Internet Access and Training Program (IATP)

IATP News - February 2007

Georgian Health Care Workers Continue to Prepare for Industry Privatization

Health Care Workers
Doctors in Kutaisi learn computer usage skills to
survive in health reform process

In February, IATP centers in Kutaisi and Batumi sponsored IT trainings for medical professionals, enabling them to be competitive and either survive in the privatization process or find alternative employment after the privatization of all medical institutions in the country in upcoming reforms. These trainings were a continuation of an IATP initiative to make doctors aware of government’s reforms and innovations in the healthcare field - for past two months, IATP hosted two online discussions with government officials to help citizens voice their concerns and be counted in the policymaking process. Read more in the December 2006 and January 2007 editions of IATP news). Doctor Ketavan Koncelidze commented, “My friend has offered me a job to do computer work at the pharmacy he owns, so the knowledge I received gives me more opportunity not to be left unemployed.”