EVALUATION OF AN EXPERIENCE ON THE TEACHING OF CLINICAL SKILLS FOR FRESHMEN OF PSYCHOLOGY

Abstract

The presem work aimed at evaluating the experience developed describing the effects of the proposed Project upon the participants, concerning the impact on their education and the use of the proposed model in the learning of relevant clinical abilities to their actuation as a psychologist. Seventeen Psychology's freshmen of Universidade Estadual de Londrina participated in the experience. The Project was carried out in three phases: 1) Preparation and Planning; 2) Realization and Accompaniment; and 3) Evaluation of the experience by students and supervisors. The results showed that the Project, as developed, had positive effects upon the students's education, in severa/ aspects, but mainly upon their personal growth. Since the Psychologist's education is not different trom hislher personal formation, and since both repertoires (personal and professional) are closely related, the impact of such experience on the students'vision of the world and of mankind and the change in attitudes that followed seem to be the most important contributions of the experience on the student's professional education.