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Mandatory Training

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CITI the Collaborative Inter-Institutional Training Initiative provides access to courses that are designed to be used by institutions and organizations to provide comprehensive training in a variety of areas such as Institutional Review Board (IRB), Good Clinical Practices, Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) and other areas.

Human Subjects Research (IRB) Training Requirements

CITI has been the standard human subjects protections training module at Florida Atlantic University since October 2006. All FAU researchers conducting research that involves human subjects must complete the CITI online training. The Institutional Review Board (IRB) will not approve your application to conduct research involving human subjects if you have not completed this federally mandated training requirement.

During registration you will also be asked to select the Learners Group most relevant to your research discipline. You will select from the following:

Biomedical Research Investigators
Social & Behavioral Research Investigators
Data or Specimens Only Research
IRB Reference Resource (not for researchers, only for IRB staff/members)

To access the CITI IRB Training courses, follow these steps:

Go to www.citiprogram.org
As a new user, you will need to click Register Here to register for the training course
Select " Florida Atlantic University" from the Participating Institutions and click submit
Create a unique username and password and click " submit"
Enter your personal information ( first name, last name, e-mail) and click submit
Continue entering additional information ( gender, degree, etc.) and click submit
You should now be able to access the training courses menu as noted above, choose the learner group specific to your discipline. RCR training is not a mandatory requirement for submitting an IRB protocol application.

You will have the opportunity to print a Training Certificate upon completion of the training course and exam. You are advised to print this certificate and keep an original for your records.

Submitting CITI Certificates in IRBNet

You will have the opportunity to save & print a completion certificate once you finish your CITI course. It is recommended that you save it as a .pdf file. Once you have saved it on your computer, you must upload it to your IRBNet “user profile.” For assistance, click here.