Training Course for dentists on Human Rights in Patient Care

On March 4 and 5, 2015, Georgia Dental Association, with the financial support of Open Society Georgia Foundation, conducted a 2-day training course for dentists on Human Rights in Patient Care. The training was attended by 70 participants from various dental clinics and dental residents.

The training covered the following topics:

• Patient rights and legal bases for the physician-patient relationship;
• Human rights and patient rights; How the Georgian healthcare system contributes to the protection of the rights of the patient;
• Differences between the rights/health rights of medical service providers and patient rights;
• The aim of the Law on Personal Data Protection; Basis for handling personal data of special category; Diagnosis, as the basic issue for the physician-patient relationship;
• Practical aspects of health-related personal data processing, the disclosure of patient information to third parties;
• Hepatitis C, infectious diseases and related services.

The training sessions were led by the Health Expert Sophia Lebanidze, Deputy Inspector of Personal Data Protection Nikoloz Bregvadze, Expert in Infectious Diseases Maya Butsashvili and strategic litigation lawyer at the Georgian Young Lawyers Association Tamar Dekanosidze.