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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic forced the confinement of people at home and urged the universities to promote Virtual Online Teaching (VOT). This impacted directly the students' mental health, such as academic burnout. The aim was to analyze the impact of virtual online teaching due to the COVID-19 pandemic on the university student’s burnout. Materials and Methods: This is a systematic study conducted on studies published in PubMed, Web of Science and Scopus databases. Results: Seven studies met the predetermined criteria. Three research were conducted in Spain, and the others in USA, Switzerland, China and Cyprus. Four studies were with medical students, and the others with nursing, pharmacy and general university students. Discussion and Conclusions: Mostly of the articles brought the increase of burnout and others mental health conditions. One article settled that the prevalence of communication and interpersonal relationships related to burnout increase during the transition from the traditional learning to the online learning, however the mental health of the students improved, despite the pandemic. Emotional exhaustion burnout was cited by two articles as an adverse effect on mental health of medical and nursing students, especially in their last year, due the uncertainty of qualifications and experiences. Confinement itself can influence students’ academic performance, generating feelings of exhaustion, negative self-criticism and loss of interest, and triggering significant risks to mental health. The VOT is a solution for the current situation, but must take into account all the complexity of the students in this pandemic. Therefore, the adoption of appropriate strategies and digital tools is extremely important to support and avoid the Burnout in the students and also teaching staff. |
