Clinical Medicine

Clinical medicine is a field of medicine that deals primarily with the practice and study of medicine based on the direct examination of the patient. This is in contrast to other science fields that focus more on the theoretical and basics of medical science.

Clinical medicine is very common form of medicine, where it represents the general clinician responsibilities towards patients. The ways of treatment and understanding patient’s problems is very important to understand the disease. Thus clinical medicine has an important role in diagnosis process.

This is a three years clinical medicine training course, using NACTE approved curriculum. It is divided into three NTA levels, 4, 5 and 6. Each level is done in one academic year, divided into two semesters.

NTA level 4 – First Semester

Code Module Title 
CMT04101Communication Skills and Customer Care
CMT04102Human Anatomy 
CMT04103Human Physiology 
CMT04104Epidemiology and Biostatistics
CMT04105Computer Applications
CMT04106Medical Ethics and Professionalism 
CMT04107Microbiology, Parasitology and Entomology

NTA Level 4 – Second Semester

Code Module Title 
CMT04208Clinical Nutrition
CMT04209Clinical Skills 
CMT04210Pathology 
CMT04211Clinical Laboratory
CMT04212Patient Care

NTA Level 5 – First Semester 

Code Module Title 
CMT05101Clinical Pharmacology
CMT05102Internal Medicine I
CMT05103Pediatrics and Child Health I
CMT05104Obstetrics and Gynaecology I
CMT05105Health Promotion
CMT05106Counseling

NTA Level 5 – Second Semester

Code Module Title 
CMT05207Reproductive and Child Health
CMT05208Obstetrics and Gynaecology II
CMT05209Surgery
CMT05210Internal Medicine II
CMT05211Paediatrics and Child Health II

NTA Level 6 – First Semester

Code Module Title 
CM106101Entrepreneurship and Life Skills
CMT06102Leadership and Management
CMT06103Operational Research
CMT06104Basics of Forensic Medicine
CMT06105Surgical Specialties

NTA Level 6 – Second Semester

Code Module Title 
CM106206Apprenticeship in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
CMT06207Apprenticeship in Surgery
CMT06208Apprenticeship in Internal Medicine
CMT06209Apprenticeship in Paediatrics and Child Health