Community Health Extension Workers' Course
3
Years
LICENSE
Yes
Certificate
professional diploma
SCHEDULE
Full time
English
Language
Overview
This course will provide you with the needed theoretical knowledge and clinical skills required to give:
- Optimum health care to the community
- Be a reliable bridge between the community and the primary health care facility, in areas of health outreach, education, counseling, and social support for the wellbeing of the community.
Career opportunities
As a community health extension worker, job opportunities exist in both public and private sectors, such as:
- Local government service commission - primary health care unit
- General and teaching hospitals - community health unit
- Organizations involved in community health promotion/education services.
- Private healthcare facility
Who is the course for?
This course is for you if you love to improve the overall health and wellbeing of a community.
COURSE PROFILE
Entry requirement:
Five (5) ‘O’ level credit passes in either:
1. Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE)
2. National Examination Commission (NECO)
3. General Certificate of Education (GCE)
Candidates wishing to undergo this course must possess credits in English, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry and Physics, at not more than two (2) sittings.
- Case study
- Discussion board participation
- Tutor-marked assignment (TMA)
- Supervised field practical report
- Oral presentation
- Individual project
- Examination
- Professional diploma
- Practice license by the Community Health Practitioners Registration Board of Nigeria (CHPRBN)
However, if you need more information we would be happy to talk to you. WhatsApp/call 09057119611.
A community health extension worker graduate can proceed to become a Community Health Officer or go via direct entry to the university for a BSc degree in Community Health or Public Health.
If you love the classroom, you can go further to be a PHC tutor.
A community health extension worker graduate is eligible for the UK health and care worker visa