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Introduction to Human Psychology
Introduction to human psychology: psychology as a science, the models used in the discipline, its scope, and the basic concepts of behaviour, motive, drive, instinct, attitude, prejudice and values, with the application to the management of patients and clients.
Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to sociology for health students: the origin of the discipline and how it grew country by country, what sociology studies, the relationship between sociology and other sciences, culture, socialisation, social structure and social institutions.
Medical Sociology
Medical sociology notes: illness as a social concept, the sick role, the relationship between the patient and the health worker, the social determinants of health and disease, and how hospitals and clinics function as social institutions.
Primary Healthcare Strategic Framework
Kenya's primary healthcare strategic framework as signed: the situation analysis, the policy direction, the strategic pillars for community, facility and referral care, the financing and workforce arrangements, and the monitoring framework. The reference document for community health questions in the nursing and clinical medicine exams.
Physiotherapy Practice and Equipment
Physiotherapy equipment and practice notes: what physiotherapy treats and how, manual physical therapy, the Graston and McKenzie techniques, the exercise equipment, ultrasound and electrotherapy devices, mobility aids and walking aids used in a physiotherapy department.
Hospital Plant Questions
Year 2 semester 2 Hospital Plant and Building Services questions: the cold chain, vaccine refrigerators for sites with intermittent power, how to choose a medical refrigerator, why hospitals need cooling, the vapour absorption and vapour compression systems, refrigerants and absorbents, coefficient of performance, temperature monitoring devices and the maintenance practices done on a refrigerator.
Haematology Analyser Principles
Working notes on the haematology analyser: the impedance and light scatter methods, the counting chamber and flow cell, the parameters reported for a full blood count, the quality control run each day and the faults that make results drift.
Computer Applications in Medicine
Revision questions and past papers for computer applications in medicine: hospital information systems, patient records, databases, networking in a health facility and the clinical use of computers. Ninety three pages of questions with model answers, useful for the medical engineering and health records units.
Human Anatomy and Physiology II
Human anatomy and physiology notes built from the levels of body organisation up through the skin, skeletal, muscular, nervous, sensory, endocrine, circulatory, lymphatic, respiratory, digestive, urinary and reproductive systems, each with the physiology examined in the first year course.
General Microbiology Notes
General microbiology lecture notes: the six kingdoms and identification of organisms, bacterial structure, staining, growth and control, sterilisation and disinfection, and the laboratory methods used to identify pathogens. Illustrated with the standard diagrams used in the course.
Hazards of Surgical Diathermy
Peer reviewed article on the risks of electrosurgery in the operating theatre: burn injuries from return electrode failure, capacitive coupling, smoke plume inhalation and ignition of gases, with the preventive checks for machine, plate and cable before each case.
Radiotherapy Equipment
Notes on radiotherapy equipment: the production of megavoltage X-rays and electrons, linear accelerators and teletherapy cobalt units, treatment planning systems, the dosimetry instruments used to verify dose, and the radiation safety and quality assurance programme.
