The Diploma in Clinical Medical Sciences Programme is structured in a way that allows infusion of both theory and practical training activities for students. The programme extends over a period of three years and runs in a semester system. Each academic year is divided in two semesters.
The practical sessions are at the ends of the first semester of year one, second semester of year one and the second semester of year two. Students undertake these practical attachments at appropriate health facilities. The final year of study involves clinical attachment in various speciality fields of clinical practice that includes clerkships in internal medicine, surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology as well as paediatrics and child health. In addition, there are rotations in other specialty areas that include: ophthalmology, ENT, psychiatry, dermatology and dentistry.
