Learning, stressors and resilience of healthcare academics in the covid-19 pandemicHEALTHCARE ACADEMICS IN THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic has impacted several areas of health and academics have been substantially modified in the face of the change in routine, accumulated with the tension arising from the remote form of teaching. Therefore, the objectives of the study were to investigate the understanding of stress, from the perspective of academics, the relationship of academics with the learning process and the factors that provided resilience during the pandemic. This is a qualitative study, conducted with 22 students from the Physiotherapy, Nursing, Pharmacy and Biomedicine courses of a private higher education institution in the northern region of Brazil. The data were analyzed through thematic content analysis. The results show that the factors that contributed to the students' stress are related to the lack of routine and inadequate environment for the study; the lack of social interaction and face-to-face interaction with teachers; to the difficulties with teaching in practical classes and internships. The factors that contributed to resilience were support from family, friends and religiosity. We conclude that the abrupt transition to distance learning during the pandemic has posed a number of significant challenges.