medical training college – nyeri campus
38. Kenya medical training college – port reitz campus
39. Kenya medical training college – siaya campus
40. Kenya medical training college – thika campus
41. Kenya medical training college – voi campus
42. Kenya medical training college – webuye campus

Bachelor of science in clinical medicine

A clinical medicine degree takes four years to complete and one year of mandatory internship. To be enrolled for the courses, you need a KCSE mean grade of at least C plus in KCSE, C plus in biology, C plus in chemistry, C plus in either mathematics or physics and C plus in English/Kiswahili.

Universities offering the course and cluster points

1. Egerton university
2. Great lakes university of kisumu
3. Jomo kenyatta university of agriculture and technology
4. Kabarak university
5. Kaimosi friends university
6. Kirinyaga university
7. Kisii university
8. Masinde muliro university of science & technology
9. Meru university of science and technology
10. Mount kenya university
11. University of kabianga
12. Uzima university

Cluster points for clinical medicine

Diploma courses do not have cluster points, however, the degree program cluster points range from 34 to 42. Note that cluster points per institution change from year to year.