Because of steady population growth and the retirement of more than half the current workforce, the psychiatrist workforce will continue to contract through 2024 if no interventions are implemented, leading to a significant shortage of psychiatrists. Despite an expected workforce expansion beginning in 2025, it is unclear whether the shortage will completely resolve by 2050. Future research should focus on developing strategies to address this quantified shortage in an effort to curb the worsening shortage through 2024 and over the coming decades.

These findings reaffirm that timing of the rotation is a critical factor in standardized test performance. Data from this baseline study were utilized to modify the existing clerkship experience. Further research is underway to determine its impact.

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Menopause is associated with myths about the death of sexual vitality. While menopause causes many women to experience vasomotor instability, problems with osteoporosis, urogenital aging, and increased risk of heart disease, these issues can now be addressed with hormonal replacement strategies or alternative therapies. The menopausal woman today can be relatively comfortable with regard to direct menopausal symptoms of estrogen deficiency as a result of medical therapies. Sexual health and intimacy should also be considered in a holistic approach to the menopausal patient. The mature or postmenopausal woman need not abandon sexual intimacy. This review article presents information about sexual health in woman who are perimenopausal or postmenopausal. It explores a variety of medical, psychiatric, and psychological factors that can lead to either sexual health and comfort or sexual dysfunction and dissatisfaction. Given the benefit of good health, a loving relationship, and appropriate medical care, sexual vigor can continue in the mature years of a woman's life.

Examination performance can be optimized despite a 50% reduction in the duration of a psychiatry clerkship.