Overview
Overview
Objective of the Programme
The Fellowship in Neonatal Medicine is a Clinical Fellowship program is designed to provide the learner with advanced knowledge and understanding of principles of evidence-based care, clinical skills, as well as professional and ethical behaviour essential for the practice of neonatal medicine.
Rationale of the Programme
Neonates contribute disproportionately towards child mortality in Kenya, and other low and lower-middle-income countries. The Neonatal Mortality rate in Kenya is 22 per 1000 live births and progress towards addressing this has been unacceptably slow. As part of the measures to reduce infant mortality and neonatal mortality, the Kenya government proposes to increase the number of paediatricians trained in neonatal medicine. Such neonatal specialists will take leadership in the comprehensive care of sick newborn babies. The proposed program, the first of its kind in the East African region, will, therefore, play a key role in addressing Kenya’s and the region’s need for neonatologists.
Structure
Structure
The fellowship training program will cover a minimum of 2 and a maximum of 4 calender years.
Mode Of Delivery
The course shall be delivered through participation in clinical sessions, lectures, seminars, tutorials, case conferences, clinic-pathological conferences, journal clubs, case reports, practical demonstrations, supervised clinical work, and self-directed learning, routine clerkship, grand round participation, delivery room care, resuscitation case presentations, journal article review and discussion, specimen collection watching/assisting/performing procedures, whose complexity is within expected skills participating in management of complicated cases.
Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
The common admissions regulations for Postgraduate Fellowship training at the University of Nairobi shall apply.
Individuals eligible for admission into the program shall, in addition, fulfil the following conditions:
- Hold a Masters of Medicine degree in Paediatrics and Child Health of the University of Nairobi or equivalent qualification from an institution recognized by the University of Nairobi Senate.
- Be eligible for registration with the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board of Kenya.
- Applicants whose language of instruction for the basic medical degree was not English, will be required to show evidence of proficiency in English language such as the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOFEL) certificate.
- Possess a valid professional indemnity cover during the full period of training.
- Possess a certificate of good conduct from the Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board or equivalent body from the county of origin for foreign candidates.
- Pass an application and interview process.
Applicant are required to register and apply online through the link below
Click Here To Apply
There is one intake per academic year in the month of September.
CONTACT PERSON
DR BRIAN MAUGO
DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS AND CHILD HEALTH
P.O.BOX 19676-00202
TEL NO : 0204915046
Email : dept-paediatrcs@uonbi.ac.ke
Careers
Careers
Career Prospects
At the end of this training students will specialize in new-born medicine.
ATTACHMENT OPPORTUNITIES
KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL
MBAGATHI HOSPITAL
KIJABE MISSION HOSPITAL
KISII TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
Notable Alumni
1. Dr Felistas Makokha
2. Dr Maureen Muriithi
3. Dr Sarah Ngugi Kujuju
4. Dr Priscilla Koech
5. Dr Patricia Muriithi
6. Dr Simat Koriata
7. Dr Dan Araro
Fees and Funding
Year 1
Composite Fee Fee in Kshs.
Registration fee Kshs 2,000.00
ID card Kshs 500.00
Tuition fees Kshs. 250,000
Supervision Kshs 6,000.00
Written exam Kshs 5,000.00
Computer fee Kshs 5,000.00
Activity fee Kshs 2,000.00
Medical fee Kshs 5,000.00
Library Kshs 3,000.00
Caution money Kshs 5,000.00
Total fees year 1 Kshs. 283,500
Year 2
Composite Fee Fee in Kshs.
Registration fee Kshs 2,000.00
ID card Kshs 500.00
Tuition fees Kshs. 250,000
Supervision Kshs 6,000.00
Written exam Kshs 5,000.00
Computer fee Kshs 5,000.00
Activity fee Kshs 2,000.00
Medical fee Kshs 5,000.00
Library Kshs 3,000.00
Total fees Year 2 Kshs 278,500.00
Other charges
- Late application fee: Kshs.4,000.00
- Extended registration period: Kshs.3,000.00 per annum
- Extended correction period: Kshs.1,000.00 per three months
- Extended revision period: Kshs.3,000.00 per annum
- Extended supervision: Kshs.6,000.00
- Examination for revised project report: Kshs.9,000.00
- All fees due should be paid before registration can be affected
Fee Structure for Foreign Students
Year 1
Composite Fee Fee in USD
Registration fee $25
ID card $6.25
Tuition fees $3,125
Supervision $75
Written exam $62.5
Computer fee $62.5
Activity fee $25
Medical fee $62.5
Library $37.5
Caution money $62.5
Total fees year 1 $3,543.75
Year 2
Composite Fee Fee in USD
Registration fee $25
ID card $6.25
Tuition fees $3,125
Supervision $75
Written exam $6.25
Computer fee $6.25
Activity fee $25
Medical fee $62.5
Library $37.5
Total fees Year 2 $3,481.25
Other charges
- Late application fee: $50
- Extended registration period: $37.5 per annum
- Extended correction period: $ 12.5 per three months
- Extended revision period: $37.5 per annum
- Extended supervision: $75
- Examination for revised project report: $112.5
- All fees due should be paid before registration can be affected
- Foreign fellows to add 25% on all the charges
*Fees for international fellows from countries outside the Partner states of the Northern Corridor Integration Project (Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan) add an additional 25% on all charges. Other international students will pay an additional 50% of the fees.
