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ABOUT THE CITI PROGRAM
The Collaborative
Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) program was developed
by experts in the "IRB community" and consists of
two “Basic” courses in the Protection of Human Research Subjects
for Biomedical as well as for Social/Behavioral Research.
CITI also offers
case based “Refresher Courses” for continuing education (see
refresher course instruction below).
Researchers and staff from the BWH/MGH clinical research community
are required to take the Basic Biomedical course. The Biomedical
course contains 16 modules. Each module includes reading material
that can be read on screen or printed and a brief on-line quiz.
The format is “open-book” - you may refer back to the text at
any time while taking the quiz. The refresher course (a shorter
version of the Basic Course) must be completed every three years.
For more information, see FREQUENLY
ASKED QUESTIONS.
CITI Software
Requirements:
Note that you will need to have MS Internet Explorer 5.0 or
higher (preferred) or Netscape Navigator 6.2 or higher, MS Word
or other word processing software capable of viewing files in
the RTF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader software, Version 5.0
or higher.
STEPS for CITI BASIC Course - Registration/Instructions
- To
access CITI BASIC course as
first-time CITI user:
Completion
of the CITI Basic Biomedical course takes approximately 4-6
hours, however the program need not be completed at one time.
Please Note: Registrants who begin the course but do
not log in again for 30 days will be deleted from the system
and will have to re-register. CMEs for completion of
the CITI program are available through the University of Miami.
Details are available on the CITI site.
NOTE: The PHRC office
automatically receives notice once you complete the CITI Basic
and/or CITI Refresher courses. Your name and completion date
will be posted to Partners IRB web site training list. Please
maintain a copy of your CITI completion report as your certificate
of successfully completing the required CITI training course.
STEPS for CITI REFRESHER Course - Registration/Instructions
- To
access CITI REFRESHER course as returning CITI user:
Forget
your log-in? CITI doesn't recognize your e-mail address or username?
Follow instructions below for first-time
CITI user. This allows you create a new username and password.
- To
access CITI REFRESHER course as
first-time CITI user:
Completion
of the CITI Refresher Biomedical course takes approximately
1-hour, however the program need not be completed at one time.
Please Note: Registrants who begin the course but do
not log in again for 30 days will be deleted from the system
and will have to re-register.
The PHRC office automatically
receives notice once you complete the CITI Basic and/or CITI
Refresher courses. Your name and completion date will be posted
to Partners IRB web site training list. Please maintain a copy
of your CITI completion report as your certificate of successfully
completing the required CITI training course. Any questions,
please contact the CITI
Administrator at the IRB Education Office.
Additional Information
- Partners
Statement
Of Commitment To Human Subject Protection
- CITI
now offers a multi-language
platform that will permit CITI to immediately display
courses in Spanish and Portuguese languages.
- CITI
also offers an additional course. This is currently optional:
OPTIONAL
MODULE: CITI Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Course.
The GCP course may be chosen as a refresher course to receive
continuing education credit and will meet the CITI recertification
requirement. To access the GCP module, at main learner menu,
select 'change group' and select CITI Good Clinical Practice
Course.
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