Residency Programs

Tenwek currently offers residency training programs for Family Practice and Surgery.

Profile

Tenwek Hospital is a Christian mission hospital and community committed to excellence in compassionate health care, spiritual ministry and training for service.  Tenwek is a 300 bed hospital in rural southwestern Kenya.  Tenwek Hospital serves a population of 800,000 for primary healthcare and serves as a surgery referral center for the entire region of more than 8.5 million people.  The hospital started as a small clinic in the 1930s and the first doctor came in 1959.  Since that time, God has blessed the ministry of Tenwek hospital and today more than 11,000 inpatients and 85,000 outpatients are treated each year.  Tenwek has a new surgical and educational facility with five modern operating theatres.  More than 5,000 surgeries are performed each year and more than 1,000 endoscopies along with a variety of other services.  Tenwek has an extensive medical library with internet services, laparoscopy, endoscopy, research in esophageal cancer, diagnostic radiology, laboratory, and physical therapy services.  Tenwek also has a well respected Nursing School and Chaplaincy Training Program.  Tenwek’s surgical faculty consists of three American board certified general surgeons, one Kenyan board certified general surgeon, plus many visiting general surgeons and specialists each year.  Currently, Tenwek serves as a training institution for Kenyan MO and CO interns as well as Family Practice and Surgery residents.  The motto at Tenwek is “We Treat, Jesus Heals” and that is evident in the lives of Tenwek patients.

Travel

Tenwek is approximately 200 miles southwest of Nairobi.  Travel by car is recommended, however, the roads in some places are in poor condition.  AIM Air flights can be chartered into Bomet, Kenya.

Location

Bomet province of Kenya, Southwest Kenya.

Ethnic Groups

The major ethnic groups in the Tenwek area are Kipsigis, Masaai, and Kisii.

Climate

Tenwek boasts a year round spring like climate because of the elevation of almost 7000 feet.  It is located across the Rift Valley near the Kenya Highlands in a beautiful area of rolling hills.  Daytime temperatures are in the 70s and nighttime temperatures are in the 50s.

Housing

The housing consists of duplexes, houses or apartments at a nominal fee.