A condição de ser plantonista: desafios e possibilidades

Abstract

This work is the result of an analysis of the psychology students’ practical work experience at the Psychological On-Duty Project, coordinated by LAPFES and linked to the Federal University of Ceará’s Psychology Department. Understanding the on-duty practice as an important instrument for training future therapists while also as an embracing practice for its actions within the community, it becomes relevant to analyze the students’ on-duty work experience. We used 63 reports, produced between 2018 and 2019. We opted for a qualitative exploratory study from a phenomenological perspective, with the objective of capturing the living reality, beyond the sum of the mentions of the observed facts. The results showed the Psychological On-Duty is a differentiated practice from the traditional clinic, which is important for training therapists as it contributes to their practical experiences and the effective production of care actions, allowing them to think of the psychological practice displaced from the technical rigidity of the academic context, and also as an instrument for creating public policies, which embraces the different social realities and welcomes diverse clinical demands.