Mitigating Microaggressions in Medical Education Through the TRAUMA Framework.

Microaggressions are defined as brief communications directed at members of a stigmatized group that are received as derogatory but are unrecognized by the offender. Studies show that microaggressions are detrimental to those of all identities who endure them. Given that microaggressions can result in specific emotional, psychological, and physical challenges for underrepresented medical students from minoritized backgrounds, it is imperative that the medical education community focus efforts on reducing them and their impact through appropriate responses.

Class II Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) and Susceptibility to Polypoidal Choroidal Vasculopathy in Afro-Caribbean Descent.

Purpose: To evaluate how the HLA genotype is associated to the polypoidal choroidal vasculopathy (PCV) in a population of patients of Afro-Caribbean descent.

Methods: Forty-seven patients were diagnosed with PCV. The number of control patients was 457.

Visual field defects due to optic nerve drusen in Afro-Caribbean patients: A case series of 16 eyes.

Introduction: Optic Nerve Head Drusen (ONHD) are very rare among black patients but may cause more severe visual defects in these patients. The goal of our study was to describe the frequency of visual field defects secondary to OND in Afro-Caribbean patients and study the characteristics of their physical examination, color vision and contrast sensitivity.

Methods: We carried out a prospective study at the Martinique university medical center on patients of African descent with ONHD diagnosed on fundus examination and B-scan ultrasonography.

Case Report: Two Cases of Keratoconjunctivitis Tied to Algae Emanations.

Since 2011, considerable amounts of algae regularly end up on beaches in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, and in the French overseas departments. We report observations of two bilateral keratoconjunctivitis associated with important functional symptomatology. There was a conjunctival hyperemia and superficial punctate keratitis.

Fovea Plana in a 9-Year-Old Boy Presenting with Decreased Vision in the Left Eye.

BACKGROUND Foveal hypoplasia (FH) is a congenital disorder, generally associated with other conditions. CASE REPORT A 9-year-old boy presented with moderately decreased vision in the left eye. Fundus examination showed an absence of macular reflection and no foveal pit was seen on optical coherence tomography.

[Ocular manifestations of emerging arboviruses: Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika virus, West Nile virus, and yellow fever (French translation of the article)].

Arboviruses are viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and tics bites. They are a major cause of morbidity and sometimes mortality. Their expansion is constant and due in part to climate change and globalization.

Ocular manifestations of emerging arboviruses: Dengue fever, Chikungunya, Zika virus, West Nile virus, and yellow fever.

Arboviruses are viral diseases transmitted by mosquitoes and tick bites. They are a major cause of morbidity and sometimes mortality. Their expansion is constant and due in part to climate change and globalization.

Martinique Crinkled Retinal Pigment Epitheliopathy: Clinical Stages and Pathophysiologic Insights.

Purpose: To reappraise the autosomal dominant Martinique crinkled retinal pigment epitheliopathy (MCRPE) in light of the knowledge of its associated mutated gene mitogen-activated protein kinase-activated protein kinase 3 (MAPKAPK3), an actor in the p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway.

Design: Clinical and molecular study.

Participants: A total of 45 patients from 3 generations belonging to a family originating from Martinique with an autosomal dominant MCRPE were examined.

A dominant mutation in MAPKAPK3, an actor of p38 signaling pathway, causes a new retinal dystrophy involving Bruch's membrane and retinal pigment epithelium.

Inherited retinal dystrophies are clinically and genetically heterogeneous with significant number of cases remaining genetically unresolved. We studied a large family from the West Indies islands with a peculiar retinal disease, the Martinique crinkled retinal pigment epitheliopathy that begins around the age of 30 with retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) and Bruch's membrane changes resembling a dry desert land and ends with a retinitis pigmentosa. Whole-exome sequencing identified a heterozygous c.

RETINAL MANIFESTATIONS IN ADULT T-CELL LEUKEMIA/LYMPHOMA RELATED TO INFECTION BY THE HUMAN T-CELL LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE-1.

Purpose: To describe the retinal manifestations in adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) related to an infection by the human T-cell lymphotropic virus type-1 (HTLV-1).

Methods: Retrospective case series of patients with ATL with retinal findings.

Results: A total of 175 patients were diagnosed with ATL in Martinique between 1983 and 2013.

I'll txt U if I have a problem: how the Société Canadienne du cancer in Quebec applied behavior-change theory, data mining and agile software development to help young adults quit smoking.

Introduction: For many organizations, limited budgets and phased funding restrict the development of digital health tools. This problem is often exacerbated by the ever-increasing sophistication of technology and costs related to programming and maintenance. Traditional development methods tend to be costly and inflexible and not client centered.

Martinique (West Indies) crinkled retinal pigment epitheliopathy: clinical description.

Purpose: To report a previously undescribed pattern of crinkled retinal pigment epithelium (RPE), observed in a family of black patients originating from Martinique, an island in the French West Indies.

Methods: Three generations were examined by visual acuity measurement and fundus photography. Autofluorescence photography, fluorescein and indocyanine green angiography, visual field testing, electrophysiology, and spectral domain optical coherence tomography were performed in certain patients.