Perioperative Theatre Technology

By obtaining a certificate in Perioperative Theatre Technology, you can embark on a rewarding career and make a meaningful impact on patient perioperative care.

What does Perioperative Theatre Technology deal with?

As healthcare evolves, and our hospitals’ capacity to perform major and minor surgeries increases, the demand for skilled professionals in this area is also growing in different counties across the country.

This Certificate in Perioperative Theatre Technology course in kenya is designed to empower students with the knowledge, skills, and practical experience needed to assist surgeons in the operating theatre; preparing the surgery room, assisting during surgery, cleaning surgical equipment’s, taking care of theatre equipment’s among other roles.

At Beta Care Training Institute (BCTI), we offer you expert faculty, a comprehensive curriculum, hands-on training, and industry-relevant skills, all of which open you up to abundant career opportunities.

Certificate in Operation Theatre Technology Course Overview

Perioperative Theatre Technicians are allied healthcare professionals. After completion of the program, students will be skilled at peri-operatively preventing nosocomial infections, providing perioperative theatre technology services to the theatre team, ensuring perioperative safety of patients and the theatre team, and maintaining operation theatre instruments and apparatus. Common duties include:

• Arranging surgical instruments before surgery
• Sterilizing instrumentation before surgery
• Cleaning surgical instruments after surgery
• Carrying out Surgeons’ commands during surgery
• Taking care of anesthesia equipment.

This course is designed to equip an individual with competencies required to participate in provision of perioperative services in a hospital set up. It focuses on actual operating room procedures. Students also learn through lab studies and internships in hospital operating rooms.

Certificate in Perioperative Theatre Technology Requirements

An individual entering this course should have any of the following minimum requirements:

1. Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) mean grade D (plain)

Or

1. Equivalent qualifications as determined by Kenya National Qualifications Authority (KNQA)

Theatre Assistant Course Duration

The duration of Perioperative Theatre Technician course is 1 year plus attachment:

• First trimester coursework + First Aid training (3 months)
• Second trimester coursework + lots of practicals (3 months)
• Third trimester coursework + lots of practicals (3 months)
• Industrial Attachment (3 months)
• Internship

Industrial Attachment

You must undergo an industrial attachment for a period of 3 months in a recognized hospital with an operation theatre.

Internship

The graduate will undertake a 6 months internship in a recognized hospital with an operation theatre.

Examinations

There will be:

• Continuous internal assessments coordinated by BCTI
• External Competence assessment at completion of course coordinated by TVET KNEC

Certification

If successfully completed, the candidate will be awarded a certificate by TVET KNEC and Beta Care Training Institute (BCTI).

Perioperative Theatre Technology fees structure

The tuition fee for each trimester is 30,000. Other costs may apply, including:

• Registration fee
• Insurance
• Medical (NHIF capitation)
• Attachment fee (paid before commencing attachment)
• Graduation fee (paid when clearing with the institution)

Registration Fee:

Kshs. 1,000

Food and Accommodation for boarders

9,000 per month

Our Intakes

March & September

Reporting Date for next Intake

March, 2024  Apply Now