AVOIDING ACADEMIC BURNOUT:

How to Refuel Your Engine Karen Buckman, Ph.D.

3 Topics to Discuss:

• 1) Warning Signs of Burnout• 2) Causes of

Burnout• 3) Strategies to

Prevent Burnout

How do you recognize Burnout?

• I. Introduction• II. 3 Components of Burnout•A. Exhaustion•B. Cynicism•C. InefficacyIII. Warning Signs

CAUSES OF ACADEMIC BURNOUT:

External Causes

• 1) Workload• 2) Role

Ambiguity• 3) Undervalued• 4) Feedback• 5) Expectations• 6) Climate• 7) Low

Performance

CAUSES OF ACADEMIC BURNOUT:

More External Causes• 8) Fewer Stress

Relievers• 9) Student

Shenanigans• 10) Committee

Work• 11) Lack of

Professional Development

• 12) Lack of Control• 13)Workplace

Fairness

Internal Causes:• 1) Physical and

Emotional Exhaustion• 2) Feel you are a

Failure• 3) Trivial Issues• 4) Deny Physical

Problems• 5) Feel You Are Not

Smart Enough• 6) Job Beliefs

STRATEGIES TO PREVENT BURNOUT

• 1) Power of Change• 2) Mentor Someone• 3) Community

More Strategies

• 4) Pray• 5) Get Support• 6) Renewal• 7) Purposeful Life• 8) Be Gentle with Yourself• 9) Talk to Someone

Additional Strategies…

• 10) Learn Something New• 11) Don’t Work Overtime• 12) Take A Nap• 13) Reward • Yourself

And More Strategies

• 14) Eat Right• 15) Exercise• 16) Get Social• 17) Use Humor• Review•Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI)