The Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) has revealed that international recruitment firms have developed a keen interest in students specialising in key courses at the institution apart from Nursing.
According to the KMTC CEO Dr.
Kelly Oluoch, recruitment firms from abroad, particularly in the US and UK, are keen on recruiting students who have specialised in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Clinical Medicine, Medical Laboratory Sciences, and Nutrition and Dietetics.
Oluoch, while addressing delegates on Thursday, further spotlighted that there has been a significant upswing in international job placement for KMTC graduates in the past year. According to the CEO, there has been a 50% spike in international job verification requests, with the college having processed 3,249 job verification requests in 2024.
