TY - JOUR T1 - Delivering training during pandemic times and beyond JF - Sexually Transmitted Infections JO - Sex Transm Infect SP - 103 LP - 103 DO - 10.1136/sextrans-2020-054940 VL - 97 IS - 2 AU - Kah Long Aw AU - Danica Fernandes AU - Ramona Malek AU - Nick Theobald AU - Luciana Rubinstein Y1 - 2021/03/01 UR - http://sti.bmj.com/content/97/2/103.abstract N2 - During the COVID-19 pandemic, many face-to-face training courses are being redesigned to be delivered virtually. In the UK, the Sexually Transmitted Infection Foundation (STIF) Course is traditionally a 2-day training programme split into two modules: STIF Core and STIF Plus. Both days consist of a mixture of facilitator-led sessions and small group workshops, and this is accompanied by 8–10 hours of e-learning that the participants undertake in advance.Here we report how, in Barnsley and Buckinghamshire, we piloted the delivery of the Online STIF Foundation courses using Microsoft Teams (MS Teams). In both cases, the usual full-day training was replaced by shorter sessions as it was felt that uninterrupted full-day virtual learning was not conducive for learning.The Buckinghamshire STIF Plus Course was delivered online over 4 weeks in June 2020, in a series of 2-hour lunchtime sessions. All 27 attendees were staff members from the Buckinghamshire Sexual Health service. A STIF ‘Team’ was created on MS Teams, and registered attendees were added in advance, facilitating early logistical planning and correspondence. All PowerPoint slides … ER -