Training programs in Health Psychology have been established by only a few Spanish university departments or faculties of Psychology. At present, there is no training in Health Psychology at the undergraduate level, although the situation is changing and the trend is to incorporate some courses in the Psychology curriculum at the pre-doctoral level. However, for graduate students the possibilities are increasing, and we have many Health Psychology master programs. For instance, there are Master courses in the following universities: Alicante, Autónoma de Barcelona, Granada, Autónoma de Madrid, Complutense de Madrid, Santiago de Compostela and Sevilla. These courses for graduate students consist of a miminum of 500 hours (during one or two years) of general training in Health Psychology, but they generally do not include a period of internship in a hospital. On the other hand, five universities have Health Psychology doctoral programs: Alicante, Deusto, Granada, La Laguna and the Autónoma de Madrid. The aim of these programs is to train research-oriented graduates, but the trend is to stress subjects relevant to professional practice in the field of Health Psychology. The requirements for these programs are similar: two years of study with a total number of 32 credits (1 credit = 10 hours) and the completion of a doctoral dissertation.
JOSÉ RAMÓN CORREAS GONZALEZ
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