All employees or agents of BWH/F and MGH are required to complete the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Basic Biomedical or Basic Social & Behavioral Research Course before they participate in the conduct of human subject research and a refresher course every 3 years to continue to participate in the conduct of the research. The CITI courses are comprehensive and provide case-based learning of ethical concepts and regulations in a web-based learning environment. CMEs for completion of the CITI program are available. Details are available on the CITI web site.

Software Requirements:
The CITI web site is best viewed with Microsoft Internet Explorer ver. 6.0 or later or Firefox ver. 2.0 or later.

BASIC Course
Completion of the CITI Basic course takes approximately 4-6 hours, however it need not be completed at one time. IMPORTANT: Do not take the Basic Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Course or Basic Responsible Conduct of Research Course. These will not be applied towards the training requirement and you will be asked to complete the Basic Biomedical or Basic Social & Behavioral Research Course.

Directions -CITI BASIC course as first-time CITI user

REFRESHER Course
Completion of a CITI Refresher course takes approximately 1-hour, however it need not be completed at one time. IMPORTANT: If you take a REFRESHER course without having previously completed the BASIC course, the REFRESHER course will not be applied towards the training requirement and you will be asked to complete the BASIC course.

Directions -CITI REFRESHER course as a RETURNING CITI user

Documentation of Course Completion in Insight
The Human Research Office enters CITI courses completed by BWH and MGH learners in Insight the day after the course is completed. Please make sure that your Partners user name is listed in your CITI profile by clicking the ‘Update my profile’ link. This ensures that your CITI completion reports are always entered in the correct record. IMPORTANT: Anyone who has taken CITI through a collaborating institution, such as Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital, Boston Children’s Hospital, or Harvard School of Public Health, must submit a copy of their completion report to the PHS CITI Program mailbox to have their Insight record updated. The PHS CITI Program mailbox is checked daily Monday through Friday.

Questions
If you have any questions about the human subject protection training requirements, please email the PHS CITI Program mailbox at citiprogram@partners.org or contact Rosalyn Gray by email rgray1@partners.org or phone 617-424-4148.

Insight Training Lookup

The Insight Research Portal now includes a Training Lookup feature that allows Insight users to search by investigator/study staff person’s name and training type (IRB, IACUC, IBC, RCR, COI) or by protocol number or agreement proposal number. The Training Look Up is available to everyone with access to Insight. In addition, for users of the Insight Humans module, CITI training completion dates for study staff also display on the Staff & Access page of every human protocol. You may also login directly to the CITI web site (see FAQs) and view your last completion date.

DFCI Researchers

DFCI maintains a list of researchers that completed CITI courses through DFCI. The training link below is a list of those completions. To search, open the file and use the Ctrl + F keyboard commands.

• DFCI Training List

Questions
If you have any questions about the human subject protection training requirements, please email the PHS CITI Program mailbox at citiprogram@partners.org or contact Rosalyn Gray by email rgray1@partners.org or phone 617-424-4148.