The relationship between job burnout and virtual education among faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences

Subject Areas : Educational management

Mahdie ShojaeiBaghini ¹ , Mahmoud Kondori ² , Mohammadjavad Takbiri ³

1 - Medical Informatics Research Center, Institute for Futures Studies in Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
2 - Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences , Kerman, Iran.
3 - Faculty of Management and Medical Information Sciences, Kerman University of Medical Sciences , Kerman, Iran.

Received: 2023-07-22 Accepted : 2023-08-13 Published : 2023-08-23

Keywords: job burnout, faculty member, COVID-19, Virtual Education,

Abstract :

Due to intense pressures, burnout is common among faculty members. This study examines the relationship between job burnout and virtual education among faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences.The current research is of cross-sectional applied type and was carried out in 1400. Its statistical population consisted of all faculty members of Kerman University of Medical Sciences. The sample size was 134 people. Sampling was done by simple random method. The data collection tool was a standard questionnaire and the data was collected by face-to-face and electronic reference. Then using SPSS 26.0 software. and statistical tests were analysed.According to the findings, most people had moderate job burnout. Marital status, living with family and experience of virtual teaching are related to burnout. Virtual education has an impact on two dimensions of lack of personal success and emotional exhaustion from the set of job burnout dimensions.Job burnout has a negative effect on the quality of life of faculty members regardless of their field of knowledge. Burnout may cause serious damage to universities, as it directly affects the productivity and quality of education due to absenteeism.