The year 2013, under the theme "50 Years of Tropical Medicine in Peru", the Institute of Tropical Medicine Daniel A. Carrión, Faculty of Medicine UNMSM celebrated 50 years of existence. In honor of this important event in the academic life of the School of Medicine, Annals devotes a special section in this issue, which recent research of its members and the review of the First International Institutes of Tropical Medicine are published held in Lima from 12 to 14 June and attended by many national and foreign institutions engaged in research and treatment of health problems of people living in tropical and subtropical areas.

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo conocer el grado de agotamiento laboral en los profesionales de salud que laboran en los centros de salud de Lima Metropolitana, en una muestra de 89 sujetos que cursaban estudios de posgrado en diversos centros superiores de estudio. El estudio muestra que el agotamiento laboral en los profesionales de salud es normal con tendencia a ser aún más bajo. Una exploración más minuciosa entre los componentes permite encontrar un conjunto de correlaciones, entre los cuales tenemos que existe una asociación negativa entre el estrés y la satisfacción con el salario, la relación con los pacientes, el medio ambiente físico y la salud. Igualmente, asimismo hay asociación negativa entre vida familiar y estrés, satisfacción con el trabajo y estrés, horario y estrés, satisfacción con la vida y estrés, y suficiencia de materiales y estrés. ...

The present investigation had as objective to know the level of work exhaustion in health professionals that work in health services of metropolitan area of Lima, in a sample of 89 subjects who were postgraduate students in universities of Lima. The study shows that the work exhaustion in the health professionals is normal with tendency to be still lower. Specifically, we found a negative correlation between stress and the satisfaction with salary, the relation with the patients, the physical environment, and the health state. Also, there was a negative correlation between stress and familiar life, work satisfaction, work schedule, life satisfaction, and enough supplies to work. On the other hand, we found a positive correlation between stress and emotional wearing, depersonalization, and success. Finally, an analysis with the demographic variables indicates to us that it exists associat...