Kintampo College of Health 2022/2023 Programmes and Requirements

Kintampo College of Health 2022/2023 Programmes and Requirements

Kintampo College of Health 2022/2023 Programmes and Requirements, there are several courses offered at Kintampo College of Health. The requirements for the individual courses are to serve as a guide for prospective students in applying to the university for for the various courses.

PROGRAMMES OFFERED

1. COMMUNITY MEDICINE & HEALTH (PHYSICIAN/MEDICAL ASSISTANT)*
2. COMMUNITY ORAL HEALTH & MEDICINE(REGISTERED DENTAL SURGERY ASSISTANTS)
3. MEDICAL LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY*
4. HEALTH INFORMATION
5. HEALTH PROMOTION
6. NUTRITION
7. DISEASE CONTROL
8. HEALTH RECORDS MANAGEMENT
9. FIELD TECHNICIAN

Requirements for all courses at Kintampo College of Health

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
Certificate Programmes

2. Field Technician (Community Health)
3. Health Records Management

Requirements for Certificate Programmes

	ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
	WASSCE	SSSCE
Age	18 – 35 years
Overall Aggregate	A cutoff aggregate score of Forty Eight	A cutoff aggregate score of Thirty
	(48) or better in six subjects, comprising	Six(30) or better in six subjects,
	3 core and 3 elective	comprising  3 core and 3 elective
Core Subjects and Minimum	AT LEAST credits(A1-E8) in three core	AT LEAST Passes (A-E) in three core
Grades	subjects	subjects
	i.e. English, Mathematics and	i.e English, Mathematics and
	Integrated Science.	Integrated Science.
Elective Subjects and Minimum	AT LEAST passes (A1-E8) in three	AT LEAST passes (A-E) in three
Grades	Elective subjects	Elective subjects

Diploma Programmes
Requirements for entry into these programmes vary according to the programme offered.

• Direct Entry (using SSSCE or WASSCE) Programmes requiring General Science as an elective
• Direct Entry (using SSSCE or WASSCE) Programmes which do not require General Science as an elective
• Post Basic Entry (for serving officers)

1. Direct Entry Diploma Programmes

Programmes Requiring General Science as an Elective Technical Officer (Medical Laboratory Technology)

 Requirements for Programmes which require General Science as an Elective

		ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
		WASSCE	SSCE
Age		18 – 35 years
Overall Aggregate		An aggregate score of thirty (30) or	An aggregate score of Twenty Four
		better in six subjects, comprising  3	(24) or better in six subjects,
		core and 3 elective	comprising  3 core and 3 elective
Core Subjects and Minimum		Credits (A1 – C6) in three Core	Credits (A– D) in three Core Subjects
Grades		Subjects i.e. English, Mathematics	i.e. English, Mathematics and
		and Integrated Science.	Integrated Science.
Elective Subjects and Minimum		Credits (A1 – C6) in three Science	Credits(A– D) in three Science
Grades		Elective Subjects. i.e. Biology,	Elective Subjects. i.e. Biology,
		Physics, Chemistry	Physics, Chemistry

1. Programmes which do not Require General Science as an Elective
2. Technical Officer (Health Information Option)
3. Technical Officer (Community Health – Disease Control & Surveillance Option)

4. Technical Officer (Community Health- Nutrition Option)
5. Technical Officer (Health Promotion and Social Marketing Option) – Direct Entry
6. Technical Officer (Dental Surgery)

 Requirements for Programmes which do not require General Science as an Elective

	ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
	WASSCE			SSCE
Age		18 – 35 years
Overall Aggregate	An aggregate score of thirty six	(36) or	An aggregate score of Twenty Four
	better in six subjects, comprising	3 core and	(24) or better in six subjects,
	3 elective		comprising  3 core and 3 elective
Core Subjects and Minimum	Credits (A1 – C6) in three Core Subjects i.e.	Credits (A– D) in three Core Subjects
Grades	English, Mathematics and Integrated	i.e. English, Mathematics and
	Science.		Integrated Science.
Elective Subjects and Minimum	Credits (A1 – C6) in three Elective Subjects.	Credits (A – D) in three Electives
Grades			Subjects.

Post Basic Entry Programmes

1. Technical Officer (Health Information Option)
2. Technical Officer (Community Health – Disease Control& Surveillance Option)

4. Technical Officer (Community Health- Nutrition Option)
5. Technical Officer (Health Promotion and Social Marketing Option)
6. Community Mental Health

Age: Not more than 50 years, Subject to medical fitness

	PROGRAMME			SERVICE REQUIREMENT				QUALIFICATION REQ
	Technical Officer (Health Information
	Option)			a.   At least one year
				rotation/internship/national
	Technical Officer (Community Health –					Certificate as a
	Disease Control& Surveillance Option)			service
				b.   Two years’ experience in a		1.	Field Technician
				relevant Basic area OR one
	Technical Officer (Community Health-				2.	Community Health Nurse
			year work experience upon a
	Nutrition Option)				3.	Health Assistant Clinical
			request from a facility after
					4.	Health Records Assistant
				internship.
	Technical Officer (Health Promotion and
	Social Marketing Option)
	Technical Officer (Dental Surgery)
	Community Mental Health

