A formação acadêmica do psicólogo e as contribuições para a sua prática profissional no campo da saúde.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to understand the educational background of psychologists to work on the health area. A qualitative methodology was used because it consists in a potent method to catch the experience of the subjects. It is an attempt to interpret the meanings attributed by the subjects to the experiences of internship inside the course curriculum and how these experiences can help the students in their future professional practice. Therefore, the Psychology curriculum of the Federal University of Ceara - Sobral was described. We also discussed the psychologist educational background to work on the health área in general and researched how the course has organized itself to offer practical experiences on the health área and also how the students have experienced this practice. The data collection instrument used was a semi structured interview with four students regularly enrolled at the course and with a teacher. The students selected went through a supervised internship on the health area. The study also used a questionnaire to collect data from the political-pedagogical Project and the syllabus of the health disciplines. At the end we verified that despite the advances, still there is not enough articulation between theory and practice. We also verified that students have an educational background focused on theoretical aspects and when in internships offered by the health system is that they experience how really the health services are operationalized.