Kintampo College of Health 2018/2019 Admission Requirements

Kintampo College of Health 2018/2019 Admission Requirements, The College of Health and Wellbeing,Kintampo, formerly known as the Rural Health Training School runs about 14 different programmes.These programmes range from Certificate through to the Bachelors level and cover both preventive and curative health care. Some of the programmes are direct entry programmes (for SSSCE graduates) whilst others are Post basic Entry Programmes (for serving officers)

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Certificate Programmes

Field Technician (Community Health)

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)

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

Programmes which do not Require General Science as an Elective

Technical Officer (Health Information Option)

Technical Officer (Community Health – Disease Control & Surveillance Option)

Technical Officer (Community Health- Nutrition Option)

Technical Officer (Health Promotion and Social Marketing Option) – Direct Entry
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

Technical Officer (Health Information Option)

Technical Officer (Community Health – Disease Control& Surveillance Option)

Technical Officer (Community Health- Nutrition Option)

Technical Officer (Health Promotion and Social Marketing Option)
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
	a. At least one year
	rotation/internship/national
Technical Officer (Community Health –	rotation/internship/national		Certificate as a
Disease Control& Surveillance Option)	service		Certificate as a
Disease Control& Surveillance Option)	service
	b. Two years’ experience in a	1.		Field Technician
	relevant Basic area OR one	1.		Field Technician

Technical Officer (Community Health-		2.		Community Health Nurse
Technical Officer (Community Health-	year work experience upon a	2.		Community Health Nurse
Nutrition Option)	year work experience upon a	3.		Health Assistant Clinical
Nutrition Option)	request from a facility after	3.		Health Assistant Clinical
	request from a facility after	4.		Health Records Assistant
	internship.	4.		Health Records Assistant
Technical Officer (Health Promotion and	internship.
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
	i.	A practising officer and
		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-	3.	Health Assistant Clinical
			4.	Health Records Assistant

		deprived areas.
		deprived areas.	5.	Environmental Health
			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		Certificate as a
		Surgery Assistants with
BSc. Dental Therapy		two years work	1.		Registered Dental Surgery
		two years work
		experience will be
		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	BSc. in Community Medicine
Health (Clinical Psychiatry Option)		and must have worked	and Health.
		for at least two (2)	and Health.
		for at least two (2)
		years.

NB: Applicants must add their research proposal to the Application Form when submitting.