Protection of Human Subjects in Research

Required Training - CITI Program

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At UVA, investigators involved in human subject research are required to take CITI online training once every three years.

PLEASE NOTE:  If you have taken CITI training at another institution and are now transferring to UVa- you must go to the CITI site and select UVa as your new institution.  (See detailed instructions below.) 

Directions for completing CITI training:

1. Go to CITI's website:www.citiprogram.org
2. On the CITI home page click the red link called Register Here
3. Complete registration steps 1-4.  Under "Participating Institutions" select "University of Virginia." Then create a  CITI user name and password.  Your new CITI user name MUST be your UVA computing ID: which looks something like this: sbb4q
• CITI requires that your user name be at least four characters long.  If you have a three-letter UVA computing ID (for example: if your email address is abc@virginia.edu then you must write your CITI user name like this: abc@.  The email "at" sign will be the fourth character of your CITI user name.
• If you are a GUEST (you are not a member of the UVa faculty or staff), please log on using your LAST NAME FIRST INITIAL with no spaces as your log in ID (e.g., JeffersonT).
• Your password should consist of 8 to 12 characters. Write down your CITI user name and password so you don't forget them.
  
  Enter your first and last name and your email address.  When you are finished with this screen, click submit.
4. Fill out the member information screen and then click submit.
5. Select Curriculum - University of Virginia.  On this screen, select the group(s) that most closely match your role in research.   Click submit.

NOTE: If you are both a Researcher AND an IRB Board Member, please take training for your work as a Researcher (in this case do NOT select the Group for IRB Board Member). 

6. The next screen asks about your affiliation with additional institutions. 
   
   Check "YES" if you have ever taken CITI training for another institution.  Check "NO" if you are not affiliated with any other institutions.     
   
   NOTE: If you already took CITI training at another institution, please be sure to select "YES".  The CITI software will automatically recognize your multiple affiliations and "sum the curriculum" from your previous CITI training so you don't have to read a CITI module for UVa that you already read for another site.
7. Main Menu.  Click on the red link called "Not Started - Enter."
• Each module is followed by a short quiz.  It will take about 20 minutes to complete one module and the quiz.  You do not have to complete all of your modules in one sitting.  You can stop in the middle of a module and resume at any time.  The CITI program software will automatically save your progress and quiz scores. 
• You will complete the course once you have a total of 80% of the quiz questions answered correctly.  If you do not get a total of 80% quiz questions correct, then you will be asked to re-review the modules and retake quizzes as many times as needed.

How do you know when you've successfully finished the CITI training requirement?On the Learners Menu screen, you will see under the word "Status" it will say "Passed" and list your training completion date.  On this same page, you can print your completion certificate.

Once you complete training, the CITI Program website automatically sends your training completion date to the IRB's database at UVA. If you want to add your name to an existing/approved IRB protocol, follow these instructions:

IRB for Health Sciences Research: fill out and submit to the IRB the "Personnel Change Modification Form" located on the IRB-HSRs forms website.

IRB for Social/Behavioral Research: send an email to irbsbs@virginia.edu and describe the change. The subject line for the email should read "Update Protocol Information." Please include the protocol number and Principal Investigator in the email.

Need help?
If you are a health sciences researcher and you have questions about any of these instructions, please contact Robert Banks at 924-5152 or rjb3q@virginia.edu.

If you are a social, behavioral or education researcher and you have questions about any of these instructions, please contact Maizie Jackson at 243-2888 or mhj7v@virginia.edu.