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It is a curricular venue for students to develop the subject of their research project and start their methodological design.

It encompasses the review of theoretical discussions on qualitative research, emphasizing on discourse perspectives, hermeneutics and narrative, linguistic direction and literary genre. It also addresses advanced methods for qualitative analysis of data and use of specialized software programs for this type of analyses, such as Atlas ti and Nud*ist.

thesis or doctoral dissertation, under the mentoring of one of the Department´s full-time professors. The activities include literature reviews, specification of research design, performance of pilot sutdie4s, data collections, results analysis and writing technical reports and articles to be published. During the investigations process for purposes of the masters thesis or doctoral dissertation, the student participates in the Colloquium, which is a collegiate forum for critical discussion, literature exploration, design progress and results analysis. The Colloquium is attended by Psychology Masters and Doctoral program students, and Department Professors. In Thesis and Doctoral Colloquium, the students, prior agreement with their tutor, may register up to 8 credits per semester. The students who have finished their Psychology Masters degree at Universidad de los Andes and who are enrolled in the Doctoral program, may obtain equivalence for up to 16 credits for Thesis and Colloquium. The Doctoral program student may register Thesis and Colloquium during the intersemester periods, prior agreement with their tutor.

thesis or doctoral dissertation, under the mentoring of one of the Department´s full-time professors. The activities include literature reviews, specification of research design, performance of pilot sutdie4s, data collections, results analysis and writing technical reports and articles to be published. During the investigations process for purposes of the masters thesis or doctoral dissertation, the student participates in the Colloquium, which is a collegiate forum for critical discussion, literature exploration, design progress and results analysis. The Colloquium is attended by Psychology Masters and Doctoral program students, and Department Professors. In Thesis and Doctoral Colloquium, the students, prior agreement with their tutor, may register up to 8 credits per semester. The students who have finished their Psychology Masters degree at Universidad de los Andes and who are enrolled in the Doctoral program, may obtain equivalence for up to 16 credits for Thesis and Colloquium. The Doctoral program student may register Thesis and Colloquium during the intersemester periods, prior agreement with their tutor.

The program evaluation is defined as a systematic research process, which provides reliable scientific information to make decisions on the interventions that take place in a specific social context. The seminar on program and project evaluation offered by the Psychology Department has been designed in order for graduate students to: a) recognize program evaluation as one of the application fields in psychosocial research, b) learn the main conceptual and methodological elements on program evaluation, c) develop skills to execute processes for planning and evaluation of social programs in a rigorous and systematic manner.

The seminar constitutes the first clinical course of the master’s degree and is divided in two parts. The first part includes an introduction to the field of clinical psychology as a science and as a profession. It will describe clinical psychology as a general field of knowledge and, in particular, in the framework of psychology. It will analyze clinical psychology within its historical, social, scientific and professional context and it will discuss current trends and possible future developments with an emphasis on the role of the clinical psychologist in our context. It will also discuss the relation between Clinical Psychology and Health Psychology. Finally, the course will dwell on the ethical principles and guidelines not only for the graduate course but also for professional practice. In the second part, the course will discuss the principles of behavior evaluation, within the general context of psychological evaluation in order to lay the theoretical and conceptual foundations for the understanding of the clinical formulation process. It will discuss the main principles within a historical perspective, and it will focus on the analysis in the process of evaluation as a proof of hypothesis based on causal behavior models. It will introduce and discuss methods of observation and behavior recording and psycho-physiological evaluation. Finally, it will analyze the role of the clinical interview in the process of evaluation and integrate the concept of clinical formulation as a necessary condition to develop the treatment plan in clinical psychology and health psychology.

The Meta-Analysis has been consolidating itself as the appropriate methodology to quantitatively integrate the published results of a research field. By the end of the course, students must be able to read a meta-analysis published in a scientific magazine and to assess, in a critical way, its procedures, analysis techniques and conclusions. Likewise, they must be capable of expressing how they will define the conduction of a meta-analysis and perform the most basic procedures autonomously. The specific objectives of the course are: 1) To understand the philosophy in which the meta-analysis is based, 2) To apply the most basic techniques of data analysis, and 3) to attain the necessary skills to critically understand and assess a meta-analysis published in an international magazine.

