Article focuses on the problem of burnout, which affects the medical community. Approximates the three most common definitions of burnout, particularly analyzing the components of a three-dimensional theory of C. Maslach burnout (emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, reduced sense of personal achievement). The author lists the characteristics of socially useful occupations, which may facilitate the emergence of team burnout, among others, lack of professional success, the requirement to engage in group work. The article drew attention to certain personality traits that may predispose to disclose the team burnout--to cope with stress in a passive manner, avoiding, with the personality traits neurotic, assessment of the situation in terms of risk. Brought closer the results of several studies, including environmental health, noting the psychiatrists. Sought to draw attention to the factors that protect against the occurrence of team burnout. It was observed that job satisfaction served as a protective role. They also highlighted the consequences of team burnout among medical staff--frequent changes of jobs, the increasing violence against patients, withdrawal from medical practice, for reasons of sickness absenteeism, conflicts in family life.