KMPDC Council Exams case studies
KMPDC Council Exams · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) is the statutory body that regulates the training and practice of medicine and dentistry in Kenya through registration, licensing and inspections, working toward people-centred, quality and ethical healthcare. Its Council examinations are the assessment route by which candidates demonstrate the regulatory knowledge expected of practitioners and health-facility operators in Kenya. The KMPDC Council Exams case studies are 5 cases and about 2,295 words.
1Foreign-Trained Kenyan Doctor Seeking First Licence
Dr M is a Kenyan citizen who graduated in 2018 from a medical school in East Africa that appears on the Council’s approved list. She completed a 12-month internship in that country, obtained a certificate of good standing, and has worked for four years in emergency departments there.
460 words, about 2 min2Outpatient Clinic Seeking 24-Hour Maternity and Theatre Services
A private outpatient clinic in a peri-urban town is registered as a Level 3 facility. It now wants to provide 24-hour maternity care, minor surgery, and a six-bed inpatient ward.
429 words, about 2 min3New Medical School With Distributed Clinical Sites
A proposed private medical school plans to admit 50 students for a five-year programme. It has 12 full-time faculty and 30 part-time faculty, most of whom also work at a county referral hospital 90 km away.
427 words, about 2 min4Public Consultant Referring Patients to a Private Clinic
A consultant obstetrician is employed full-time by a public county hospital and also owns a private clinic two kilometres away. At the public antenatal clinic, she tells patients with private insurance that they should deliver at her clinic because it is ‘safer and faster’.
432 words, about 2 min5Impaired Surgeon and Unsafe Locum Cover
An orthopaedic surgeon at a private hospital has been on call for two consecutive nights. During a theatre list, the anaesthetist notices slurred speech, a tremor, and the smell of alcohol.
547 words, about 3 min