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Dermatophytoses are a group of superficial fungal infections of keratinized tissues. Though they do not cause mortality they cause morbidity and pose a major public health problem especially in tropical countries like India. The present study is done to know the prevalence of dermatophytes and to identify the causative agents in Hyderabad area. A total of 180 samples were collected for a period of 1 year from infected skin, hair, and nails. Samples were collected under aseptic conditions and were then subjected to direct microscopy by KOH mount and culture on SDA. Dermatophytes were seen more in males (126/180). Direct microscopy by KOH mount revealed presence of fungal elements in (144/180) of samples. T.mentagrophytes was the most predominant isolate followed by T.rubrum and T.violaceum. Dermatophytic infections are worldwide in distribution with superficial mycoses being more prevalent in India where heat and moisture play an important role. Dermatophytosis has been reported throughout the year in the present study locality and an increase in prevalence of certain species was found.

Unfortunately, the number of students trained by new, Haitian instructors was capped at 12 due to space limitations. Concurrently, MS4H certified 39 Haitian medical students new to BLS. Mean BLS certification-exam scores of students taught by Haitian peers and those taught by MS4H were compared using an unpaired t-test. Original Data and Results: Haitian-taught students' mean scores were 90.0% (SD ¼ 10%), compared to 87.6% (SD ¼ 11%) for MS4H-taught students. Of those taught by Haitian peers, two students (16.7%) required remediation compared to 9 students (23.1%) who were taught by MS4H. An unpaired t-test yielded no significant differences between the two groups' scores (p ¼ 0.67). Conclusion: Our results demonstrate that a "Training the Trainers" model, where Haitian medical students are trained as BLS instructors, may be feasible and equivalent to BLS training by American medical students and residents trained as BLS instructors. In future years, larger scale studies need to be done to validate this small pilot study. If validated, this teaching method can advance further sustainable BLS teaching programs at Université Quisqueya and other medical centers in Haiti.

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