Considering hospital psychology as an expanding specialty in the broader field of health psychology, this paper results from an exploratory research about the undergraduation courses for the psychologists who work in hospitals, observing the relationship between academic formation and practice in general hospitals in Londrina - PR. Ten hospital psychologists with at least six months emplyment and three coordinators of undergraduation courses in psychology from Londrina participated in this study. The instruments used for data collection were two questionnaires of semi-structured interviews, containing open and closed questions. The first questionnaire collected data about the academic formation and the functions developed by psychologists in hospitals. The second questionnaire sought information regarding the formation opportunities related to the area of health, offered by the psychology courses that were researched. It was also performed a consultation of the educational projects of such courses. In the group studied, it was found that, in general, the undergraduation courses in Psychology do not address the specific skills for the work in a general hospital.
Health psychology; Hospital psychology; Undergraduation; Psychologist education; Professional education
