Program Offered

Nursing and Midwifery Program

Empower lives with our Nursing and Midwifery program, training you to provide compassionate, expert care in a variety of healthcare settings. Join us in shaping the future of patient care and maternal health.

This is a 36-Month-full-time Program.

  • Candidates should be at least 16 years and not exceeding 45 years of age
  • Candidates should have a valid Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) or its equivalent with four credits in English, Biology, and Physical Science or chemistry or physics plus one of the following science subjects: Mathematics, Agriculture; Geography; Home Economics, General Science.
  • NOTE: If Mathematics is not a credit, it should at least be a strong pass of 7 points.

 PROGRAM OUTCOMES:

Upon completion of the program, the nursing and midwifery technician shall be able to:

  • Practice independent, interdepends, dependent functions of the nursing midwifery technician within the prescribed scope of practice.
  • Assume responsibility and accountability for own actions and omissions when providing nursing and midwifery care.
  • Assume responsibility for own continuing professional development.
  • Utilize effective communication skills when interacting with client/patient and members of the health care team to provide quality client/patient care.
  • Provide comprehensive evidence based nursing and communities using and midwifery management process.
  • Utilize knowledge from biological, physical and behavior sciences as a basis for providing comprehensive and competent nursing and midwifery care in a variety of settings.
  • Participating in advocating for resources and safe work environment required to provide patient care.

 

OBJECTIVES:

  • To contribute towards a regular supply of healthy personnel for health units within Malawi.
  • To provide students with knowledge, skills and appropriate attitude towards caring for the sick.
  • To expose students to appropriately varied clinical and community experiences to enhance learning.
  • To enable students personal and spiritual development.
  • To male available materials and resources for learning.
  • To promote awareness of the sacredness of life. 

Clinical Medicine Certificate

Step into the world of healthcare with our Clinical Medicine program, designed to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge to diagnose, treat, and manage medical conditions. Prepare to make a real difference in patient care and become a trusted healthcare professional.

This is a full-time 24-month Program.

  • Candidates should be at least 17 years old and not exceeding 40 years of age
  • Candidates should have a valid Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) or its equivalent with four credits including English and three from the following science subjects: Biology, Mathematics, Physical science: Chemistry or Physics

OBJECTIVES:

  • To contribute towards a regular supply of healthy personnel for Health units within Malawi.
  • To provide students with knowledge, skills and appropriate attitude towards caring for the sick.
  • To expose students to appropriately varied clinical and community experience to enhance learning.
  • To enable students personal and spiritual development.
  • To male available materials and resources for learning.
  • To promote awareness of the sacredness of life.

PROGRAM OUTCOMES:

By the end of two year program the graduate should be able to:

  • Take precise medical history from patients/clients.
  • Perform accurate physical examination.
  • Diagnose commonly occurring diseases/conditions.
  • Perform a range of basic clinical procedures which are within a Medical Assistant area of competency.
  • Screen under five children for growth and development.
  • Manage Nutrition related disorders.
  • Provide relevant reproductive health services.
  • Provide promotive, preventive and rehabilitative and follow up services to individual patient and community. 
  • Provide health service professionally.
  • Supervise staff within his/her catchment area.
  • Organize meeting in his /her facility.
  • Collect, analyze, compile, report and use health management information system.
  • Organize patients for DHMT’s outreach clinic.
  • Conduct community diagnosis.
  • Maintain a high standard of professional ethics and conduct.
  • Apply principles of professional ethics and conduct in all aspects of professional life. 

Pharmacy Program

Unlock the power of medicine with our Pharmacy program, where you’ll learn to manage pharmaceutical care, ensure the safe use of medications, and contribute to public health. Build a rewarding career as a vital part of the healthcare system.

This is a 24-Month-full-time Program.

  • Candidates should be at least 17 years and not exceeding 45 years of age
  • Candidates should have a valid Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) or its equivalent with a strong pass in English and Two credits in Science subjects, namely, Biology, Mathematics, and Physical Science or (as separate subjects; chemistry or physics)

OUTCOMES 

By the end of the course the graduate should be able to:

  • Compile medicine and medical supplies reports for the village clinics.
  • Produce LMS report according to MHCLSOP guidelines.
  • Receive pharmaceuticals according to laid down procedures.
  • Store pharmaceuticals according to MHCLSOP storage guidelines.
  • Document all pharmaceutical transactions.
  • Dispense medicines.

OBJECTIVES

  • To contribute towards a regular supply of healthy personnel for health units within Malawi.
  • To provide student with knowledge, skills and appropriate attitude towards caring for the sick.
  • To expose students to appropriately varied  clinical and community experiences to enhance learning .
  • To enable students personal and spiritual development.
  • To male available materials and resources for learning.
  • To promote awareness of the sacredness of life.

Public Health

To produce Public Health Technicians who shall be able to apply knowledge, skills and appropriate attitudes in prevention, control, elimination and eradication of diseases, as well as employ information communication technologies for managing health information systems relevant to public health programs.

First route: The candidate should have Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) or its equivalent with four credits which include English and any two science subjects.

Second route  : The candidate should have post-secondary qualifications obtained from recognized and accredited institution in the relevant area of study. Admission will depend on the admission committee’s review of transcript and consideration of courses done and accumulated credit hours.

Diploma in Clinical Medicine Upgrading

The upgrading diploma in clinical medicine is a response to Ministry of Health needs to improve quality clinical care at district, community and health centre levels. It shall be an 18months program that will lead to the award of Diploma in Clinical Medicine and a one year of internship. The course will be undertaken at St Johns Institute campus on both residential and non-residential basis. The program is organized by semesters where each semester will be of 22 weeks duration. The first semester will be devoted to didactic instruction of basic sciences, bridging and core modules in greater depth. That will immediately be followed by a full-time clinical placement at Mzuzu central hospital. This is a major placement where students will be rotating every 6 weeks for a total of 24 weeks in four departments of Surgery, medicine, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology. After the major placement students will have another didactic instruction for minor modules that will be followed by clinical placements in

Departments of Dermatology, Anesthesia, mental health. The last placement will be done in few selected district hospitals as district and community experience.

Aim of the Programme

The program aims at producing a graduate in clinical medicine who have the necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes in preventing, curing common diseases/conditions and capable to provide rehabilitative health care in order to promote health.

Program Learning Outcomes 

Upon completion of the training the graduate should be able to:

Intellectual skills (Cognitive)

  • Take precise medical history from patients/clients
  • Apply appropriate clinical pharmacological principles in the selection of drugs and treatment of commonly occurring diseases and conditions
  • Apply Primary Health care concept in the community

Psychomotor

  • Perform a thorough physical examination
  • Formulate a differential diagnosis based on the findings from history and physical examination
  • Diagnose commonly occurring diseases/conditions
  • Manage commonly occurring medical/pediatric illnesses and conditions
  • Provide pre-conceptional, antenatal, intrapartum and postpartum care
  • Manage and/or refer common obstetric and gynecological conditions and emergencies
  • Interpret common laboratory/radiology tests or investigations
  • Competently perform medical and surgical procedures considered essential in the area of practice

Affective outcomes

  • Create a therapeutic and ethically sound relationship with patients and their families
  • Exhibit culturally sensitive and acceptable behavior when interacting with patients, family and other caregivers
  • Adhere to ethical, legal and regulatory requirements of the profession System- Based Practice
  • Develop an awareness of one’s own limitations and seek timely assistance/ consultation/referral when appropriate

Application

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