Corrêa Roberta Pires, Castro Helena Carla, Ferreira Roberto Rodrigues, Araújo-Jorge Tania, Stephens Paulo Roberto Soares
Program in Education in Biosciences and Health, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Laboratory of Innovations in Therapies, Education and Bioproducts, Oswaldo Cruz Institute, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Int J Educ Res Open. 2022;3:100185. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedro.2022.100185. Epub 2022 Aug 19.
This study aimed at identifying the perceptions of Brazilian postgraduate students from all over the country on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their academic trajectories. Data from 5985 postgraduate students were collected in the end of 2020, through a 37-item questionnaire, including multiple-choice questions, through Google Forms. The questions were divided into blocks with different proposals: personal profile, academic profile, issues related to COVID-19 infection, and issues related to mental health. Our analysis showed that 51.43% were master's degree students; 43.02% were doctorate and 5.55% were specialization students, mostly attending Biological, Health, and Human Sciences post-graduation courses (18.13%, 17.91%, and 17.38%, respectively) of different Brazilian educational institutions, including public (e.g., UFRJ) and private (e.g., PUC) federal universities as well as research institutions (e.g, Fiocruz) from all five regions of Brazil (north, south, southeast, northeast, and center Midwest). Most of them were academically impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which also involved psychological aspects such as high levels of anxiety and depression. The results showed readjustments of research projects, and academic activities, which in some particular research fields led to the successful completion through the remote activities. However, efforts are still needed by graduate programs in order to allow greater flexibility in academic activities to fulfill all previous planning and chronograms, in addition to implementing ongoing projects to support students' mental health.
本研究旨在了解巴西各地研究生对新冠疫情对其学术轨迹影响的看法。2020年底，通过谷歌表单，采用一份包含37个项目的问卷（包括多项选择题）收集了5985名研究生的数据。这些问题分为不同主题板块：个人信息、学术信息、与新冠感染相关的问题以及与心理健康相关的问题。我们的分析表明，51.43%为硕士研究生；43.02%为博士研究生，5.55%为专业学位研究生，他们大多就读于巴西不同教育机构的生物、健康和人文科学研究生课程（分别为18.13%、17.91%和17.38%），这些机构包括公立（如里约热内卢联邦大学）和私立（如天主教大学）联邦大学以及来自巴西五个地区（北部、南部、东南部、东北部和中西部）的研究机构（如奥斯瓦尔多·克鲁兹基金会）。他们中的大多数在学术上受到了新冠疫情的影响，这也涉及到焦虑和抑郁等心理方面。结果显示研究项目和学术活动进行了调整，在一些特定研究领域通过远程活动得以成功完成。然而，研究生项目仍需做出努力，以便在学术活动中提供更大的灵活性，以完成所有先前的计划和时间表，此外还要实施现有项目来支持学生的心理健康。
