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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 accesssed via the online Portal (see Past Presentatons section below).

virtual icon Format: Virtual | Recordings available on website after sessions
person 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. 
clock Program Length: 1 - 2 hour virtual classroom sessions.
accreditation icon Accreditation: Virtual Classrooms are accredited if attended live. 
registration Registration: See individual Virtual Classrooms below. 
dollar icon Fees: Free

Live Presentations

Thank you for your support in 2024! STEPS had an amazing year. We look forward to bringing you additional programming in Spring 2025. Stay tuned for more information!

Past STBBI Virtual Classroom Recordings

All STEPS 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 portal, follow one of the two options below:

If you've registered for a live STEPS presentation in the past, you have recieved the password 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 STEPS presentation, you can receive the password by completing this form.

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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

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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

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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)

*Please note there are not recordings of the specific presentations below.
Spring 2024
Key HIV Messages for Healthcare Providers
  • University of Saskatchewan Undergraduate Medical Education | Saskatoon, SK
  • April 2, 2024 | Larissa Kiesman MD, CCFP, Dessie Jo-Sutherland, & Beverly Wudel MD, FRCPC
Fall 2023
Syphilis and HIV: An Overview for Primary Care Providers
  • Pre-Conference Workshop | Family Medicine Conference | Saskatoon, SK
  • September 7, 2023 | Dr. Stuart Skinner, Susanne Nicolay RN, Danita Wahpoosewyan, Dr. Lanre Medu, Helen Bourget RN, & Priyanka Mahakan RN
Treating Syphilis
  • Regina Family Medicine/Primary Health Care Group | SHA | Regina, SK
  • November 15, 2023 | Alexander Wong MD, FRCPC & Lanre Medu MBBS, FRCPC