As you know, before you can run a study on human participants, you should consider the ethics of your research design.
If you have already completed the training by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the CITI Training (if it is the Social/Behavioral Researcher -Basic/Refresher training, not the Responsible Conduct for Research training), or the Global Health Training Centre鈥檚 / FHI鈥檚 ethics training, oe the OHRP human participants research ethics training (Lessons 1 and 2), you likely already have completed what you need. Simply check with us ([email protected]) or Professor Jennifer Ma ([email protected]) to confirm. Then you simply need to submit your training completion certificate(s) (for NIH, FHI, or OHRP) or completion report (for CITI training).
NOTE: If you completed CITI training through another institution, you may have completed what you need. However, we will need to check the modules completed (as shown on your completion report) before we can say for sure. So, please send us your CITI training completion report and we can let you know whether you have satisfied the requirements for this assignment.
If you have not completed one of these courses or something similar, you may choose from one of the following options:
1) You can complete the OHRP training. Please follow the instructions below to complete Lessons 1 and 2 of the OHRP training.
- Go to the HHS Humans Research Protection Training website at https://www.hhs.gov/ohrp/education-and-outreach/online-education/human-research-protection-training/index.html
- Select 鈥淗uman Research Protection Foundational Training鈥�. While the training is listed as a 5 lesson training, you are only required to complete Lessons 1 & 2 for the Scripps IRB鈥檚 requirement for Human Research Ethics Training.
- Complete Lesson 1 (approx. 35 minutes in length), including all quiz questions. After completing the entire lesson, you will be given the opportunity to receive a completion certificate. As the OHRP doesn鈥檛 keep records of who successfully completed the lesson, we would recommend saving a copy of the lesson certificate in PDF form and/or printing out a copy of the certificate. Then store the certificate in an accessible location so that you can upload the certificate when requested.
- Complete Lesson 2 (approx. 1 hour, 35 minutes in length), including all quiz questions. After completing the entire lesson, you will be given the opportunity to receive a completion certificate. As the OHRP doesn鈥檛 keep records of who completed the lesson, we would recommend saving a copy of the lesson certificate in PDF form and/or printing out a copy of the certificate. Then store the certificate in an accessible location so that you can upload the certificate when requested.
- Submit copies of the completion certificates for Lessons 1 & 2
2) You can complete CITI training, which is a longer (possibly 6 鈥� 8 hours), more comprehensive training that is more widely accepted across the country. So if you do not want to have to re-do your ethics training for a new research or faculty position or for graduate school, then you may wish to complete the CITI training as the completion certificate is good for 4 years. If you are interested, please follow the instructions below to complete the CITI training.
- If you are new to the CITI Program, please go to citiprogram.org and click 鈥淩egister鈥� at the top right-hand side of the page. If you have an existing account, you can add an additional institutional affiliation by signing into CITI and selecting 鈥淎dd Affiliation鈥� under 鈥淚nstitutional Courses.鈥�
- On the next page, click on 鈥淟og-In Through My Institution鈥� and click 鈥漌.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 桃子视频s鈥� as your organization affiliation. Please note this is the subscriber organization for all researchers from Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 桃子视频.
- Read & agree to Terms of Service and Privacy Policy statements and affirm that you are an affiliate of W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 桃子视频s.
- Select 鈥淐ontinue to create your CITI program username/Password鈥�
- Complete the required information as requested, using your personal information, including your Scripps email address. When asked 鈥淎re you interested in the option of receiving Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit for completed CITI Program courses?鈥� you can select 鈥渘o鈥�, unless you need the CEU credit for some other purpose.
- Select your role in research as researcher. NOTE: We have heard the options for this step may have changed. Students, select the option closest to 鈥渦ndergraduate researcher鈥�. Staff or faculty should select the closest to staff or faculty researcher.
- On the 鈥淪elect curriculum鈥� page, select 鈥淗uman Subjects Research鈥� and 鈥淪ocial-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Comprehensive鈥� for learner group. If you are conducting research with clinical biomedical populations, you should also complete the appropriate Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) course. NOTE: You do not need to complete the Responsible Conduct for Research question.
- Click 鈥渇inalize registration鈥�.聽 NOTE: The steps below may no longer be required, but just in case they are 鈥�
- Click 鈥淪how courses for 鈥淲.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 桃子视频s
- Select 鈥淪ocial-Behavioral-Educational (SBE) Comprehensive鈥� from the course menu and complete the basic training. If you are conducting research with clinical biomedical populations, you should also complete the appropriate Health Information Privacy and Security (HIPS) course.
All of the CITI program online course modules are self-paced and may be interrupted and resumed. You must pass the training with a score of 80% or higher. Training time varies depending on your prior preparation and other factors, usually entailing up to nine hours. There is no cost to Scripps-affiliated applicants for use of this site.
Once you have completed the CITI training, please submit your completion report, which shows all of the modules you completed as well as your quiz scores.