Accessing CITI Training
Instructions for Accessing CITI Training:
- Go to the CITI website.
- Click on the Register button in top right-hand corner.
- When the Learner Registration web page comes up, type "Stephen F. Austin State University" into the box underneath Select Your Organization Affiliation.
- Select the box next to I AGREE to the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for accessing CITI Program materials.
- Select the box next to I affirm that I am an affiliate of Stephen F. Austin State University.
- Click on the Continue to Create Your CITI Program Username/Password blue button.
- Continue completing the registration information.
CITI Training Requirements for Socio-Behavioral Researchers
Socio-Behavioral Course: 8 Modules
- History and Ethical Principles
- Defining Research with Human Subjects
- The Federal Regulations
- Assessing Risk
- Informed Consent
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Unanticipated Problems and Reporting Requirements in Social and Behavioral Research
- Populations in Research Requiring Additional Considerations and/or Protections
- Additional supplemental course(s) may be required if a special population is used (i.e., cognitively impaired or research in primary/secondary schools) or special method is used (i.e., internet or community-based participatory action research).
CITI Training Requirements for Biomedical Researchers
Bio-Medical Course: 9 Modules
- Belmont Report and CITI Course Introduction
- History and Ethics of Human Subjects Research
- Basic Institutional Review Board (IRB) Regulations and Review Process
- Informed Consent
- Social and Behavioral Research (SBR) for Biomedical Researchers
- Records-Based Research
- Research and HIPAA Privacy Protections
- Recognizing and Reporting Unanticipated Problems Involving Risks to Subjects or Others in Biomedical Research
- Populations in Research Requiring Additional Considerations and/or Protections
- Additional supplemental course(s) may be required if a special population is used (i.e., cognitively impaired or research in primary/secondary schools) or special method is used (i.e., internet or community -based participatory action research).
CITI Training Completion Certificates
Principal investigators, co-investigators, and any student or other assistant who will be involved with sample recruitment and other sampling procedures, data collection and identifiable (via direct or indirect identifiers) data and/or data analyses ARE ENCOURAGED to take the training and send the CITI Training Completion Certificate to the IRB along with submission of research protocol to the IRB.* The training is currently OPTIONAL for IRB submission. However, the SFA IRB highly recommends all personnel involved in research to get this training every 3 years. If you have any questions about CITI training, please contact the IRB.
*Please submit the applicable CITI Training Completion Certificates for ALL team members along with your IRB application.