The challenges of implementing a Psychology course in Bahia in the turn of the century

Abstract

The text aims to record the period of implementation of a psychology course in Salvador Bahia. This is an experience report on the implementation phase of the Graduation Course of Psychology at the Bahiana School of Medicine and Public Health, in 2000, based on data from studies carried out on a doctoral thesis and the affective memory of the author. The results include the production of a historical journey that contextualizes the advances regarding the history of Psychology in Brazil and the conceptions of Psychology as a science and profession in the country and in Bahia at the turn of the 20th century to the 21st century. It was also highlighted the peculiarities of Bahiana as an educational institution focused on the area of health and the formation of the author as a psychologist and educator. It reveals a successful experience whose course completes 20 years.