Prevention of emotional burnout of teachers of higher educational medical institutions

Abstract

Abstract. Emotional burnout syndrome is a condition manifested by psycho-emotional, mental and physical exhaustion, which leads to the paralysis of our forces and feelings and is accompanied by a loss of joy and satisfaction in life in response to long-term exposure to stressful and psycho-traumatic factors. Analysis of the problem of "emotional burnout", which is a response to chronic emotional stress, confirms its destructive effect on the professional activity and personality of a medical university teacher. Burnout intensifies in conditions of distance learning and quarantine restrictions. The teaching activity of scientific and pedagogical workers of universities requires constant self-development, improvement of professional knowledge, abilities and skills, somatic and mental health, which are limited in quarantine conditions. Timely prevention of a teacher's professional deformation and stabilization of his psycho-emotional state will prevent the occurrence of emotional burnout and contribute to the quality performance of his professional duties. The reason for the development of emotional burnout at work is "chronic fatigue", caused by a discrepancy between the personality and the demands placed on it. Constant stresses associated, first of all, with the peculiarities of professional activity, namely: information overload, extreme situations, intensive level of communication, high degree of responsibility – contribute to the development of the syndrome of "emotional burnout" in teachers of higher education and are accompanied by disorders of psychosomatic and of a somatopsychic nature. The lack of conditions for relieving psychological fatigue and insufficient competence in matters of preserving and strengthening professional health deepen the problems arising in this situation among teachers. Recommendations for the prevention of emotional burnout of medical university teachers should include: optimization of the work and rest regime; reasonable load distribution; reduction of conflict at work; psychological relief; manifestation of self-care; a careful attitude to work planning in the conditions of "quarantine" education, a balanced approach to the amount of independent tasks for students and the most important thing in this situation – work should be a joy. That is why the study of the peculiarities of development and ways of prevention requires a systematic approach, the use of various methods, as well as the development of modern technologies to preserve psychological health among teachers of higher educational institutions and is an urgent issue today.