The Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI Program) is dedicated to serving the training needs of colleges and universities, healthcare institutions, technology and research organizations, and governmental agencies, as they foster integrity and professional advancement of their learners.
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Reviews how to properly conduct an accident investigation, including identifying the root cause and implementing corrective act...
These guides provide resources and guidance for developing and facilitating in-person or virtual RCR training sessions.
Provides learners with key information on the management of controlled substances in clinical research settings.
Explores the topic of human enhancement and the ethical considerations it presents.
Provides learners with an overview on the state of faculty and staff mental health while explaining the role an institution can...
Provides research administrators with tips related to working with faculty and research teams.
Foundational course that orients and prepares learners to engage with the scholarly publication process in an informed way.
Discusses steps that investigators and clinical sites can take to understand and respond to an FDA Form 483.
Covers a systems approach to grant management and provides strategies for managing your team and your grant.
Covers key concepts in scholarly publishing and provides an overview of the publication process for both traditional and hybrid...
Covers the best practices of data management and security for graduate student researchers.
An in-depth review of the development and execution of protocols.
Explores the concept of race in clinical research and important ethical and regulatory questions.
Discusses ways to improve diversity and equity among clinical trial participants.
Reviews DoD requirements and limitations for research.
Describes CRISPR genome editing, including its applications and ethical questions.
An overview of connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and the associated privacy and ethical challenges.
Explore key ethical, export, security, intellectual property, and transparency requirements related to international engagement.
Provides learners with a foundational understanding of infection prevention techniques.
Meets the requirements of a general laser safety training program for research and medical institutions.
Hazard awareness, communication, and safe practices for non-lab personnel working in and around laboratory facilities.
Discusses the FDA’s approach to inspecting GMP facilities and the ways that facilities can prepare for inspections.
Explores recent FDA enforcement of FDAAA 801 and noncompliance pitfalls to avoid.
Reviews FCPA as it relates to university research.
Discusses the importance of CRA soft skills in building productive relationships with sites and sponsors.
Discusses ways that sponsors, sites, and clinical research organizations can transform the clinical trial experience.
A review of allowability of expenditures on federally supported projects.
Explores different types of observational research and provides best practices for IRB review.
Provides an overall approach to and best practices for partnering with technology companies to design and conduct research.
Provides research administrators with strategies to build, improve, and retain employees.
CTrials helps grow sponsored research programs by taking on the many administrative challenges inherent in managing clinical trials.
Protocol Builder is an online protocol writing and collaboration platform that also speed up your pre-review turnaround times.
N2 is a not-for-profit alliance of Canadian research networks and organizations working to enhance national clinical research capability and capacity.
BIC Study Foundation is a resource for those who want to take CITI Program courses in Korean. They are a certified training provider by the Korean FDA/MAFRA for HRPP and ACU Programs.
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Meet A Few Of Our Expert Authors and Presenters
Our courses are built by over 150 highly qualified experts and rigorously peer reviewed to incorporate various perspectives and ensure accuracy, completeness, and overall quality.
Dr. Alan S. Rudolph, serves as the Vice President for Research at Colorado State University. Dr. Rudolph is a former member of the Senior Executive Service, having served as the Director for Chemical and Biological Technologies Directorate, Research and Development Enterprise, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA).
Deena has deep expertise in the clinical research industry. She has over twenty years of experience in site development, operations, expansion, and ePRO, and eCOA technology designed with behavioral science. She is passionate with an entrepreneurial spirit that cares deeply about improving the clinical trial experience and process for study participants and advancing access to healthcare for everyone, everywhere.
Julie Simpson, PhD, is the Director of Research Integrity Services at the University of New Hampshire and an Affiliate Assistant Professor of College Teaching and of Education. Her office administers multiple research integrity and compliance programs. She co-developed and co-teaches a cross-disciplinary graduate seminar on research integrity.
Alejandro Martinez is the Associate Director for the Duke University Campus Institutional Review Board. In addition to overseeing daily operations of the IRB office, he leads training workshops across Campus units and departments. Alejandro has been involved with the CITI Program 2012, joining the PAC in 2018.
In Our Learners' Words
Julie S.
Assistant Professor & Postdoctoral Research Fellow
These courses were easy to access and succinct, which made a review of the Belmont Report key tenets, as well as the review of differences between practice and research, a focused and time efficient endeavor.
Myrene M.
Associate Faculty
The course materials are brief and clear. Such brevity and clarity are perfect for those who are busy with other duties at work and provide for a more friendly and less overwhelming task. I love the quizzes because I can learn from my mistakes. After submitting the quiz, the correct and wrong answers are explained. This reinforces learning.
Folasade A.
Student
I like the opportunity to be able to read/review CITI study notes at any time.
Motunrayo O.
Professor
Very educative course. It was insightful and informative. I learned and relearned a lot.
Courses Approved by a Top Academic CME Provider
CITI Program courses are approved for CME credits through the Albert Einstein Montefiore Continuing Professional Development Center (CPDC).
Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center (Einstein) is accredited by the Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education to provide continuing education activities for healthcare professionals. Einstein is accredited to offer continuing education credit for the following professions: medicine, nursing, psychology, pharmacy, dentistry, optometry, social work, nutritional science, and athletic training.
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