The Department of Physiotherapy at MWACHAS was established in 2018 when Physiotherapy training program started. The program started by enrolling 51 Students for NTA Level 4 in the academic year 2018/2019. In the academic year 2019/2020 a total of 31 Students were enrolled, making a total of 82 students for NTA level 4 and 5. The program is run by competent Clinical Instructors and professional Tutors devoted at delivering quality and updated knowledge and skills to students as far as the COMPETENCE BASED TRAINING is concerned. The staff at MWACHAS are always available to solve Students’ matters.
Admission Requirements
The entry qualification and all requirement pertaining to application and admission into Physiotherapy training program at MWACHAS are available through NACTE website. Should you have any enquiry kindly contact the Principal principal.mwachas@afya.go.tz

The nursing training started in 1972 which was offering preservice program under the ministry of health, and the school is in Bugando Hospital premises. In December, 2019, the three government schools were joined together and nursing is among of the department in MWACHAS. Admission Requirements Department currently is having two programs three years nursing training and two years in service e-learning program. We are expecting to start new course of full time one year upgrading course (in service) contact, Core qualification in joining nursing is pass in science subjects (physics, chemistry, and Biology) additional qualification, pass in English and Mathematics Contact us through this email: principal.mwachas@afya.go.tz”

Health Information Science course established by Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children under Mwanza College of Health and Allied sciences in academic year 2018/2019 with total of 32 students which aims to produce a profession dedicated to effective management of health information and data. These professionals are trained to serve the health industry and the public by managing, analyzing and utilizing health information vital for health education purposes, patient care and making data accessible to health care providers, trainers and the public. HIS professionals who perfect their technical skills become experts in health information collection, processing, storage, and dissemination activities while maintaining the highest standards of health information integrity, confidentiality and security. Admission Requirements Admission to Basic Technician Certificate in Health Information Science programme will be open to a candidate who has a minimum of four passes in Biology, English, Mathematics and any other subject, except Religious subjects, all obtained from Certificate of Secondary Education Examination (CSEE).

The Department of Health Professional Education at MWACHAS, was established in 2019 after joining all government schools situated in BMC. The department conducting continue education training to the staff in MWACHAS and other institution in the lake Zone and other zones in Tanzania when need arises. The first training was on Teaching Methodology which conducted in January 2020. The department expected to perform several short courses depending on the gaps encountered staff in their working process aiming at strengthening the teaching Personnel’s capacity. In the first training a total of 18 Teachers of different cadres from Lake Zone and Western Zone were trained.

To enable tutors, clinical instructors, clinical staff and leaders to have basic teaching concepts, and be able to apply leadership and management skills in managing health training institution and services programs. Moreover, will be able to perform student assessment, develop and implement curriculum. The concept of decision making based on research findings is one of the components.