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Health Law Curriculum

Health Law Curriculum. Draft version. Country- GEORGIA. Team Members: 1. Nina Kiknadze 2. Tiko Tsomaia 3. Mamuka Djibuti 4. Nino Mirzikashvili 5. Lasha Chelidze 6. Maia Mestvirishvili. Health and Law Course. Target Group/ Audience. Students of:

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Health Law Curriculum

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  1. Health Law Curriculum Draft version

  2. Country- GEORGIA Team Members: • 1. Nina Kiknadze • 2. Tiko Tsomaia • 3. Mamuka Djibuti • 4. Nino Mirzikashvili • 5. Lasha Chelidze • 6. Maia Mestvirishvili

  3. Health and Law Course

  4. Target Group/ Audience Students of: • Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU), medical school, school of public health • Georgian Institute of Public Affairs (GIPA) Faculty of Law • Medical School “AIETY” Medical Faculty

  5. Course Description: This course will introduce students to advanced concepts in health law

  6. Overall Objective: Improve understanding of health legislation

  7. Specific Objectives: • This course is designed to introduce students to the legal issues that arise from the relationships between and among patients and health care providers. • Primary areas include: conflicts between cost effective and high quality health care; access to care; individual and institutional liability; professional standards and norms, patients rights with special focus on informed consent and other legal issues.

  8. Course Outline: • Major Topics • Health Care and Law • Health and Human rights • Health related legislation • Public Health and Law

  9. Health Care and Law • Health Policy • Health financing Policy • Patient Safety • Regulations and Quality

  10. Health and Human Rights • Health and international Human Rights • Overview of International covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights; /Article 12/ • UN Committee on Economical, Social and Cultural rights /Article 12/ • UN Special Rapporteur on health issues; • Health and human rights of children • Health and women’s human rights • Health and human rights of minority population • Social stress, stigma and health; • Minority stress, victimization and mental health; • Sexual minority health; • Prejudice, discrimination and health outcomes

  11. Rise Public awareness of health legislation through media • Basic principles of journalism; objectiveness, fairness, balance. attribution, using multiple sources, meeting deadlines, how editorial decisions are made • Ethics of Journalism; what language to use while covering diversity groups of society • Principles of health coverage how to produce in- depth, professional, balanced health stories avoid jargon, investigate controversial claims • Media Analysis (health legislation related stories)

  12. Health Related Legislation • Georgian Constitution; • Law on patients rights; • Labor Law • Corporate Law • Law on Health care • Law on medical activities • Rights of marginal groups, related legislation and ethics norms; / HIV/Aids and the related Legislation; /Law of Georgia about Preventive Measures of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome,

  13. Criminal Law of Georgia Criminal Law Legislation of Georgia and Its Purpose • Mercy Killing; • Abandoning Ill Person in Distress; • Illegal Abortion; • Compulsion to Take an Organ, Part of an Organ, or Tissue of a Person ; • Illegal Trade with Blood or Blood Components; • Trade with Human Organs  • Genetic Manipulation; • Types of compulsory medical measures, grounds and rules of their application    • Infliction of death by Negligence • Crime Against Health  • Infection with HIV/AIDS  • Infection with Especially Dangerous Infectious Disease  • Restricting the Rights of a Disabled Person 

  14. Rise Public awareness of health legislation through media -Basic principles of journalism; objectiveness, fairness, balance. attribution, using multiple sources, meeting deadlines, how editorial decisions are made. • Ethics of Journalism; what language to use while covering diversity groups of society • Principles of health coverage Media and medicine Media Analysis (health legislation related stories) avoid jargon, investigate controversial claims, how to produce in depth, professional, balanced health stories

  15. Public Health and Law • Public health definition, focus, and core functions • State responsibility to ensure public health • Human rights and public health • International laws/regulations on public health (communicable diseases, bioterrorism) • Tobacco and health

  16. Course hours and credits

  17. Methodology • Interactive teaching methods: • Brainstorming • Case studies • Group discussions • Role plays • Evaluation • Attendance • Performance on assignments • Students presentation • Quiz

  18. Attendance Policy: attendance is mandatory • Plagiarism policy: students who plagiarize will fail the course

  19. Thank you!

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