<p>The current review work addressed a qualitative methodology, seeking to identify the conceptual and research elements around the burnout syndrome. The advances, apprehensions and approaching perspectives, in a changing context defined by the suspension of face-to-face education as a preventive measure due to the possibility of COVID contagion.</p>
<p>70 studies were located that followed the established descriptors. These were reviewed based on enough research criteria and theoretical rigor that allowed reducing the number to 46. It is observed a constant work of descriptive studies, which allows to verify the reality of the phenomenon. However, it is notorious the lack of research that describe the innovative interventions that propose collective alternatives in relation to labor illness that attacks teachers, and also it is against the quality of education in our continent.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>