Application of Health and Application of Health and Human Rights-Resource Human Rights-Resource Guide and Human Rights Guide and Human Rights in Patient care-in Patient care-Practitioner Guide while Practitioner Guide while making the training making the training programsprograms

Skopje, Republic of Macedonia18-22 May 2010

Available trainings in Armenia• For the physicians having internshipFor the physicians having internship• For the medical students of the For the medical students of the

Medical UniversityMedical University• For the lawyers of the State For the lawyers of the State

UniversityUniversity• For nursesFor nurses

• Seminars for improving the level of Seminars for improving the level of human rights in the field of medical care human rights in the field of medical care for specialists in the field of human rights for specialists in the field of human rights (house of lawyers and specialists of the (house of lawyers and specialists of the Office of Ombudsman).Office of Ombudsman).

Resources used

• Health and Human Rights Health and Human Rights Resource GuideResource Guide

• Human Rights in Patient Human Rights in Patient care practitioner Guidecare practitioner Guide

Human Rights in Patient care practitionerGuide was used when making courses

for:

• Physicians-internists (Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7)• Medical students (Chapters 1,2,3,5,6,7)• Lawyers (Introduction, Chapter 1)

• Health and Human Rights Resource Health and Human Rights Resource Guide and Human Rights in Patient Guide and Human Rights in Patient care practitioner Guide are used when care practitioner Guide are used when making courses for:making courses for:

Nurses /RG-Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7/ PG-Nurses /RG-Chapters 1,2,3,4,5,6,7/ PG-Chapters 2,3,5,6/Chapters 2,3,5,6/

The positive sides of The positive sides of Health and Human Rights-Health and Human Rights-Resource GuideResource Guide• The main conceptual norms of

general human rights and the rights of target groups are fixed, which is very important when having notion of the health care system and difficult groups from the viewpoint of vulnerability in the field of rights protection

• General notion of rights in the health care system

3. 3. The international terminology is The international terminology is presented, which become very presented, which become very useful when making coursesuseful when making courses

4. Big literature list and refers to 4. Big literature list and refers to themesthemes

5. The international patient right 5. The international patient right database is presented database is presented /conventions, declarations and /conventions, declarations and so on/so on/

Difficulties during application of Difficulties during application of Resource GuideResource Guide

1. There is no methodology of application of Resource Guide

2. The lack of practical cases3. The list of international

organizations is given, but there are no mechanisms of protections

4. There are no precedents of international court decisions in human rights

The positive sides of Human Rights in Patient care-Practitioner Guide

1. The national legislations are presented in addition to international legislation

2. The mechanisms of protection are presented in addition to rights

3. There are many practical cases, which is important for interactive study

4. The rights and mechanism of protection of medical service providers are presented

5. Physicians have practical examples of law violation

Difficulties during application-does not give any notion of health care system, rather than legal

Recommendations

When teaching by methodology of Health and Human Rights-Resource Guide and Human Rights in Patient Care-Practitioner Guide they should be applied jointly, as they supplement each other

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