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STBBI Virtual Classroom

Key Details

The STBBI Virtual Classroom delivers live presentations to healthcare providers in Saskatchewan, featuring local experts who share up-to-date information on STBBI testing, treatment, management, and prevention. Presentations highlight Saskatchewan-specific resources and allow participants to ask questions. Recordings are available for all registrants. Past presentations may be accessed via the online STEPS Portal (see Past Presentatons section below).

virtual icon Format: Virtual | Recordings available on website after sessions
target audience icon Target Audience: Primary care physicians, specialist physicians, medical residents, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, and pharmacists working in Saskatchewan. Other health care professions are welcome to participate. 
course length icon Program Length: 1 to 1.5 hour presentations
accreditation icon Accreditation: This program is accredited. See accreditation statement below.
registration icon Registration: See individual STBBI Virtual Classrooms presentations below. 
fees icon Fees: Free!

Spring 2026 Virtual Classroom Presentations

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea in Saskatchewan: Testing, Treatment, and Provincial Tools

Date: Thursday, April 30, 2026
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM (Saskatchewan Time)

Presenters:

Jessica Minion MD, MSc, FRCPC, D(ABMM)
Laboratory Medicine, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Lindsay Iron NP
Communicable Diseases Specialist, Meadow Lake Tribal Council

Court Dalton BSP
STBBI Pharmacist, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Janice Seebach RN 
Provincial STBBI Coordinator/CD Specialist, Saskatchewan Health Authority

Learning Objectives:

  • Summarize the epidemiology, symptoms, and transmission of chlamydia and gonorrhea, including current trends in Saskatchewan
  • Describe appropriate testing strategies, including NAAT vs. culture, and current testing guidelines
  • Apply current, and recently updated, treatment guidelines, including first-line therapies, updated protocols, and the role of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis (doxyPEP)
  • Utilize provincial resources and support to enhance patient care and follow-up

HIV PrEP Made Easy

Date: Thursday, June 18, 2026
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM (Saskatchewan Time)

Presenters:

Ayla Mueen MSc, CCFP
Family Physician - Student Wellness Centre
College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan

Court Dalton BSP
STBBI Pharmacist
Saskatchewan Health Authority

Jackie Myers BSP, AAHIVP
Pharmacist
Saskatchewan Health Authority

Learning Objectives: 

  • Discuss the current state of HIV in Saskatchewan and the role of HIV PrEP for prevention
  • Identify key updates in the 2025 Canadian HIV PrEP guidelines
  • Discuss easy ways to incorporate HIV PrEP into practice
  • Learn how to start patient conversations about the use of HIV PrEP

Destigmatizing STI Care & Prevention in Your Practice

Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026
Time: 12:00PM-1:00PM (Saskatchewan Time)

Presenters:

Lauren Tastad NP
Nurse Practitioner
Saskatoon Sexual Health

Delilah Kamuhanda
Education and Outreach 
Saskatoon Sexual Health

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify stigma as a major barrier to sexual wellness, particularly for STBBI prevention and interventions.
  • Gain strategies for combating stigma in health promotion and sexual health services. 
  • Learning best practices for STBBI screening, including history taking, risk assessments and making recommendations for patients. 
  • Identify health promotion and harm reduction strategies for reducing STBBI and learn how to integrate these strategies into their practice.

Accreditation

Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada: This event is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by the Continuing Medical Education Division, University of SaskatchewanYou may claim a maximum of 3.0 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

The College of Family Physicians of Canada: This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Continuing Medical Education Division, University of Saskatchewan for up to 3.0 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits.

Past STBBI Virtual Classroom Recordings

All STBBI Virtual Classrooms are recorded and uploaded to a virtual portal. In this portal you will find:
  • Video recordings and their related resources, such as websites.
  • Additional STBBI resources, such as various guidelines, manuals, other relevant organizations, and more

To access the STEPS portal, follow one of the two options below:

If you've registered for a live STBBI Virtual Classroom presentation in the past, you have recieved the password for the STEPS portal in the follow-up email after the session. If you are unable to locate the password, please email STEPS@usask.ca for assistance.

If you have NOT registered for a live STBBI Virtual presentation, you can receive the password for the STEPS portal by completing this form.

