John I. Gallin, MD – Course Co-Director Dr. John Gallin serves as the National Institutes of Health's Associate Director for Clinical Research and Chief Scientific Officer of the NIH Clinical Center.
CITI Program offers many courses to help investigators gain knowledge and deepen their skillsets. Start with our foundational training and supplement with a role-based investigator course, and then add one or more of our topic-focused courses (from research design to biosafety).
With the discontinuation of the NIH training, non-Harvard affiliates were left with few-to-no options. Realizing this problem, the HUA IRB has adapted the NIH online training to a stand-alone pdf training document with mastery of the content demonstrated through successful completion of an online Qualtrics survey.
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CITI Program. The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is dedicated to serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research organizations, and governmental agencies, as they foster integrity and professional advancement of their learners.
The Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) is an educational program for the protection of human subjects in research. CITI was developed by experts in the IRB community and is focused on different aspects of bioethics and human subject research.
Investigators and study personnel doing research involving human subjects must take CITI training before receiving IRB approval, and become re-certified at minimum every three years.
The program involves the certification of faculty and students in general research and ethics for working with human subjects. The CITI program is a self-paced course that covers the historical development of human subject protections, as well as current information on regulatory and ethical issues.
3 yearsRefresher Course The UCSF CITI Human Subjects Protection Training course is valid for 3 years. You can renew your training easily by taking any 3 modules of your choosing. You will receive email reminders from CITI prior to expiration, but also keep track of your training expiration date.
Share: CITI training courses expire every 3 years and CITI will send e-mail reminders 90 days before your courses expire. The refresher courses are automatically added to your curriculum, and will be visible, when you log into your account.
A CITI certification should be listed in the abbreviated form on your resume. Include CITI Certification as the title and list the date beside it. There is no need to give additional information about this award, as it should only be listed when applying for relevant jobs.
The cost to attend CITI Program – Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative ranges from $30 to $600 depending on the qualification, with a median cost of $100.
All key personnel (researchers, student researchers, and their sponsors) who are engaged in human subjects research must complete CITI training before an IRB application is considered complete. All IRB members must complete the member training as well.
You can register now to take CITI Program content assigned to you by your organization for no charge. If you need training not provided by your organization, you can register as an independent learner and purchase the content required.
Collaborative Institutional Training InitiativeThe Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Program is an international web-based research ethics education program, designed for training in protection of human subjects in research.
CITI Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) Training: All researchers that are engaged in conducting research involving the use of Protected Health Information (PHI) are also required to complete the online CITI HIPS training (in addition to the regular CITI IRB training).
It’s important to begin with foundational training. Our Human Subjects Research (HSR) and Good Clinical Practice (GCP) are a great start!
For investigators that are new to this role or that want a refresher, CITI Program offers a Biomedical Principal Investigator (PI) course. This role-based course focuses on the role and responsibilities in conducting an FDA-regulated clinical investigation. It covers supervision, delegation, management, reports, and communication for investigators.
For investigators conducting FDA-regulated investigations, it may be helpful to take the FDA Inspections: From Site Preparation to Response course. This course covers what to expect and how to prepare for a regulatory inspection.
Investigators will commonly process, collect, store, share, and analyze data in research. Our Information Security course provides training on best practices for data and device security. This includes the basics of information security, protecting your computer and devices, safer emailing, and security for off-site work.
The Research Study Design course covers scientific inquiry and how to formulate a research question and develop a hypothesis. It also has topic-focused modules exploring different types of research designs as well as their strengths and weaknesses.
Different regulations and requirements for training may apply depending on which regulations the research is subject to. Following is a selection of courses that satisfy different requirements.
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BIC Study Foundation is a resource for those who want to take CITI Program courses in Korean. They are a certified training provider by the Korean FDA/MAFRA for HRPP and ACU Programs.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center (Einstein) is accredited by the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education to provide continuing education activities for healthcare professionals.
These include, for example, data fabrication and falsification of results which undermine the pursuit of valid knowledge by misleading scientists to accept and further study false hypotheses or unreliable data.
Likewise, plagiarism and harassment negatively impact the research environment by harming respect and trust among scientists. Fraudulent or socially irresponsible research undercuts the public’s trust of and support for science.
RCR education can take place in seminars, workshops, or conferences on research ethics, as well as through informal conversations during mentoring, training, and laboratory meetings about ethical conduct and practices. The goals of RCR education and training are to:
The responsible conduct of research (RCR) is essential to good science . RCR promotes the aims of scientific inquiry, fosters a research environment that enables scientists to work together toward common goals, and promotes public confidence in scientific knowledge and progress for the public good.
The goals of RCR education and training are to: Develop, foster, and maintain a culture of integrity in science; discourage and prevent unethical conduct; empower researchers to hold themselves and others accountable to high ethical standards; increase knowledge of, and sensitivity to, ethical issues surrounding the conduct ...