Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the life and work routine of UFRJ professors

• Autor(a) principal: Borges, Rosimar
• Data de Publicação: 2024
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Baiana de Saúde Pública (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://rbsp.sesab.ba.gov.br/index.php/rbsp/article/view/3981
• topic: covid-19; docentes; tabajo; agotamiento Profesional; Pandemia de COVID-19; sobrecarga de trabajo; enfermedad; Maestros; COVID-19; teachers; work; burnout; Covid-19 pandemic; work overload; illness; teachers; covid-19; docentes; trabalho; esgotamento profissional; Pandemia de Covid-19.; sobrecarga de trabalho; adoecimento; Professoras

The COVID-19 pandemic had profound impacts on public health and on higher education, which reflected in innovations and challenges for professors at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), especially female ones who had to adapt to multiple work routines and lockdown policies. This qualitative study sought to contribute to the debate about the pandemic effects on the work and lives of UFRJ professors. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews conducted with 36 female professors from units linked to the Philosophy and Human Sciences Center (CFCH). All interviews were conducted and recorded through the Zoom platform. Qualitative data analysis was performed using the interpretation of meanings. Results pointed out that new demands were placed on the profession during the pandemic with the implementation of Emergency Remote Teaching. This new scenario caused great emotional distress, expressed by feelings of tiredness, impotence, work overload, illness and relation difficulties with students. The pandemic revealed that work overload has acted as a risk factor for illness among higher education professors at UFRJ, as it involves issues such as gender inequalities, conciliation of the public and private spheres, overwork and absence of institutional policies aimed at women in the pandemic context.