The present study was aimed at determin-ing intervention strategies to reduce the Burnout syndrome in personnel working in health institutions in Barranquilla. The methodology was of descriptive type, of field, the population was of (26) sub-jects. The Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI) instrument was applied, consisting of 22 whose reliability is close to 0.9. It was verified that health professionals are broken by the Burnout Syndrome, because of the strict work regime, it was found that most of the staff shows a high degree of emotional fatigue. Those who would have a higher risk of contracting the Syndrome and therefore being more dissatisfied at work, are those who are over 30 years of age, female.