Danielle Davidov 12072012 The purpose of CITI Training

Danielle Davidov 12/07/2012

� The purpose of CITI Training is to prepare you to conduct research with human subjects � This training will educate you on the protection of human research subjects and research ethics � You must complete this training and turn in your completion report before you can conduct research at WVU!

� Go to: https: //www. citiprogram. org � Click on the “New Users: Register Here” Link � Under the Institution selection, scroll to “West Virginia University” under “Participating Institutions” � Create a Username and Password (using your Microsoft Outlook Email username will allow us to keep better track of your training) � Fill in the rest of the information and click “Submit”

� You will now be asked to select which training course you wish to take by answering several questions: � Question 1: Responsible Conduct of Research —LEAVE BLANK � Question 2: Check “Conflict of Interest” 3: Choose “Social & Behavioral Research Investigators (Human Subject Research)” or “Biomedical Research Investigators (Human Subject Research)”

� After you answer Question 3, leave the rest of the questions blank and click “Continue” at the bottom of the page. � You should now be in the CITI website’s Main Menu � The courses you previously selected should be under “My Courses” � Click “Enter” under “Status” beside the course

� Now you are ready to work through the modules � CITI saves your progress after you complete each module quiz, so you can log out and log in multiple times to complete your training � You do not have to complete the training in one sitting

� Click and Complete the The Integrity Assurance Statement before beginning the modules � Continue � Read on to “The Belmont Report” the module, then take the quiz at the end � Continue for each module listed

� You can take each quiz as many times as is necessary until you get a passing grade � Beware � After that the answers do switch around your first stab at the quiz, if you did not have a high enough score to pass, click “view module again” and re-read the module to find the correct answer to the quiz questions

� After you have scored a passing grade on each module, you will have completed CITI Training � After you have finished, you are ready to be added to IRB protocols and conduct human subjects research