CAPSI ULS kicks off its 2014 Clinical and Technical Skills Training Program

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Ten professionals are thus integrated into the work of the center, where they will remain until January 2015.

With a coordination and welcome meeting, the 2014 interns of the Clinical and Technical Skills Training Program of this center of the house of higher studies joined the Center for Psychological Care and Comprehensive Health (CAPSI) of the University of La Serena.
 
The instance allowed the psychologists that are integrated to know the team, its coordinators and more details about the work itself that they will develop in the CAPSI. As the coordinator of the center, Fernanda Castillo, mentioned about these professionals, “we are happy, we had many applicants and we had to select, with difficulty. They are starting 10, who will be accompanying us from March to January 2015”.
 
These are mainly professionals with degrees from the ULS, some of them with several years of experience, whose work will be patient care "and, through this, train, optimize and develop clinical skills," Castillo details.
 
In this regard, the coordinator adds that the interns have highly valued this program, which has a very special feature: it is free. They found out about it in different ways, mainly from former interns who told them what the system is like and wanted to return to their home of studies to be part of the initiative.
 
Regarding the care they will provide, Fernanda Castillo recalls that “the population that CAPSI receives is the general public. We have 60% care for children and adolescents, but also for the elderly”. Likewise, this center can be accessed by all people who want to be attended, not only from the commune of Coquimbo, where it is located.
 
15 years with the community
 
The Center for Psychological Care and Comprehensive Health of the University of La Serena has 15 years of recognized presence in the community, being a clear example of the link with the environment carried out by the University of La Serena.
 
In this way, it has generated the opportunity for the development of ULS student internships, has forged alliances with public and private institutions, has been part of instances for the promotion of children's rights and mental health care, among other actions.
 
Their patients are admitted through spontaneous demand, family courts and schools and institutions in agreement, with an average of 1.200 services per year and a record of 1.800 in 2013. Along with this, their networking has linked them with the community, reaching a number of 1.500 people in its free workshops and 260 professionals in seminars and colloquia in health and education during the past year.