HRPP Training

HRPP education and training in research ethics, regulations, and methodology are fundamental to the University’s mission to promote the highest standards in human research protections.

 

Human Subject Research Training through CITI 

The University of Virginia requires all individuals conducting research involving human participants to complete an initial online Human Subjects Research Protection training course through CITI.  This includes faculty, staff and students planning to work on a research study involving human participants or collecting data from human participants. CITI training is valid for 3 years, after which the courses (or a refresher course) should be retaken. Login to CITI's website via UVA Netbadge to automatically have your training recorded at UVA.

Collaborators at other institutions must provide documentation of human subject research protection training completion required by their home institution. CITI training at UVA is valid for three years.

Additional Training and Education Opportunities

Beyond the CITI training requirement, HRPP educational offerings include a wide array of learning opportunities, from online learning shots, to continuing education sessions, to graduate and undergraduate courses for academic credit, that cover a broad range of ethical, regulatory, and methodological topics.  Check out the HRPP home page for upcoming events under Important Dates.

The Virginia IRB Consortium

The Virginia IRB Consortium provides additional opportunities for education for IRB staff, IRB members, and researchers throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia, as well as for collaboration on issues related to human research protections and IRBs.

Directions for Completing Training in CITI
  1. Login to CITI's website (UVA Netbadge) using UVA Netbadge.
     
    • If you do not have an existing CITI Program account, you need to create one: 
      • Click “Create A New CITI Program Account.” Use your UVA Netbadge ID as your CITI user name.
    • Users who already have CITI account(s) associated with their Netbadge login will be taken directly to their CITI profile page where they can directly access the “University of Virginia Courses.”
    • Users who have not yet associated their CITI account(s) with their Netbadge login should follow instructions to associate their CITI account(s) with their UVA Netbadge ID: 
      • If you have previously taken CITI training at another institution, you must go to the CITI site, add UVA to your affiliations, and complete the UVA CITI Basic Course appropriate to your role in research. The CITI program will determine which additional modules you will need to take at UVA. NOTE: You must use your UVA Netbadge ID as your CITI user name.
  2. After successful Netbadge login, select the University of Virginia.
  3. Click on "LEARNER TOOLS," then Click on "ADD A COURSE."
  4. CITI asks about your role in research. Choose the role that most closely matches your role in research. Roles are dependent on the type of research you do (e.g. health sciences vs. social/ behavioral) and your role in the research process (e.g. researcher, IRB member).
  5. CITI will then provide you with a course link to applicable required and optional modules for you to take.
How do you know when you've successfully finished the CITI training requirement?
  1. On the Main Menu page, select University of Virginia
  2. Courses that you have successful completed will be listed under Completed Courses
  3. Click on VIEW-PRINT-SHARE to access the completion report and completion certificate for a given course

NOTE: CITI Program website automatically sends your training completion date to the IRB's database at UVA. 

  • For IRB-SBS researchers, it will display in iProtocol when you are added to a protocol. 
  • For Researchers submitting protocols to the IRB-HSR:
    • Question 1: Human subjects research training requirement:
      • You are required to complete IRB-HSR Researcher Basic Course if you have never done so OR IRB-HSR Researcher Refresher Course if you have previously taken the Basic Course.
      • You are required to complete IRB-SBS Researcher Basic Course if you have never done so OR IRB-SBS Researcher Refresher Course if you have previously taken the Basic Course.
    • Question 2: GCP training is a requirement for researchers involved in Full Board studies:
      • You are required to complete either GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices (U.S. FDA Focus) OR GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus) if you have not previously taken one of these courses.
      • If you have previously taken one of the above courses, you may take Refresher - GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Medical Devices (U.S. FDA Focus) OR Refresher - GCP for Clinical Trials with Investigational Drugs and Biologics (ICH Focus). 
How can you determine if others have completed required CITI training?

UVA personnel may use the following resources to determine completion status of CITI training courses:

  • IRBPro - Personnel Changes: Use this feature to view training data on your studies. You may also use this feature to add and remove personnel from your studies.
  • STAR (Safety, Training & Recordkeeping): Search for completed training by computing ID, course name, or last name.
  • IRB-SBS researchers using iProtocol can also add a UVA researcher to a protocol and it will display the individual's CITI training in the protocol. 
What if you need CITI training, but do not have a UVA Netbadge ID?

If you are a person who is in the process of being hired by UVA or coming to do research on-grounds at UVA, your UVA hiring department or sponsoring department will be setting up your UVA Netbadge ID for you.  They will reach out to you when completed.  Until this happens you may continue to use the CITI website to complete UVA required modules.

When you get your UVA computing ID you can then associate your CITI account with your UVA Netbadge ID.  After this process is successfully completed your transcript information will automatically flow from CITI to UVA's IRB database.

For outside collaborators without an institutional affiliation or those working for an institution without access to human subjects ethics training, the Principal Investigator should apply for a UVA sponsored account on their behalf which would allow the outside collaborator to access CITI training and protocol documents behind Netbadge.  Please contact the appropriate IRB if a UVA sponsored account is impracticable or unnecessary for your situation.