Nyahururu Medical Training college (NMTC)
Nyahururu Medical Training College (NMTC) is a training institution whose main aim is to train highly qualified and competent healthcare professionals who shall be able to offer holistic healthcare in Promotive, Preventive, Curative, and Rehabilitative services in Kenya and beyond.
Nyahururu Medical Training College (NMTC) is located at the boundary of Laikipia and Nyandarua Counties in Ziwani Estate, along Nyahururu –Nyeri Road. The college is located next to a river in the controlled development suburb of Ziwani in Nyahururu, 4 kilometers from Nyahururu Town, along Nyahururu – Nyeri road. The college is located 500 meters from the highway, thus ensuring that the college environment is quiet and at the same time accessible.
The NMTC college has modern learning and accommodation facilities. The college has a modern library operating on a KOHA library System.
The Nyahururu Medical Training College skills laboratory is furnished with modern patient simulators and mannequins. Our students experience a virtual patient interaction interface within the skills laboratory which is backed up with videos demonstrating patient assessment, management and care. This allows the students to develop vital skills before meeting patients at our clinical placement facilities.
Nyahururu Medical Treaining College is fully accredited as a tertiary institution by the following regulatory authorities:
All the members of Nyahururu MTC teaching staff have been registered and licensed to practice by the various regulatory bodies in Kenya, ensuring that they deliver the best. We ensure that our teaching staff, both full-time and part-time have clinical practice experience and renew their licenses as required by the respective regulatory bodies.
NMTC Mission: To train competent and committed health leaders, practitioners, and researchers.
NMTC Vision: To be a leading regional medical training college of excellence in multidisciplinary training, research and consultancy services.
NMTC Core Values
NMTC Motto: Entrusting Healthcare to Safe Hands
Nyahururu Medical Training College (NMTC) is located at the boundary of Laikipia and Nyandarua Counties in Ziwani Estate, along Nyahururu –Nyeri Road. It started its operations in February 2016 as a center for Continuing Professional Development for medical and health allied professionals. In July 2016, it was accredited by the Nursing Council of Kenya and admitted its pioneer class of thirty (30) students for training in the Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing (KRCHN) program.
In April 2017, NMTC was approved for the training in Diploma and Certificate in Health Records and Information Technology (HRIT). This was a major milestone for the college as it put the college on its path to becoming a comprehensive medical training college.
Further in July 2018, the college was approved to train Clinical Officers by the Clinical Officers Council. The training leads to a Diploma in Clinical Medicine and Surgery.
