Psychology students' perceptions on their professional competences

• Published in: 2019 11th International Conference on Electronics, Computers and Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) pp. 1 - 4
• Main Authors: Ionescu, Maria Claudia, Stan, Andreea
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.06.2019
• Subjects: professional competence improvement; psychology students' competence; students' self-assessment
• DOI: 10.1109/ECAI46879.2019.9042154

This study aims to identify third year Psychology students' perceptions on their competences and the importance they place on these competences for a Psychology professional, as well as to explore students' inputs on things the faculty can do in order to improve future Psychology students' professional training. 54 Psychology students took part in this survey, in their last academic term, before final exams. More than half of them assess that they have all the professional and transversal competences developed to a large and very large extent. In students' perception, the most developed is Teamwork competence and the least developed is Designing and conducting psychological interventions. In students' opinion, the first most important competences for Psychologists are: Critical thinking, Usage of the main concepts in Psychology, Designing and conducting a psychological research, Psychological assessment of individuals, groups and organizations, and Interpersonal relationship and communication in professional areas. Students identified three main solutions for the faculty in order to improve professional training of future Psychology students.