Psychological readiness of medical personnel to occupational work during the period of epidemiological disease
Abstract
Viral diseases during a pandemic cause significant damage to mental health, both for people around and for health care workers. They interact directly with patients and potential carriers of the infection, and are subject to great stress and have high risks of adverse mental health consequences during epidemics and pandemics. Insufficient attention to prevention and correction of psychological stress factors can quickly lead to emotional burnout and professional deformation of medical personnel, an impairment of the psychological climate in the team and a decrease in the motivation of medical personnel. Occupational stress problems may also appear in medical students as they move from teaching through lectures and seminars to clinical work focused on patient care and assistance. Against this background, there is an increase in the negative experiences of students, caused by growing tension, a decrease in self-confidence and a humanistic attitude towards patients. The study revealed that the Medical University students often have the character accentuation of psychasthenic type, tendency to depressive response in a stressful situation, as well as the manifestations of individualistic thinking, compared with the cadets of military medical institution. Identification of persons with character accentuations at the initial stage of training allowed defining the strengths and weaknesses of students (future medical personnel) to develop measures and programs of psychological support to prevent the development of occupational stress and emotional burnout, to predict the difficulties they may face.
About the Authors
V. I. Popov
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vyacheslav Igorevich Popov – Dr Med. Sci. Prof., dean of the VII faculty
Academica Lebedeva Str., 6, St. Petersburg, 194044
L. O. Marchenko
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Larisa Olegovna Marchenko – Researcher of the Scentific Research Department (medical-psychological support) of the Scientific Research Center
Academica Lebedeva Str., 6, St. Petersburg, 194044
S. N. Levich
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Svetlana Nikolaevna Levich – Senior Researcher of the Scentific Research Department (medical-psychological support) of the Scientific Research Center
Academica Lebedeva Str., 6, St. Petersburg, 194044
V. V. Yusupov
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladislav Viktorovich Yusupov – Dr Med. Sci. Prof., the Head of the Scentific Research Department (medical-psychological support) of the Scientific Research Center
Academica Lebedeva Str., 6, St. Petersburg, 194044
E. R. Isaeva
Pavlov First St. Petersburg State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Elena Rudolfovna Isaeva – Dr Psy. Sci. Prof., the Head of the department Total and Clinical Psychology
Leo Tolstoy Str., 6–8, St. Petersburg, 197022
E. A. Chernyavsky
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Evgeny Aleksandrovich Chernyavsky – Adjunct Research Institute (Ministry of Railways) of the Scientific Research Center
Academica Lebedeva Str., 6, St. Petersburg, 194044
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Popov V.I., Marchenko L.O., Levich S.N., Yusupov V.V., Isaeva E.R., Chernyavsky E.A. Psychological readiness of medical personnel to occupational work during the period of epidemiological disease. Bulletin of psychotherapy. 2020;1(76):134-147. (In Russ.)
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