Training and capacity building is a key strategic priority for CHAK. In addition to doctors’ internships and masters degree in family medicine facilitated by INFA-MED, other formal training programs offered by CHAK Member Health Units are:  

Elective term attachment for medical students
Several CHAK hospitals provide opportunities for Elective Term Rotation for both local and foreign medical students. Interested students are required to apply directly to the hospitals well in advance in order to be considered and advised on the requirements. The following hospitals run Elective Term attachment programs:  

• Maua Methodist Hospital
• Tumutumu Hospital  
• Kikuyu Hospital  
• Coptic Hospital 
• Kijabe Hospital 
• Kendu Hospital 
• Litein Hospital 
• Tenwek Hospital 
• Maseno Hospital 
• Lugulu Hospital 
• Kapsowar Hospital
  

Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing (BSN)
This is offered at Kenya Methodist University (KEMU).

Kenya Registered Community Health Nursing (KRCHN)
This is a three-and-a-half year training leading to the award of a diploma in Registered Community Health Nursing. CHAK hospitals offering this training are:

• Chogoria Hospital
• Maua Methodist Hospital 
• Tenwek Hospital
• Kijabe Hospital
• Tumutumu Hospital
• Kendu Adventist Hospital
• St. Lukes Hospital, Kaloleni
• Maseno Hospital

Go here to see details about CHAK hospitals' nursing schools 

Post basic training to upgrade from Kenya Enrolled Community
Health Nurse (KECHN) to KRCHN
This is a one-and-a-half year course that enables certificate nurses to upgrade to diploma level. It is offered in PCEA Chogoria Hospital and AIC Kijabe Hospital.  

PCEA Chogoria Hospital, Maua Methodist Hospital and PCEA Tumutumu Hospital are also conducting this course through distance learning. PCEA Chogoria Hospital has been able to introduce e-learning as a mode of distance learning. 

Community health and development
The Tropical Institute of Community Health in Africa (TICH)/Great Lakes University (GLUK) offers postgraduate training in Community Health and Development at both Diploma and Masters levels.

The National Health Sector Strategic Plan II recognises that in order to achieve rapid and significant gains in reversing the declining trends in the health indicators of Kenyans, there is need to target disease prevention and lifestyles that promote health at the individual, household and community levels. Subsequently, the community has been identified as the first level of health intervention.

Go here to see a summary of health training programmes offered at GLUK

Training in ophthalmology for nurses and clinical officers
Kikuyu Hospital Eye Unit provides ophthalmology training for nurses and clinical officers and provides attachment for ophthalmology registrars from Nairobi University Medical School. Sabatia Eye Hospital and Light House for Christ Clinic in Mombasa provide similar attachment rotations.  

Anaethesia training for Registered Nurses
AIC Kijabe Hospital is offering anesthesia training for diploma nurses. The course began in 2006 and was the first anesthetic training for nurses in Kenya.