Experiences of racism of Black medical students and residents in Montréal: "I wear my stethoscope around my neck at all times".

Background: Black students and residents experience racism in medical school. This qualitative study documents Black students' and residents' experiences of racism using Critical Race Theory (CRT) and explores their coping mechanisms using the theatrical metaphor.

Methods: We conducted semi-structured interviews with four Black medical students and residents (two medical students and two residents) studying in Montréal and analyzed their experiences through counter-stories.

Assessment of antimicrobial prescribing practice, knowledge, and culture in three teaching hospitals.

Background: Antimicrobial resistance (AR) is one of the most critical threats to global health. One of its root causes, misuse of antibiotics, can stem from prescribers' preconceived ideas, differing attitudes, and lack of knowledge. Canadian data on this subject are scarce.

Between agency and systemic barriers: Pathways to medicine and health sciences among Black students with immigrant parents from the Caribbean or Sub-Saharan Africa in Quebec, Canada.

This qualitative study, based on life stories, documents the pathways to medicine and health sciences of Black students with immigrant parents from the Caribbean or Sub-Saharan Africa in Quebec, Canada. The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that shape their educational pathways using Doray's framework. Even among students from families with substantial levels of education, the educational pathways to medicine or health sciences may be described as non-linear.

The POSI study: gender differences in 94 cases of postoperative shoulder surgery infection: results of a 7-year retrospective multicenter study.

Background: Contrary to lower limb infection, POstoperative Shoulder surgery Infection (POSI) often involves Cutibacterium acnes. Our aim was to describe patient characteristics and pathogens retrieved in POSI to guide initial empiric antibiotic selection with suspected infection during revision. We also compared microorganisms in infection following trauma, arthroplasty (AP), and arthroscopy (AS).

Are different station formats assessing different dimensions in multiple mini-interviews? Findings from the Canadian integrated French multiple mini-interviews.

Background: Multiple mini-interviews (MMI) are used to assess non-academic attributes for selection in medicine and other healthcare professions. It remains unclear if different MMI station formats (discussions, role-plays, collaboration) assess different dimensions.

Methods: Based on station formats of the 2018 and 2019 Integrated French MMI (IFMMI), which comprised five discussions, three role-plays and two collaboration stations, the authors performed confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) using the lavaan 0.

Black students applying and admitted to medicine in the province of Quebec, Canada: what do we know so far?

To address the underrepresentation of Black students in medical schools in Canada and identify barriers in selection processes, we compare data from the latest Canadian census to that of an exit-survey conducted after a situational judgment test (Casper) among medical school applicants and from questionnaires done after selection interviews in Quebec, Canada. The proportion of Black people aged 15-34 years old in Quebec in 2016 was 5.3% province-wide and 8.

SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in health care workers from 10 hospitals in Quebec, Canada: a cross-sectional study.

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected health care workers. We sought to estimate SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among hospital health care workers in Quebec, Canada, after the first wave of the pandemic and to explore factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity.

Methods: Between July 6 and Sept.

The Mini-Med School and Its Impact on Future Health Care Professionals' Attitudes toward Indigenous People.

Mini-Med Schools (MiMS) are an opportunity for health sciences and social work undergraduates to discuss health-related topics with Innu and Atikamekw youth in Canada. More than 500 undergraduates and 1,000 students have taken part in the project since its beginning in 2011. This study aims to assess the impact of both 1) MiMS's predeparture training and 2) the MiMS themselves on undergraduates' prejudices toward Indigenous peoples.

Validation of a Gradient Diffusion Method (Etest) for Testing of Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Aerococcus urinae to Fluoroquinolones.

Aerococcus urinae is a urinary pathogen with well-described resistance to fluoroquinolones. This study aimed to validate the gradient diffusion (GD) method (Etest) on cation-adjusted Mueller-Hinton agar with 5% sheep blood for testing the susceptibilities of Aerococcus urinae to the antimicrobial agents ciprofloxacin and levofloxacin and to compare the Etest to the broth microdilution (BMD) method from CLSI document M45-A3. Agar dilution (AD), as recommended by EUCAST, was used as an alternative reference method to arbitrate discrepancies or address technical issues.

strain isolated from a human: A case report and whole genome sequencing analysis.

We describe a strain of isolated from a bronchoalveolar lavage specimen from an 83-year-old patient in the province of Québec. Identification was done using 16S rRNA sequencing. The strain could replicate efficiently in human THP-1 macrophages and maintained a low level of cytotoxicity.

Accuracy of rating scale interval values used in multiple mini-interviews: a mixed methods study.

When determining the score given to candidates in multiple mini-interview (MMI) stations, raters have to translate a narrative judgment to an ordinal rating scale. When adding individual scores to calculate final ranking, it is generally presumed that the values of possible scores on the evaluation grid are separated by constant intervals, following a linear function, although this assumption is seldom validated with raters themselves. Inaccurate interval values could lead to systemic bias that could potentially distort candidates' final cumulative scores.

Calcium sulphate mixed with antibiotics does not decrease efficacy against (formerly ), study.

Background: This study explored the efficacy of antibiotics mixed with calcium sulfate (ACS) against

Methods: isolates from orthopaedic infection sites were tested for antimicrobial susceptibility with ACS. Minimal inhibitory concentrations (MIC) were determined with a gradient diffusion method (Etest® strips).

Results: When tested with Etest®, all 22 isolates were susceptible to penicillin, ceftriaxone, vancomycin, and two were resistant to clindamycin (MICs of 4 and 8 mg/L).

Measuring the impact of an HIV rotation on trainees' knowledge and confidence level: The importance of inviting recent graduates.

Background: The new Canadian Residency Accreditation Consortium (CanRAC) standards recommend surveying recently graduated trainees to target improvements in training programs. The goal of this study was to estimate the impact of a rotation in an HIV clinic on trainees' related knowledge, confidence, and practice profile at the Université de Montréal.

Methods: An electronic survey was sent to practising physicians who completed the rotation between 2006 and 2016.

Impact of sociodemographic characteristics of applicants in multiple mini-interviews.

Background: Multiple mini-interviews (MMI) are commonly used for medical school admission. This study aimed to assess if sociodemographic characteristics are associated with MMI performance, and how they may act as barriers or enablers to communication in MMI.

Methods: This mixed-method study combined data from a sociodemographic questionnaire, MMI scores, semi-structured interviews and focus groups with applicants and assessors.

Shigella spp. with reduced azithromycin susceptibility, Quebec, Canada, 2012-2013.

During 2012-2013 in Montreal, Canada, 4 locally acquired Shigella spp. pulse types with the mph(A) gene and reduced susceptibility to azithromycin were identified from 9 men who have sex with men, 7 of whom were HIV infected. Counseling about prevention of enteric sexually transmitted infections might help slow transmission of these organisms.