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Ahaki Institute of Health Sciences
ADMISSIONS

SHORT COURSES

PROFESSIONAL COURSES

Short Courses

Build targeted, in-demand skills without interrupting your career. AIHS short courses are designed for practising health professionals, students, and health sector staff who need focused, practical learning — fast. Courses run from one week to six months, with blended and in-person delivery options. Each course is CPD-accredited and earns you verified credits towards professional licence renewal with Uganda’s Allied Health Professionals Council, Nurses and Midwives Council, and Pharmacy Council. Leave with a certificate, CPD points, and skills you can apply immediately.

AIHS faculty member teaching a lecture at Ahaki Institute

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

Rationale

Africa’s health systems need a workforce that keeps learning — but most CPD options are expensive, inaccessible, or disconnected from frontline realities. AIHS short courses close that gap with practical, affordable, system-aligned training built around what health workers in Uganda and across the region actually need.

Programme Objectives

  • Apply updated clinical, technical, or public health skills directly within their practice setting and meet mandatory CPD requirements for professional licence renewal.
  • Gain a clear pathway into AIHS diploma, higher diploma, and postgraduate programmes.

Entry Requirements

  • Clinical and laboratory tracks: a relevant certificate, diploma, or degree and active professional registration.
  • Group and institutional enrolment available for organisations commissioning in-house training.
  • Specific prerequisites are listed on each course page.
  • Community health and health systems tracks: Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE) plus relevant work experience.
  • NGO staff, development partners, and health managers: contact admissions to confirm eligibility.

Programme Structure

01

Short intensives (1–2 weeks): full-time, face-to-face. Emergency skills, safe phlebotomy, BLS, infection prevention and control.

02

Blended courses (4–12 weeks): online theory plus supervised practicum. Community mental health, M&E, adherence counselling, health records.

03

Extended professional courses (3–6 months): blended with significant supervised practice. Echocardiography, point-of-care ultrasound, regional anaesthesia, occupational health.

04

All courses conclude with a competency-based assessment. Successful candidates receive a CPD-accredited AIHS Certificate of Completion.

INVESTMENT

Fees Structure

Short intensives (1–2 weeks), blended courses (4–12 weeks), and extended professional courses (3–6 months) each have their own fee range — contact Admissions for current rates. Group rates are available for three or more participants, and payment plans are available on request.