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Occupation type
Healthcare professional
Activity sectors
Primary care
Infection prevention and control
Triage
Patient safety
Emergency medicine
Public safety
Forensic medicine
Medical ethics
human rights
Reproductive health
Mental disorders
Patient advocacy
Pharmacovigilance
Disease surveillance
Community diagnosis
Contact tracing
Immunization
Palliative care
Clinical nutrition
Food safety
Pain management
Clinical supervision
Health Service Management
Sanitation
Internal medicine
Family medicine
Geriatrics
Paediatrics
Neonatology
Obstetrics
Gynaecology
Surgery
Orthopaedics
Traumatology
Oncology
Critical care medicine
Gastroenterology
Toxicology
Nephrology
Anaesthesiology
Otolaryngology
Ophthalmology
Dentistry
Neurology
Radiology
Psychiatry
Dermatology
Venereology
Respiratory medicine
Cardiovascular medicine
Haematology
Transfusion medicine
Tropical medicine
Community health
Environmental health
Rural health
Epidemiology
Occupational medicine
Clinical pharmacology
Therapeutics
Human anatomy
Medical physiology
Medical biochemistry
Molecular biology
Cellular biology
Medical genetics
Pathology
Medical microbiology
Medical parasitology
Sub-specialties
Health Systems Management
Quality assurance and Quality control
Health technology
Health economics
Global health
Disaster management
International health
Description
Competencies
Venipuncture
Medical history taking
Physical examination
Point-of-care testing
Medical diagnosis
Laboratory investigations
Radiological investigations
Medical ultrasound
Medical prescription
Medical procedures
Medical photography
Rehabilitation
Preventive healthcare
Health information management
Medical classification
Medical education
Health promotion
Health advocacy
Education required
Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery (3 years) + internship (1 year) + Clinical supervision (3 years), total 7 years or 331 weeks or 13240 hours[1]
BSc. Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4 years) + internship (1 year) + Clinical supervision (3 years), total 8 years or 376 weeks or 15040 hours[2]
Higher Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery (18 months or 68 weeks or 2700 hours)[3]
MSc. Clinical Medicine and Surgery (2 years or 90 weeks or 3600 hours)[4]
PhD. Clinical Medicine and Surgery (4 years or 180 weeks or 7200 hours)[5]
Fields of employment
Public service
Government agencies
Kenya Defense Forces
Nonprofit organizations
Humanitarian organizations
Health Management Organisations
Universities/Colleges
Hospitals
Clinics
Private practice
Teaching
Clinical research
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A clinical officer (CO) is a gazetted officer who is qualified and licensed to practice medicine.[6][7]
In Kenya the basic training for clinical officers starts after high school and takes four or five years ending on successful completion of a one-year internship in a teaching hospital and registration at the Clinical Officers Council where annual practice licenses are issued. This is followed by a three-year clinical apprenticeship under a senior clinical officer or a senior medical officer which must be completed and documented in the form of employment, resignation and recommendation letters before approval of practising certificates and Master Facility List numbers for their own private practices or before promotion from the entry level training grade for those who remain employed. A further two-year higher diploma training which is equivalent to a bachelor's degree in a medical specialty is undertaken by those who wish to leave general practice and specialize in one branch of medicine such as paediatrics, orthopaedics or psychiatry. Unique Master Facility List numbers are generated from a national WHO-recommended database at the Ministry of Health which receives and tracks health workload, performance and disease surveillance data from all public and private health facilities in the 47 counties. Clinical officers also run private practices using a license issued to them by the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council. Career options for clinical officers include general practice, specialty practice, health administration, community health and postgraduate training and research in the government or the private sector. Many clinical officers in the private sector are government contractors and subcontractors who provide primary care and hospital services to the public in their own private clinics or in public hospitals through contracts with the national government, county governments or other government entities such as the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF). Kenya has approximately 25,000 registered clinical officers for its 55 million people.
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