Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP)
In 2024 the College was awarded a UK Government grant to fund a healthcare partnership with the Kenya Association of Physicians (KAP). The project was funded through the Global Health Workforce Programme, financed by the UK Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) for the benefit of the UK and partner country health sectors. Its aim is to advance universal health coverage by strengthening the health workforce in Nigeria, Kenya and Ghana.
Kenya has a huge shortage of doctors with around 500 specialists for a population of over 52 million. Our project aimed to improve access to high quality healthcare in rural and urban areas by increasing the capacity to train and certify specialist physicians. This involved targeted online and face-to-face activities: bilateral faculty observation visits timed with PACES and ECSA Part 1 OSCE; a workshop on postgraduate assessment in Eldoret, Kenya for trainee examiners; development of a bespoke online training module on postgraduate assessment; updating of the KAP procedures manual for clinical examinations and a podcast (listen below).
As a result, many Kenyan physicians have now been trained in formative and summative assessment, ready to contribute to postgraduate physician training with others trained and ready to contribute to clinical examining.
For further information, please contact Ellie Barnes at e.barnes@rcpe.ac.uk
Podcast - Training Physicians in Kenya
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The WHO estimates there will be a shortage of 10 million health care workers by the year 2030. This shortage includes physicians who hold an important role ensuring quality within health systems as they expand to meet global demand. Here we meet Dr Jemima Kamano, Consultant Physician and Endocrinologist at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret, Western Kenya. She explains some of the challenges and opportunities facing physicians, trainers, examiners and trainees in the country.
This podcast episode marks a collaboration between the Kenya Association of Physicians and RCPE which aims to strengthen postgraduate physician training in the region as part of the Global Health Workforce Programme administered by Global Health Partnerships (formerly THET) and sponsored by the UK Department for Health and Social Care.
For more information you can visit the following:
- Global Health Workforce Programme - www.globalhealthpartnerships.org/global-h…rkforce/
- Kenya Association of Physicians - kapkenya.org
For further information or enquiries please contact: e.barnes@rcpe.ac.uk
The Department of Health & Social Care (DHSC) and Tropical Health and Education Trust (THET) retain a perpetual, worldwide licence to this podcast episode. Copyright © 2025 DHSC and THET. All rights reserved.