Past Recordings Posted to STEPS Portal

Fall 2025

Syphilis in Saskatchewan: An Update for Healthcare Providers

  • November 20, 2025 | Steve Sanche MD, FRCPC, Courtney Dalton BSP & Janice Seebach RN

Fall 2024

Hot Topics in Pediatric STBBIs: HIV and Breastfeeding & Congenital Syphilis
  • October 9, 2024 | Athena McConnell MD, FRCPC & Rupeena Purewal MD, FAAP, FRCPC
Spring 2024
Practical Approaches to Syphilis
  • April 11, 2024 | Janice Seebach RN & Caroline Bailey RN
Fall 2023
Congenital Syphilis
  • October 26, 2023 | Rupeena Purewal MD, FRCPC & Julie Kryzanowski MD, CCFP FRCPC MSc
Treating Syphilis in Saskatchewan
  • November 15, 2023 | Alexander Wong MD, FRCPC & Lanre Medu MBBS, FRCPC

Fall 2025
Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Update: What’s New and What’s Next in HIV Treatment
  • December 11, 2025 | Beverly Wudel MD, FRCPC & Alexander Wong, MD, FRCPC
HIV Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) Made Practical: Indications, Prescribing, and New Provincial Supports
  • October 16, 2025 | Satchan Takaya MD FRCPC, Jackie Perrot MD CCFP (EM), Courtney Dalton BSP & Janice Seebach RN BScN
Fall 2024
Hot Topics in Pediatric STBBIs: HIV and Breastfeeding & Congenital Syphilis
  • October 9, 2024 | Athena McConnell MD, FRCPC & Rupeena Purewal MD, FAAP, FRCPC
Understanding HIV and TB: Interactions, Challenges and Solutions
  • November 21, 2024 | Mahli Brindamour MD, FRCPC & Ryan Meili MD, CCFP
Spring 2024
Digging Deeper into the Women-Centred HIV Care Model
  • June 12, 2024 | Mona Loutfy MD, FRCPC, MPH & Dessie-Jo Sutherland (Community Consultant)
HIV PrEP 101
  • May 22, 2024  | Courtney Dalton, BSP, Jacqueline Myers, BSP AAHIVP & Richelle Foraei, NP
Fall 2023
Preventing Substance-Use Related Infections
  • November 23, 2023  | Victoria Weaver MD, FRCPC & Victoria Tian MD, FRCPC
HIV Key Messages for Health Care Providers 
  • September 28, 2023 | Larissa Kiesman MD, CCFP & Dessie Jo Sutherland (Community Consultant)
Spring 2023
Women Centred-HIV Care: How to Deliver Trauma & Violence Informed, Person-Centred, Integrated HIV Care
  • Monday, March 27, 2023| Mona Loutfy MD, FRCPC & Dessie-Jo Sutherland (Community Consultant)
HIV Treatment Approaches for 2023: A State of the ART Case-Based Update
  • Wednesday, April 19, 2023 |Alexander Wong MD, FRCPC
Fall 2022 
HIV Virtual Classroom Series
Approaches to Care for a Newly Diagnosed Patient Living with HIV in Saskatchewan
  • November 8, 2022 | Larissa Kiesman MD, CCFP & Dessie-Jo Sutherland (Community Consultant)
ARV Initiation Treatment in an Uncomplicated, Treatment Naïve Patient Living with HIV
  • November 10, 2022 | Beverly Wudel MD, FRCPC
Long-Term Treatment and Primary Care of a Patient Living with HIV
  • November 15, 2022 | Beverly Wudel MD, FRCPC
Management of Key Populations & Harm Reduction Approaches
  • November 17, 2022 | Beverly Wudel MD, FRCPC

Fall 2024

Treating Hepatitis C within Saskatchewan Primary Care
  • October 29, 2024 | Courtney Dalton BSP, Lesley Gallagher RN, & Morris Markentin MD, CFPC

Spring 2023 

Practical Approaches to Delivering Hepatitis C Care
  • May 16, 2023 | Lesley Gallagher, RN
Fall 2022 
Treating and Curing Hepatitis C (HCV) in Saskatchewan Primary Care
  • October 20, 2022 | Alexander Wong MD, FRCPC

Fall 2023
Chlamydia & Gonorrhea: An Overview for Health Care Providers
  • December 13, 2023 | Alexander Wong MD, FRCPC & Troy Grennan MD, MSc, FRCPC, DTMH

Fall 2024
STBBI Care for 2SLGBTQ+ Patients
  • December 12, 2024 | Megan Clark MD, CCFP (she/her) & Amanda Dela Cruz LPN (she/they)