Social skills in pre-professional practice: A theoretical approach to the necessary competencies of the professional in training

Abstract

The study presents the evaluations of different higher education students and professionals in active practice, who, based on their experiences in their pre-professional practices, contributed to identify and value the necessary social skills that the professional in training should have and manifest in their praxis. . Objective that was achieved thanks to the qualitative research approach, of an exploratory type and with a phenomenological design, its cohesion allows analyzing and understanding the problems and needs of society, from the experiences and assessments of the subjects that intervene in the same context. . For the data collection, it was decided to apply the technique of the focus group and its instrument a participatory interview, for its conformation we proceeded to select under inclusion and exclusion criteria university students and professionals of careers of a humanistic and altruistic nature such as: Pedagogy , Educational Psychology, Clinical and Industrial Psychology, professionals related to the Health area, and legal professionals. Thanks to the experiences of the participants, it was possible to determine the HHSS in practice in three categories: HHSS necessary for dealing with people, for intervention with people and necessary skills according to the functions of the profession. Finally, the conclusions of the study reveal the difficulty that higher level students have when starting their practice and recognize that the HHSS are of great importance in the exercise of their profession, suggesting that their learning and acquisition should be dealt with within the academy. and above all before starting their professional practice.