Certificate in Health Records Level 5

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Course Overview

Certificate in Health Records Level 5 is a Competency-based TVET program that is offered at Amref International Training Center (The Amref International University-TVET Directorate). The course is designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge necessary to manage and maintain medical records, patient registration, apply data collection, performing daily bed returns in hospitals , disease coding and indexing and to understand the principles of health information management and the complexity of the healthcare systems, to work in both private and public informatic sectors of the economy.

Entry Requirements

Minimum Entry Requirements 

An individual entering this course should have met the following minimum requirements:  

Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) overall mean grade C- (Minus)  

and in addition to have met in the following Cluster subjects:  

English/Kiswahili C-(Minus),  

Biology/Biological science D+ 

Mathematics D+  

Chemistry/ Physics /Home science/Geography/Agriculture D+  

or 

Level 5 qualification in Health records and IT   

Or 

Any other international qualifications should get approval from the Kenya National Qualification Authority (KNQA) 

 

Our students will have their exams administered internally by Amref International Training Center (AITC) and an external exam administered by TVET/CDACC.

Duration: 2 Academic years

Intakes:

January, May and September

Assessment

Formative and Summative 

Certification:  

Certificates shall be issued by TVET CDACC 

Upon completion of the Certificate in Health Records, students will be able to:

Apply the principles of health informatics to manage and maintain medical records
Analyze epidemiological disease patterns and trends
Use advanced statistics to interpret health data
Manage health systems and resources
Apply health economics to healthcare decision-making
Monitor and evaluate health projects

Graduates of the Certificate in Health Records can pursue a variety of careers in the healthcare industry, including:

Health information officer
Medical data analyst
Health Case manager
Health informatics specialist
Health economist
Project manager