Analisis Beban Kerja Mental dan Stres Dosen Terhadap Pemenuhan Kewajiban Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

Pandemi Covid-19 menyebabkan dampak besar diberbagai sektor salah satunya adalah sektor pendidikan. Tingginya resiko dan dampak penyebaran virus di sektor pendidikan, membuat Pemerintah melalui Kementerian Pendidikan, mengeluarkan surat edaran Mendikbud nomor 4 tahun 2020 dan no 15 tahun 2020 mengenai ketetapan belajar jarak jauh dari rumah dan pedoman pelaksanaan dalam pembelajaran daring berlaku untuk semua strata pendidikan. Kebijakan tersebut mengharuskan semua institusi pendidikan di Indonesia untuk melaksanakan kebijakan tersebut salah satunya Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember dengan menerapkan perkuliahan jarak jauh dan bekerja dari rumah sehingga memberikan pengaruh pada metode kerja, beban kerja dan tingkat stres yang dialami dosen. Berdasarkan hasil survei awal yang telah disebarkan kepada beberapa dosen di Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, sebanyak 81% responden menyatakan merasa terjadi peningkatan beban kerja mental dan sebanyak 71% responden menyatakan terjadi peningkatan tingkat stres yang dialami selama menjalankan kewajiban tri dharma perguruan tinggi di masa pandemi Covid-19. Terkait permasalahan tersebut, dilakukan penelitian lebih lanjut untuk mengukur dan melakukan analisis beban kerja mental dan tingkat stres dosen selama masa pandemi Covid-19. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode Defence Research Agency Workload Scale (DRAWS), NASA-TLX, dan Perceived Stress Scale-10. Berdasarkan hasil pengolahan data, diketahui bahwa 81% responden berada pada kondisi beban kerja mental overload, 14% optimal, dan 5% underload. Sedangkan untuk tingkat stres, sebanyak 64% responden masuk kedalam kategori stres sedang, 22% stres tinggi, dan 14% stres rendah. Berdasarkan kondisi tersebut, perlu dilakukan upaya untuk menurunkan tingkat beban kerja mental dan stres dengan cara melakukan evaluasi terkait beban kerja dosen, mengadakan manajemen penanganan stres, dan membuat platform MyITS sebagai media terpusat dalam komunikasi, bekerja, dan perkuliahan. =================================================================================================== The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on various sectors, one of which is the education sector. The high risk and impact of the spread of the virus in the education sector has prompted the government through the Ministry of Education to issue circulars of the Minister of Education and Culture number 4 of 2020 and number 15 of 2020 regarding provisions for distance learning from home and implementation guidelines in online learning that apply to all levels of education. The policy requires all educational institutions in Indonesia to implement the new policy, one of which is the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology by implementing distance lectures and working from home so that it has an influence on work methods, workload and stress levels experienced by lecturers. Based on the results of an initial survey that was distributed to several lecturers at the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology, as many as 81% of respondents stated that they felt an increase in mental workload and as many as 71% of respondents stated that there was an increase in stress levels experienced while carrying out the tri dharma obligations of higher education during the Covid-19 pandemic. Related to these problems, further research was carried out to analyze the mental workload and stress levels of lecturers during the Covid-19 pandemic. This study uses the Defense Research Agency Workload Scale (DRAWS), NASA-TLX, and Perceived Stress Scale-10 methods. Based on the calculation results, it is known that 81% of respondents are in a mental workload condition of overload, 14% optimal, and 5% underload. As for the level of stress, as many as 64% of respondents belong to the category of moderate stress, 22% high stress, and 14% low stress. Based on these conditions, it is necessary to make efforts to reduce the level of mental workload and stress by evaluating the workload of lecturers, conducting stress management, and making the MyITS platform as a centralized medium for communication, work, and lectures