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As of September 1, 2009 all Key Research Personnel (see definition below) must complete the online Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) Training Program prior to IRB approval of a new or continuing review application. The prior UCLA training certification will not be accepted after September 1, 2009. However, the prior training will continue to be valid for any previously submitted applications until a continuing review application is submitted after September 1, 2009. Researchers will be able to print out previous UCLA training certificates until the end of the 2009 calendar year by logging on the UCLA Online Training Program.
Key Personnel are defined as the Principal Investigator, other investigators and research personnel who are directly involved in conducting research with study participants or who are directly involved with handling private information related to study participants during the course of a research project.
CITI instructional modules are organized by ?learner groups?. Once you log on to the CITI website you will be prompted to select a learner group. Select the learner group that most closely reflects the main emphasis of your work. The learner groups include:
- Biomedical Researchers & Staff: Investigators/staff submitting to the Medical IRBs
- Social & Behavioral Researchers & Staff: Investigators/staff submitting to the General Campus IRBs
- Basic Scientists/Investigators who work with coded or identifiable data and/or specimens but who do not have contact with research participants
- General Campus IRB Committee Members
- Medical IRB Committee Members
- OHRPP Staff: staff employed by UCLA Office for Human Research Protection Program
- Highest level University officials (e.g., Vice Chancellors, Associate Vice Chancellors, Assistant Vice Chancellors, Deans) and Research Administrators, as necessary, if not conducting human subjects research
Most users complete the training in approximately 4 hours. You are not required to complete the training all at once. You may stop and start anytime. Just remember your user name and password.
Please refer to the Frequently Asked Questions for additional information on the CITI training requirements and how to access the training.
For questions, contact Jae Kwak in UCLA OHRPP at 310-267-5229. You may also send e-mail inquiries to OHRPPEducation@research.ucla.edu.
Follow the link to a searchable listing of UCLA personnel who have completed the CITI training: CITI Training completion list.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 contains provisions to protect the confidentiality and security of personally-identifiable information that arises in the course of providing health care. HIPAA affects only that research which uses, creates, or discloses Protected Health Information (PHI). PHI is defined as information that can be linked to a particular person (i.e., is person identifiable) that arises in the course of providing a health care service. UCLA requires research faculty and clinical staff to be trained in these matters.
If you have not already taken the HIPAA Research training certification course for human subjects, follow the link at http://training.arc.ucla.edu/ucla/register/?return_url=%2fucla%2fpvt%2fhome. You will be required to log in for this training. After you have completed the training, you will be provided with a certificate of completion that you should retain for your records.
Unrelated to the IRB requirements, every member of the workforce at the David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA Hospital System and the Faculty Practice Group (FPG) is also required to take the training provided at this link: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy & Security Workforce Training
Fall 2009 Calendar for IRB Education and Training Sessions
IN DEVELOPMENT
- Good Clinical Practice: October 28th, 10-12pm
Louis Jolyon West Auditorium
Additional presentations will be added for late fall.
First Thursday "Brown Bag Sessions" at Kinross
Monthly training sessions to individuals who would like to learn more about applying for IRB review are ongoing. These sessions focus on using the applications, forms and supplements now available on the OHRPP website.
- The sessions are held on the first Thursday of each month from 12 pm - 1pm.
- Senior staff from the OHRPP are available to help you with your applications and answer your questions. Laptop computers are set-up so that attendees may access the new IRB submission forms during the training. Attendees also should feel free to bring draft applications to the session for pre-reviews (as time permits).
- Please RSVP to Michele.Carter@research.ucla.edu.
- All information sessions will be held at the OHRPP: 11000 Kinross Avenue (the "Kinross Building") in Conference Room 210 (second floor, east side).
- You are welcome to bring your lunch to these sessions.
Presentations and workshops on various topics related to human subjects protection are available upon request for interested faculty, research staff and students. These presentations may be either general or specific for both biomedical researchers and for social behavioral researchers. Some examples of topics are listed below:
- Successfully Preparing a Full Committee Review Application
- Successfully Preparing an Application for Exempt Certification
- Tips for Speeding Up IRB Approval
- Post Approval Event Reporting (Adverse Events, Incidents, Violations)
- Preparing Consent and Assent Forms
- Research Using Human Biological Specimens
- Research Involving Children
- Conducting Research in an International Setting
- Investigational Drugs and/or Devices in Research
- General Introduction: Human Subjects Research
- History and Ethics of Human Subjects Research
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Training
- Using Western IRB
Other Presentations
Because this is time of great flux within the HRPP Office, presentations are also available describing the various changes that have occurred as well as plans for future improvements, including the implementation of WebIRB.
Request Training or Presentations:
The Human Research News is used to inform the research community about educational opportunities, changes and improvements in the program (including forms) as well as to disseminate other information that will be of interest those involved in human research at UCLA. The Human Research News is distributed via a list serve.
Please click on the human subjects listserv in order to be included on the list serve. You may also forward items you believe to be of general importance for News recipients to: PUBLIC@RESEARCH.UCLA.EDU
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