As a requirement, Doctorate students must perform an internship at an internationally well-known prestigious research center or university, under the supervision of a professor from such institution. The internship must be at least four months long, which may be divided into two inter-semester terms of two months each. The student must request authorization from the Graduate Studies Committee of the Department to conduct an internship longer than one semester. The moment at which the internship takes place depends on the aims of the same. There are, at least, three possible objectives: 1) To learn a particular method or technique mastered by the supervising professor and that is needed for the development of the dissertation. 2) To collect data that will be part of the dissertation. 3) To analyze, under the coaching of the supervising professor, the data previously collected from the dissertation.

This clinical seminar is devoted to analyzing the current state of research, assessment and treatment of depression and the bipolar disorder in children and adults. Like other seminars on specific disorders, during the first part of the course, topics connected to contemporary theoretical conceptions about the basic psychological concepts implied in this type of disorders and the most recent theoretical formulations on their nature, origins and developments will be included. In the second part, the main assessment methods will be reviewed, as well as the depression treatment that has an empirical support. Likewise, intervention of special cases and the types of depression present in different stages of life will be analyzed. Finally, the last sessions will be devoted to the assessment and intervention of bipolar disorders.

This course is intended to provide the fundamentals of professional behavior relative to clinical evaluation, case formulation and conceptualization, treatment plan, intervention procedures and organization of written material such as clinical records and psychological reports, through simulation cases, supervised role pay and observation exercises,

This clinical seminar will be devoted to analyzing the current state of emotional processes and anxiety disorders studies. Like in the other seminars regarding specific disorders, during the first part of the course, topics connected to contemporary theoretical conceptions about the basic psychological processes implied in these types of disorders, the most recent theoretical formulae on their nature, origins and development, the neurobiological and conditioning principles and the aspects of clinical description and classification, will be included. The second part will be devoted to deepening on specific disorders including psychopathology, assessment and intervention elements.

This seminar is devoted to analyzing the current state of research in the field of Health Psychology. Like other seminars, during the first part of the course, topics connected to the contemporary theoretical conceptions on individual health and the psychological and social aspects that influence the same will be included. In the second part, transversal questions present in health behaviors and disease prevention will be reviewed, in order to finally consider the concrete applications that may be used for pain management, while considering in particular the stigmatization, discrimination and the way to intervene individuals who suffer a chronic or terminal disease. One of the purposes of this course is to sensitize the student before the health care problems and to awaken his/her interest towards the application of the acquired knowledge to understanding specific disorders (cancer, HIV AIDS, diabetes).

Supervised practice is the primary training strategy to develop high quality professional clinical competences. At first, the supervisor observes and provides feedback on the clinical performance of the student, though observation, using a Gesell dome or audio or video recordings of the sessions. Once the student has demonstrated he/she masters the basic clinical skills, he/she will have the opportunity to work on clinical cases directly, under close supervision of an experienced professional clinical psychologist. The supervision will be conducted on a one on one basis or in groups of not more than three students. During the first sessions, the supervisor may directly participate in the session with the patient together with the student and will be able to model or subsequently provide feedback on performance. The number of patients assigned to each student will progressively grow throughout the training, beginning with four cases during the first clinical practice term and finishing with eight cases during the last semester. The practice will include different types of problems, clinical population and intervention formats. During the last academic term, the students will receive additional training on groups’ management and the needed competences for them to supervise other training students. With the aim of complying with international accreditation standards on graduate practices, Master’s Degree students shall complete approximately 900 hours of clinical activities during their training, including direct contact with patients, supervision, preparation and administrative tasks. Even if the clinical supervisor is the final responsible for the case, the student must fulfill the requirements of the program and those from the District Secretariat of Health.

