This training aims to train professionals and students (medical interns, Master 2 and doctoral students) from the medical-psychological, social, educational or legal fields in the modalities of the transcultural approach. The training integrates both theoretical teachings and practical perspectives. The foundations and theoretical models of transcultural clinical psychology are presented with a particular anchoring in the societies of the Indian Ocean.

The objectives of the training are as follows:

• Training professionals and students (medical interns, Master 2 and doctoral students) from the medical-psychological, social, educational or legal fields in the modalities of the transcultural approach
• To give these professionals the opportunity to question their usual theoretical and technical tools
• To learn to evaluate the experience of cultural contact, migration and their impact on those who experience them
• To be made aware of traditional thoughts, interpretations and care systems from the culture of origin of the families welcomed in the context of Reunion and more generally of the Indian Ocean
• Learning to welcome and listen to families from a culture different from one's own or from a migration situation
• Acquire better knowledge of the different cultures, cults, rites, and more generally the anthropology of the Indian Ocean.

This training aims to train professionals and students (medical interns, Master 2 and doctoral students) from the medical-psychological, social, educational or legal fields in the modalities of the transcultural approach.

This is a professional training course alternating academic teaching and professional teaching, focused on practice.

More precisely, it is a question of understanding the interest of taking into account the cultural dimension in a clinical system but also in any approach to social, educational or legal support.

The training integrates both theoretical teachings and practical perspectives. The theoretical foundations and models of transcultural clinical psychology are presented with a particular anchoring in the societies of the Indian Ocean. To do this, the training integrates teachings in the context of Reunion Island and the societies of the Indian Ocean as well as in the fields of religion, cults, rites and spiritualities. The transcultural clinical system is presented in detail, both in terms of its history and its concrete implementation within institutional structures. Finally, the training offers participants a practical application and the development of a professional posture.

The teaching team is mixed. It includes academics (lecturer-researchers from the University) as well as practitioners (psychologists, anthropologists, etc.).

The training is accessible to people with disabilities.

The training provides the following skills:

• Understanding the approach and methodology of the transcultural clinical device
• Ability to establish an appropriate professional posture and practice when dealing with a patient/user, taking into account cultural otherness
• Ability to support a care project, a social or educational project in an intercultural environment
• Relational competence and practice of transcultural clinical interview

1 Module : Foundations and theoretical models (21H)

• General introduction to the PCT-OI University Diploma
• The place of cultures of belonging in the professional context – Feedback on the professional experience of training candidates
• Identity, care and culture – Relationship between anthropology and psychology
• Introduction to ethnopsychiatry, intercultural psychology and transcultural psychology

Unit 2: Religion, cults, rites and spiritualities (28H)

• Profane/sacred relationship
• History and anthropology of religions
• Interreligious dialogue
• Religions, spiritualities and beliefs in the societies of the Indian Ocean
  • Catholic and Protestant Churches
  • Malagasy religion
  • Malabar/Tamil religion
  • Islam
• Radicalism and sectarian excesses in health

Unit 3: The context of Reunion Island and the societies of the Indian Ocean (31h)

• Historical context of the settlement of Reunion Island
• Historical context of Indian Ocean societies (Madagascar, Comoros, Mauritius)
• Current context of Indian Ocean societies (migration, relationships, health, etc.)
• Kinship system of Indian Ocean societies
• Rites surrounding birth in Reunion and the Indian Ocean
• Rites surrounding death in Reunion and the Indian Ocean

4 Module : Intercultural and transcultural clinical perspective (30H)

• Traumatic and initiatory itinerary of traditional practitioners in Reunion
• Migration and Exile Clinic
• Case studies and clinical practices
• The place of language in transcultural clinic: translation and socio-cultural mediation

Unit 5: The transcultural clinical device (28H)

• History and overview of transcultural clinical devices in France and around the world
• Principles, modalities and actors of transcultural clinical devices
• Training in cross-cultural interviews
• Training in meeting patients in an intercultural situation – Role play

Unit 6: Implementation and development of an intercultural and transcultural professional posture (14H)

• Observation or interview with a traditional practitioner
• Clinical review of observations or interviews with a traditional practitioner
• Internship in a Transcultural Clinical Device
• Supervision of internship in a transcultural clinical setting
• Professional dissertation methodology
• Professional memory supervision

Expected opening of training: february

Provisional training schedule: 

Duration in hours: 152 hours of teaching from February to December including:

• Theoretical teaching (138 hours)
• Practical teaching: Interview or observation with a traditional practitioner (3 hours) and internship in a transcultural clinical setting (7 hours)

• Memory supervision (14 H)

Hours: 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. / 13:00 p.m.–16:30 p.m. (i.e. 7 hours per day maximum – 35 hours of professional training) over 4 or 5 weeks between February and December 2025

Internship in a Transcultural Clinical Facility will take place on a Tuesday within the transcultural facility of the CHU de La Réunion or with other structures offering this facility such as the International Association of EthnoPsychoanalysis (AIEP).

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Baccalaureate + 3 or equivalent with professional experience

Baccalaureate +5 or equivalent

This training concerns the pprofessionals and students (medical interns, Master 2 and doctoral students) from the medical-psychological, social, educational or legal fields

Selection will be made based on a cover letter, a CV and/or an interview with a member of the teaching team.

Capacity:

• Minimum workforce: 12 (balanced budget)
• Maximum number of staff: 20
• Maximum number of groups: 1

Cost of training:

• Individual paying: €1
• Employer agreement: €2

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Success rate : data not available

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Professional integration rate: data not available