Keywords
Professional burnout
Medical education
University professor
Medical school
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Abstract
Objective: To investigate the prevalence and associated factors of burnout in medical professors during the Covid-19 pandemic and correlate them with their Areas of worklife. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study, carried out in September 2020, with 39 medical professors from a School of Medicine who completed an online questionnaire containing the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Areas Worklife Questionnaire and sociodemographic data. The data obtained were analyzed by the IBM SPSS Statistics software. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee ((protocol 4.255.791). Results: The prevalence of Burnout was 40% in medical professors. There was greater personal accomplishment in men and women tended to have greater emotional exhaustion. Workload did not influence emotional exhaustion or personal accomplishment. More workplaces are related to higher emotional exhaustion and depersonalization scores. Conclusion: The Covid-19 pandemic has brought changes in the work way, requiring adaptations. It is suggested that having fewer workplaces is a recommended practice for medical faculty and there is benefit in evaluating and managing the exhaustion processes in the medical faculty.