Diploma Community Mental Health – 2 Years
( Previously Community Mental Health – 1 year)

 Requirements for Diploma Community Mental Health

	PROGRAMME			SERVICE REQUIREMENT			QUALIFICATION REQ
			i.	A practising officer and		Certificate as a
				must  have served two		1.	Field Technician
				years minimum in		2.	Community Health Nurse
	Community Mental Health			deprived areas or three		3.	Health Assistant Clinical
			years minimum in non-
			4.	Health Records Assistant
				deprived areas.
					5.	Environmental Health
							Assistant

NB: Foreign students may be considered for admission if they hold qualification equivalent to those stated above, proved they are proficient in English, Equivalent qualifications include; A-levels, High School Certificate. Applicants will be required to pass an entrance examination before gaining admission to the programme

 Direct Entry Bsc. Community Medicine and Health – 4 years

(Previously Direct Medical Assistant)

Requirements for Direct Entry Bsc. Community Medicine and Health

	ENTRY REQUIREMENTS (BSc.Community Medicine & Health – Direct Entry)
	WASSCE				SSCE
Age			18 – 35 years
Overall Aggregate	An aggregate score of thirty (36) or better	An aggregate score of Twenty Four
	in six subjects, comprising  3 core and 3	(24) or better in six subjects,
	elective	comprising  3 core and 3 elective
Core Subjects and Minimum	Credits (A1 – C6) in three Core Subjects i.e.	Credits (A– D) in three Core Subjects
Grades	English, Mathematics and Integrated	i.e. English, Mathematics and
	Science.	Integrated Science.
Elective Subjects and Minimum	Credits (A1 – C6) in three Elective Subjects,	Credits (A – D) in three Electives
Grades	Physics, Chemistry and Biology only	Subjects. Physics, Chemistry and
				Biology only

Post Basic BSc. Community Medicine and Health -2 years

(Previously Post Basic Medical Assistant)
Age: Not more than 50 years, Subject to medical fitness

 Programme Specific Requirements for Post basic programmes

	PROGRAMME		SERVICE REQUIREMENT			QUALIFICATION REQ
	Community Medicine & Health		a.   At least one year		Diploma as a
			rotation/internship/national service	1.	Registered General Nurse
	(BSc)		b.   Two years’ experience in a relevant	2.	Registered Mental Nurse
			Basic area OR one year work	3.	Registered Midwife
			experience upon a request from a
			facility after internship.

NB: Graduate Nurses from the Universities can also apply for the Post Basic Programmes
Direct Entry BSc. Community Mental Health – 4 Years

Requirement for Direct Entry Bsc. Community Mental Health

	ENTRY REQUIREMENTS (BSc.Community Mental Health – Direct Entry)
	WASSCE			SSCE
Age		18 – 35 years
Overall Aggregate	An aggregate score of thirty (36) or better	An aggregate score of Twenty Four (24) or
	in six subjects, comprising  3 core and 3		better in six subjects, comprising  3 core and
	elective		3 elective

Core Subjects and Minimum	Credits (A1 – C6) in three Core Subjects i.e.	Credits (A– D) in three Core Subjects i.e.
Grades	English, Mathematics and Integrated	English, Mathematics and Integrated Science.
	Science.
Elective Subjects and Minimum	Credits (A1 – C6) in three elective subjects	Credits (A – D) in three elective subjects the
Grades	the following: General Arts, General	following: General Arts, General
	Science, Home Economics (Food	Science, Home Economics (Food
	and Nutrition Option) and	and Nutrition Option) and Agricultural
	Agricultural Science (excluding crop	Science (excluding crop and animal
	and animal husbandry).	husbandry).

NB: Foreign students may be considered for admission if they hold qualification equivalent to those stated above and prove that they are proficient in English. Equivalent qualifications include; A-levels, High School Certificate, Bachelors Degree in Science (BSc.).
BSc. Dental Therapy

Requirements for BSc. Dental Therapy

PROGRAMME		SERVICE REQUIREMENT				QUALIFICATION REQ
	i.	Registered Dental			Certificate as a
		Surgery Assistants with
BSc. Dental Therapy		two years work		1.	Registered Dental Surgery
		experience will be
					Assistant.
		admitted to level 300

NB: In the case of foreign students, their equivalent qualifications may be considered for admission by the college.
The applicant should prove they are proficient in English.

Requirements for MSc. Community Medicine and Health (Clinical Psychiatry Option)

PROGRAMME	SERVICE REQUIREMENT	QUALIFICATION REQ

	i.	Applicants must have
		BSc. in Community
		Medicine and Health	Certificate as a
MSc. Community Medicine and		(Physician Assistant)	BSc. in Community Medicine
Health (Clinical Psychiatry Option)		and must have worked
	and Health.
		for at least two (2)
		years.
NB: Applicants must add their research proposal to the Application Form when submitting.