QUALIFICATION TITLE
Diploma in Clinical Medicine
(Clinical Officer General)
The diploma in Clinical Medicine qualification will enable students graduate to practice as professional Clinical Officer General. COGs provide a wide range of services in the clinical field and non-clinical areas.
The profession seeks to provide a robust training program that will meet the emerging and enormous challenges in the health care delivery.
There’s a good number of career opportunities for appropriately qualified COGs both locally and internationally.
QUALIFICATION TYPE, LEVEL AND DURATION
1. Qualification type – Diploma
2. Level of qualification – Zambia qualification framework (ZQF) Level 6
3. Duration of training – 3 years
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
1. Senior Secondary Education Certificate or its equivalents with 5 ‘O’ levels at credit or better
2. 5 ‘O’ Levels should include English Language, Mathematics and a Science
3. The minimum age shall be 16 years.
AIMS OF THE PROGRAMME
The essence of training a Clinical Officer is to develop an officer who shall have acquired competence to:
1. Demonstrate knowledge of basic sciences that support the development of competence in clinical skills, practical procedures, investigating patients, and health promotion and disease prevention.
2. Perform common nursing procedures.
3. Provide first aid for common conditions in the community.
4. Take a medical history and conduct physical examinations of patients, interpret the findings, and formulate differential diagnosis.
5. Conduct child health activities and manage the sick child competently.
6. Manage common medical, surgical, obstetrical and gynaecological conditions.
7. Manage common psychiatry conditions and conduct mental health promotion.
8. Manage and participate in community health services.
9. Manage a health service facility.
10. Provide and manage medical services in an ethical manner.
11. Participate in health related research activities and translate the findings into community health action