International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) Undergraduate Courses/Prgrammes available for admission has been released. The Undergraduate Courses at International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) has released the Application Forms for the admission exercise.
Prospective candidates have a wide range of Undergraduate programmes to choose from, applicants should carefully make choices they are qualified for. International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) Undergraduate Admission certain requirements are required, and failure to meet such requirements could serve as a hindrance to the applicant’s admission into the Undergraduate school. You can see details of Undergraduate admission requirements here.
International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) Undergraduate Courses / Programmes Available for Admission –
The following is the list of programmes available for the International Medical and Technological University (IMTU) Undergraduate admission for academic session.
Faculty of Medicine
B.Sc MLT:
The main objective of the B.Sc MLT program is to produce a high-level manpower cadre at Bachelor degree level (B.Sc) in the field of Medical Laboratory Technology and it is run under the Faculty of Medicine. On successful completion of the program the candidates will be awarded the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Medical Laboratory Technology (B.Sc MLT).
The course consists of 6 semesters in which they learn:
- Biochemistry
- Anatomy
- Physiology
- Microbiology, virology and immunology
- Parasitology and entomology
- Developmental studies
- Lab Animal handling
- Pathology
- Epidemiology and research
- Blood transfusion
- Cyto-pathology & Histo-pathology
Post-Graduate
Postgraduate Diploma in PalliativeMedicine
Introduction
The Distance Learning Postgraduate Diploma in Palliative Medicine (PGDPM) is a one year program organized into two semesters of 20 weeks each. The total number of hours for the program is 1600. This includes the examinations.
Objectives:
The objectives of the program is to achieve the following goals
- – To form a flexible course that is responsive to the dynamic and rapidly changing world of work and society.
- – To provide quality, cultural sensitive and standard Palliative care knowledge, skills and attitudes that is vital to learners, employers and the community.
- – To build capacity to participate in implementation of the National health policy, Global Palliative care declarations and World health Organization call for universal access to Cancer and HIV/AIDS care and support.
- – To encourage team work and self-motivation to enable graduates to perform efficiently and aspire for a higher level training.
- – To propagate and promote moral, legal and ethical code of conduct among PGDPM graduates to perform their practice diligently.
Faculty of Nursing
ordinary Diploma in Nursing (NTA Level 6 & NTA Level 4 – 6)
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Certificate in Nursing (NTA Level 4 – 5) Program:
The Faculty of Nursing, in line with the Tanzanian vision of 2025 which aims at achieving high quality livelihood of all Tanzanians, is currently running two Programs on Diploma in Nursing namely: Post-basic ordinary diploma in nursing for In-service trainees which runs for one year, and Generic diploma in nursing for direct entrants which runs for three years. In line with government strategy of increasing man power, the Prospective Faculty of Nursing endeavors to produce in-service and pre-service diploma nurses who are competent in knowledge, skills and attitudes in order to provide quality health nursing services to the Tanzanian population as well as outside the boundary of Tanzania.
- i. Biochemistry and Genetics
- ii. Parasitology and Entomology
- iii. Pharmacology
- iv. Ethics and legal issues in Health Care
- v. Midwifery
- vi. Health Policies and Guidelines
- vii. Medical and Surgical Nursing
- viii.Leadership and Management
- ix. Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- x. Entrepreneurship
- xi. Research
- xii. Mental Health Nursing
- • The curriculum model/framework depicts the essential components of nursing that the learner will assimilate and integrate as she/he evolves through the one/three years of the program.
- • The Diploma of Nursing program is designed to provide an innovative education which is responsive to society needs and demands, while not compromising both learner and professional needs and demands.
- • The student is the central focus of the nursing educational program. Within a learning environment, the learner will acquire knowledge, professional attitudes and competencies.
The curricula design for both Programs is a competence-based. They were developed by the Nursing Training Section of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare in collaboration with the National Council for Technical Education (NACTE) in order to ensure consistence with other training institutions in the country offering the same Programs.
B.Sc Nursing: (Four Year Generic Program)&Post Basic B.Sc Nursing: (Three year Program): The Bachelor of Nursing program is designed to provide an innovative education which is responsive to society needs and demands, while not compromising both learner and professional needs and demands. The student is the central focus of the nursing educational program. Within a learning environment, the learner will acquire knowledge, professional attitudes and competencies.
The generic B.Sc Nursing program is a four year (eight semesters) program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree of this University. The training is followed by a one year internship program at a hospital approved by the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare.
The post-basic B.Sc Nursing program is a three year (six semesters) program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree of this University.The entrants must be nurses registered with the Tanzania Nurses and Midwives Council.
The biomedical courses are taught mainly during the first four semesters are:
- Anatomy
- Biochemistry
- Physiology
- Microbiology, virology and immunology
- Parasitology
- Developmental studies
- Clinical Pharmacology
- Pathology
Along with biomedical courses the students are made to learn different subjects related to their development in profession like;
- Leadership and Management
- Language and writing skills
- Behavior Sciences and Biostatistics
- Professional communication skills
Nursing courses are done in a concentric manner over the entire training they are;
- Community Health Nursing
- Fundamentals of Nursing
- Nursing Research
- Mental Health Nursing
- Medical and Surgical Nursing
- Pediatric Nursing
- Principles of Nursing
- Advocacy Counseling
The main aim of the program is:
- To offer higher educational and professional training in nursing care of patients, family and community care in order to produce competent nurse practitioners and the role models in clinical practice, administration, teaching and research.
- To produce graduates who will demonstrate sound knowledge, skills and attitudes pertaining to nursing and midwifery care utilizing evidence based practice; exhibit managerial communication, reflective and creative skills in order to handle the growing health care needs nationally, regionally and internationally in a professional, moral and ethical manner.
The curriculum design for both programs is a competence-based curriculum. The curriculum model / framework of the Faculty of Nursingdepict the essential components of nursing that the learner will assimilate and integrate as she / he evolves through the three / four years of the program.