Welcome to the Institutional Review Boards Tutorial!
This tutorial provides information on the rules and regulations governing research involving human subjects at UW-Parkside under the federal Common Rule (45 CFR 46) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations (21 CFR 50, 56, 312, 600, and 812).
This tutorial does not DOES NOT provide training on the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and its applications to human subjects research. Such training is required for medical researchers.
The CITI Program is a subscription service providing research ethics education to all members of the research community.
New CITI Learners
If this is your first time at the CITI Course site you must register for the course.
Visit the CITI program site at: https://www.citiprogram.org/ to create an account.
You will be prompted to complete a registration form:
- Choose your institutional affiliation.
- Choose a Username and Password
- Provide contact information required by your institution.
- You will be given the opportunity to register with another institution (e.g., the Local VA or the institution of a collaborator). This is a handy option as you will not be required to complete the same modules required by both institutions more than once.
- Answer 1 or more questions about your research focus or research role so that the software will present you with the appropriate customized curriculum.
- After you select the curriculum the software will present you with the "Learners Main Menu"
- You will then "Click on this Grade book link to enter the course".
- The modules will then be displayed.
As part of the effort to guarantee that all research on campus provides protection to human subjects, UW-Parkside keeps records of all personnel who have completed human subjects training. The certification pages at the end of this tutorial are the mechanism for keeping these records. In addition, you may need to demonstrate to a funding agency or the HSC that you have completed this training.
BE SURE to fill out the certification when you complete the tutorial!
The tutorial should take approximately 3-4 hours to complete.
There is a test at the end. You will be required to get an 80% to complete your training.
If you need additional instructions for login please refer to the PowerPoint tutorial.
