Training

CSUMB policy for Human Subjects in Research requires all researchers complete certification in human subjects protections training prior to submitting a protocol (new, changed or external researcher). One way of receiving certification is to complete the computer-based (on-line) training program CSUMB subscribes to.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

CSUMB subscribes to the Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI) on-line training program. Any researcher affiliated with CSUMB may complete CITI Program training. A completion report will automatically be sent to the Office of Grants & Contracts when you are finished.

Log on to complete CITI training: https://www.citiprogram.org/

CSUMB subscribes to the following modules in the Basic Courses in the Protection of Human Subjects Research:

• Social and Behavioral Focus
  • History and Ethical Principles
  • Defining Research with Human Subjects
  • Regulations and the Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Assessing Risk in Social and Behavioral Sciences
  • Informed Consent
  • Privacy and Confidentiality
  • Research with Prisoners
  • Research with Children
  • Research in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools
  • International Research
  • Internet Research
• Optional Module
  • Veterans Affairs

San Diego State University's Human Research Protections - Education and Training

San Diego State University's Office of Research Affairs has a variety of education and training materials available at: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/~gra/grad/research/hrppTraining.html. 

Student researchers may take SDSU's Human Subjects Tutorial instead of CITI training. It is shorter and less thorough than CITI. Researchers who select this training option MUST provide certification of training completion to the Office of Grants & Contracts (unlike CITI, there's no automatic notice to Grants & Contracts when you finish).

Other Training Resources

Federal Agency Presentations

The following PowerPoint presentations (in PDF format) are recent materials from the Protection of Human Subjects Coordinator at the US Department of Education and the Division of Education and Development at the Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), the federal regulating agency for human subject research. These materials are particularly relevant for many types of protocols forwarded by CSUMB researchers.

IRB Flexibility. George Pospisil, Office for Human Research Protections. 

The Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects - Information for University Researchers and Internal Review Board (IRB)s.   Jeffery W. Rodmar, Protection of Human Subjects Coordinator, US Department of Education. AASCU Fall Conference: Human Subjects Workshop, 9/9/2007.

What's New In Human Subjects Protection.  Elyse Summers, Division of Education and Development, Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP).  AASCU External Funding Conference, 9/9/2007.