Bridging the Gap in Psychological Service Delivery for a Developing Country: Teaching the Bachelor of Psychology Degree in Botswana

作者: Ilse E. Plattner , Sophie Moagi-Gulubane

DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2010.10820357

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摘要: This paper presents a Bachelor of Psychology (B.Psych.) programme as offered in Botswana since 2004. The B.Psych. is relatively new approach and aims to bridge the gap between country's need for psychological services its lack psychologists. teaches students skills competencies already at undergraduate level. Practical training six months internship are essential parts programme, which makes degree different from atypical B.A. or B.Sc. psychology. Graduates have basic provide community with supervision.

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