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CITI Training

John Carroll University maintains a subscription to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program), allowing our researchers to access the training courses required for specific categories of research. Many of these courses are required for investigators who submit applications to the IRB for human subject research or who plan to receive funding from the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) and other federal agencies such as NIH, NSF, DoD, or DoE.

There are also several optional modules in Animal Care and Use, Health Information Privacy and Security, and Good Clinical Practice courses.

*** Any co-investigators who are not part of the JCU community and do not have a @jcu.edu email address CANNOT enroll in CITI training without prior permission from the IRB Office. Contact irb@jcu.edu for more information.

The available CITI courses are listed below. The Human Subjects Research courses are those required by the IRB. All JCU faculty, staff, and student researchers who submit applications to the JCU IRB must complete online CITI training before the application is considered complete. All researchers (including advisors to student researchers) engaged in a research project using human subjects are required to complete a course in Human Subjects Research and be listed on the research protocol. Please contact the IRB Office for more information about who needs to be listed on a particular research protocol.

Access the CITI Program here. For a detailed guide to creating a new CITI user account, click here.

6 Categories of Courses are available, including:

1. Human Subjects Research

"IRB Researchers and Sponsors - Basic Course" - required by non-student researchers and sponsors.
"IRB Student Researchers - Basic Course" - required by undergraduate and graduate student researchers.
"IRB Members" - required by members who sit on the JCU IRB.

2. Animal Care and Use

These courses are optional and designed for those who conduct research with live animals at JCU or sit on the JCU Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC).

3. Conflicts of Interest

Required for PHS-funded researchers

4. Health Information Privacy & Security (HIPS)

Covers data protection principles, focusing on the healthcare-related privacy and information security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the educational records and data-related requirements of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).

5. Responsible Conduct of Research: RCR Course for Grant Workers

Required for federally funded researchers and their workers.

6. Good Clinical Practice (GCP) Certification: Often required for researchers receiving federal funding

GCP – Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research
GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices (U.S. FDA Focus)
GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus)
GCP for Clinical Investigations of Devices

Login Information for CITI:

To create a user profile for CITI, you MUST USE YOUR JCU EMAIL ADDRESS! click here for a step-by-step HELP page.
Access CITI here to register or log in.
Need more information? CITI FAQ page.