Habilidades sociales en estudiantes de psicología de la Universidad Santo Tomás que realizaron sus prácticas profesionales en contextos clínicos

Abstract

The clinical professional practices constitute a requirement in the academic formation of the Psychology program and are developed in the IX level of formation, in which the students make an immersion in the clinical contexts where they face diverse situations and demands for the psychologist in terms of intervention and action in their development; it is there where every student of the psychology profession faces diverse clinical situations that demand attention and resolution; of their knowledge, aptitudes, abilities, capacities and skills that are fundamental for the development of their profession. Thus taking the theoretical foundations to the practical exercise, analyzing and performing analytical interpretations of situations, people, contexts, as well as adapting to working life. In this sense, the present research seeks to identify the social skills of psychology practitioners at the Universidad Santo Tomás, Villavicencio, in the framework of professional practices in clinical contexts, such as the departmental hospital, health center La Esperanza and the Meta clinic, using the appropriate tools, personal and professional skills that help to manage situations, immediate and some complex and unexpected; generating ideas and quick answers, which imply having competencies, knowledge, aptitudes, sensitivity, among others, and the disposition for clinical practice; also involving the management of emotions, verbal and non-verbal communication, as well as empathy, all of this directly and indirectly related to teaching/service accompanied by supervisions implemented by the coordination of professional practices of the Universidad Santo Tomás. This research exercise has a qualitative approach, which will help to understand, identify and reflect on the realities and experiences of students as health professionals: it is developed from a phenomenological epistemology and an interpretative paradigm that are relevant for the understanding and approach to the experiences from the narratives that emerge during the participation process and later in training processes. The interpretation of the narratives gives the possibility of approaching and understanding the lived experiences of the practitioners from their valuations and subjectivities. Expressing the multiple realities that they lived in their semesters of internships 2021-2. The methodology focuses on the narrative method by means of a semi-structured interview technique with three psychologists in training (1 interview each) and a focus group that incorporates the experiences of each participant lived in each of their contexts. The sample is based on qualitative purposive or convenience sampling, thus selecting 3 students of the faculty of psychology who have done their professional practice in clinical practice. The results obtained revolve around the disciplinary categories such as Social Skills, Psychologist Training and other emerging categories, which were evidenced in the dominant narratives of the participants. Key words: Social Skills, practices, clinical context, experiences, meanings.