Supervised practice is the primary training strategy to develop high quality professional clinical competences. At first, the supervisor observes and provides feedback on the clinical performance of the student, though observation, using a Gesell dome or audio or video recordings of the sessions. Once the student has demonstrated he/she masters the basic clinical skills, he/she will have the opportunity to work on clinical cases directly, under close supervision of an experienced professional clinical psychologist. The supervision will be conducted on a one on one basis or in groups of not more than three students. During the first sessions, the supervisor may directly participate in the session with the patient together with the student and will be able to model or subsequently provide feedback on performance. The number of patients assigned to each student will progressively grow throughout the training, beginning with four cases during the first clinical practice term and finishing with eight cases during the last semester. The practice will include different types of problems, clinical population and intervention formats. During the last academic term, the students will receive additional training on groups’ management and the needed competences for them to supervise other training students. With the aim of complying with international accreditation standards on graduate practices, Master’s Degree students shall complete approximately 900 hours of clinical activities during their training, including direct contact with patients, supervision, preparation and administrative tasks. Even if the clinical supervisor is the final responsible for the case, the student must fulfill the requirements of the program and those from the District Secretariat of Health.

Supervised practice is the primary training strategy to develop high quality professional clinical competences. At first, the supervisor observes and provides feedback on the clinical performance of the student, though observation, using a Gesell dome or audio or video recordings of the sessions. Once the student has demonstrated he/she masters the basic clinical skills, he/she will have the opportunity to work on clinical cases directly, under close supervision of an experienced professional clinical psychologist. The supervision will be conducted on a one on one basis or in groups of not more than three students. During the first sessions, the supervisor may directly participate in the session with the patient together with the student and will be able to model or subsequently provide feedback on performance. The number of patients assigned to each student will progressively grow throughout the training, beginning with four cases during the first clinical practice term and finishing with eight cases during the last semester. The practice will include different types of problems, clinical population and intervention formats. During the last academic term, the students will receive additional training on groups’ management and the needed competences for them to supervise other training students. With the aim of complying with international accreditation standards on graduate practices, Master’s Degree students shall complete approximately 900 hours of clinical activities during their training, including direct contact with patients, supervision, preparation and administrative tasks. Even if the clinical supervisor is the final responsible for the case, the student must fulfill the requirements of the program and those from the District Secretariat of Health.

In Clinical Cases Reviews, the students must make clinical presentations of one of their cases to students, supervisors and professors. Through this activity, the students will develop competence to make presentations before their peers and interdisciplinary groups on the progress of their clinical activity, as well as to receive and provide feedback within a context of respect and professional and academic collaboration.

Supervised practice is the primary training strategy to develop high quality professional clinical competences. At first, the supervisor observes and provides feedback on the clinical performance of the student, though observation, using a Gesell dome or audio or video recordings of the sessions. Once the student has demonstrated he/she masters the basic clinical skills, he/she will have the opportunity to work on clinical cases directly, under close supervision of an experienced professional clinical psychologist. The supervision will be conducted on a one on one basis or in groups of not more than three students. During the first sessions, the supervisor may directly participate in the session with the patient together with the student and will be able to model or subsequently provide feedback on performance. The number of patients assigned to each student will progressively grow throughout the training, beginning with four cases during the first clinical practice term and finishing with eight cases during the last semester. The practice will include different types of problems, clinical population and intervention formats. During the last academic term, the students will receive additional training on groups’ management and the needed competences for them to supervise other training students. With the aim of complying with international accreditation standards on graduate practices, Master’s Degree students shall complete approximately 900 hours of clinical activities during their training, including direct contact with patients, supervision, preparation and administrative tasks. Even if the clinical supervisor is the final responsible for the case, the student must fulfill the requirements of the program and those from the District Secretariat of Health.

In the Clinical Cases Reviews, the student shall prepare a clinical paper on one of the cases under study to present before students, supervisors and professors. Through this activity, the student will develop competences to present the progress of the clinical activity, before his/her peers and interdisciplinary groups, as well as to receive and provide feedback within a respectful context where professional and academic collaboration are present.

As in the Masters program in Clinical Psychology and Health the graduation project is focused on applied research, it will be integrated into the clinical internship and case studies with the only case methodology, the development or validation of evaluation tools, performance or reapplication of correlation, experimental or quasi-experimental studies, pilot studies, or reapplication of group studies on the effectiveness of clinical protocols.