Multicultural Environments of Academic Versus Internship Training Programs: Lessons to Be Learned

Psychology training programs have a responsibility to train multiculturally competent psychologists. Predoctoral interns were surveyed to compare the multicultural environment of academic and internship programs. Internship programs were perceived as more multicultural than were academic programs. Factors contributing to differences are examined, and suggestions are made for improving multicultural environments in training. Los programas de formacion en psicologia tienen la responsabilidad de formar psicologos competentes multiculturalmente. Se entrevisto a interinos predoctorales para comparar el ambiente multicultural de sus programas academicos y de interinidad. Se percibio que los programas de interinidad eran mas multiculturales que los programas academicos. Se examinan los factores que contribuyen a estas diferencias, y se ofrecen sugerencias para mejorar los ambientes multiculturales en la formacion.