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CITI Program Training for IRB Requirments

This page provides instructions for using CITI courses to satisfy Human Subjects Research (HSR) training requirements for IRB applications. The training for Human Subjects Research courses varies by discipline. You only need to complete one of these based on your field of study:

  • Biomedical Research Investigators
  • Social & Behavioral Research Investigators
  • Research with Data or Laboratory Specimens Only
 

Step 1: Access Your Account

a. UCR Users
  1. Open the CITI Program Log In webpage
  2. Click Log In Through My Organization
  3. To search for UCR, begin typing the full name: "University of California at Riverside"
  4. Select it from the list when found
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  5. Click the Continue to SSO Login/Instructions button
  6. If you are currently logged in to UCR's network, CITI displays a Welcome page and you are ready for the next step. Otherwise, follow the on-screen instructions to Log in to UCR's network.
  7. Click the View Courses button next to University of California at Riverside
  8. Enrolled courses are displayed. If the course you want is on the list, click it to begin. If the course you want is not on the list, click the Add a Course link at the bottom of the page
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To add to your enrolled courses, follow the Step 2: Select Curriculum instructions below.

b. Users with CITI Accounts from Other Institutions

UCR accepts CITI certifications, regardless of employer, if the training was completed within the past three years. See the instructions for retrieving certificates of completion. Please submit a copy to irb@ucr.edu. You may be required to take the above modules in CITI if the previous training did not include human subjects training or if it was completed more than three years ago.

  1. Open the CITI Program Log In webpage
  2. Log In using your CITI credentials from the previous institution
  3. In the Institutional Courses section, click the Add Affiliation button
  4. To search for UCR, begin typing the full name: "University of California at Riverside"
  5. Select it from the list when found
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  6. provide the requested information and click the My Courses link at the top of the page to view your enrollments.
  7. Click the View Courses button next to University of California at Riverside
  8. Click the Add a Course link at the bottom of the page
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To add to your enrolled courses, follow the Step 2: Select Curriculum instructions below.

 

Step 2: Select Curriculum

The Select Curriculum page contains several questions designed to help you choose courses to be added to your profile.

Be sure to choose training from the relevant HSR category.

For most of the questions, you can only make one selection, but courses can easily be added later. For Question 1, select Not at this time and for Question 2, select No.

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The courses related to HSR appear in Question 3 and Question 9, so select one from one of those lists. Select the course that most closely matches your research. For the other questions, select "No" or "Not at this time".

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At the end of the page, click the Submit button. A message indicates that your enrollment was successful.

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You can start the course right away or complete it later by exiting and logging back into the CITI website.

 

Step 3: Verify Your Completion Records

CITI automatically records Human Subjects training data and in most cases your completion can be confirmed by UCR staff. However, you may choose to generate a certificate of completion for your own records. This is especially important if you completed the training through a different institution, since UCR staff can only access records for people who affiliated with UCR prior to completing the training.

  1. Open the CITI Program Log In webpage
  2. Click Log In Through My Organization
  3. click the My Courses link at the top of the page to view your enrollments.
  4. Click the View-Print-Share Record button next to the completed course
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  5. Select the method you prefer for sharing your completion and click the associated button
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For questions regarding HSR training requirements, contact irb@ucr.edu. For technical questions, contact CITI at support@citiprogram.org or 1-888-529-5929.